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I've always thought the right analogy for intelligence is beauty. Could you come up with a test to measure beauty? Sure. Is beauty heritable? Sure. Is it a
by hackeraccount 8y ago
I've always thought the right analogy for intelligence is beauty. Could you come up with a test to measure beauty? Sure. Is beauty heritable? Sure. Is it a product of environment? Sure.
But the real deal with beauty is that you can look at any measurement of it and poke holes in it. There's never going to be some objective measurement of beauty. If you find someone saying person A. is 112 on my beauty scale and person B. is a 94 then the best response is a good laugh.
And this despite the fact that we would all agree that George Cloony is more beautiful that I am but quantifying that?
- sonnyblarney 8y agoBeauty is in the eye of the beholder but some things are crudely objective. Symmetry for one thing. Visible signs of bad health are fairly universally negative. A little stronger/fitter/taller than the norm (but not too much) as well. Nice, bright, white, straight teeth. And these things exist in tech as well, just not quite as much as in banking or consulting.