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There are psychologists today who think that higher IQ is a cause of greater wealth and success. I wasn't referring to the original incarnation of IQ theory, wh
by man-and-laptop 7y ago
There are psychologists today who think that higher IQ is a cause of greater wealth and success. I wasn't referring to the original incarnation of IQ theory, which was designed to identify children who needed more attention from their teachers. It then morphed into a justification for racial discrimination. I still hear concepts like country IQ and racial IQ being brought up in conversations. Admittedly, the people talking about this are non-psychologists, but some of them appear to reference the psychology literature.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoYou're conflating psychologist and psychiatrists. Also, that sort of thing was used to rationalize eugenics a century ago - I'd be very interested if you could found some mainstream psychologists/psychiatrists who espouse those beliefs. Edit: I see you added "Admittedly, the people talking about this are non-psychologists, but some of them appear to reference the psychology literature." That's like making the argument that anti-Vaxers are good scientists as they sometimes reference the literature.
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