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The IQ cutoff thing is, to me clearly, arrogant bullshit. In fact your whole comment seems like nothing but arrogant bullshit. If overall intelligence were inde
by fellellor 10y ago
The IQ cutoff thing is, to me clearly, arrogant bullshit. In fact your whole comment seems like nothing but arrogant bullshit. If overall intelligence were indeed entirely genetic, since western societies operate on meritocracy, then the upper classes of these countries would be full of supremely intelligent uber mensch or whatever. That however, even from cursory inspection, is definitely not the case since you have more than your share of rich and stupid individuals.
Programming is nothing but an area of work which is more suited to people with a certain analytical skill sets. There are plenty of cases of people from diverse backgrounds excelling in this area in spite of the obstacles in front of them.
- Moshe_Silnorin 10y agoThe upper classes do have higher average IQ, an effect which is more pronounced the more meritocratic the society. Yes, there are lots of stupid rich people and tons of smart impoverished people, but we are talking about averages here. As most people desire wealth and intelligence is your capacity to realize your desires, intelligent people acquire more wealth than less-intelligent people. As intelligence is very heritable, this has unfortunate class implications. I’m not endorsing this description as normative, I just think it is accurate. This state of affaires is allowed to be both true and objectionable. Natural selection is a horrible process that runs on death and suffering, it would be very odd if it shaped our variations in a manner that matches our ideological preferences. > Programming is nothing but an area of work which is more suited to people with a certain analytical skill sets. If you think you can turn 100 IQ people into productive programmers, you could make billions by training your own staff and undercutting everyone else. Give it a try.