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What do you mean by 19th century pseudoscience?
by retox 9y ago
What do you mean by 19th century pseudoscience?
- barry-cotter 9y agoThey don’t find the science of psychometric credible. This is a trifle harsh since psychometrics is very, very extensively validated, not something one can say of social psychology, for example.
- ghostcluster 9y agoGoogle also extensively scores their job applicants on a number of metrics during interviews. https://www.wired.com/2015/04/hire-like-google/ https://www.wired.com/2015/04/hire-like-google/ Unless you want to call that pseudoscience as well.
- emsy 9y agoBasically confirming the parent comment. If it's not politically convenient it must be bogus.
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoI mean believing that there's a scientific concept that corresponds to the pre-genetics concept of "race". These "race realists" claim they have a good way to scientifically measure IQ, and that IQ is really important and then propose solutions that don't involve measuring IQ, but rather looking at people's skin color. It's a somewhat transparent bait and switch (or mott and bailey).
- TheAdamAndChe 9y agoI'm not sure that's what is happening here. If there are inequalities in race in America, it's kind of assumed that it's due to some sort of systemic racism. But what if it's caused by something else? What if it selects for socioeconomic status? Or cultural values? It's fairly known that there is a correlation between race and culture in America. If there is a culture that breeds better self-control, better long-term goal attainment, and greater consideration for other people, doesn't it make sense that it would be a culture that does better than others?