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eldritch_4ier | 2 years ago

What is incredibly well established is that g is incredibly predictive for many life outcomes from income to educational attainment to drug addiction. This is what IQ test measures.

The only thing disputed is whether g is the same thing as “intelligence”, and the only dispute there is from softer science fields because “intelligence” is a word without a precise definition and a lot of feelings and opinions wrapped up in it.

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cubefox|2 years ago

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tptacek|2 years ago

For the same reason any racial supremacy stereotype is tattoo: because it's toxic, not because it's valid.