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The people who talk up IQ tend to have a high IQ score (not commenting on the validity of IQ, just who the enthusiasts are). I don't think that means they are r
by malvosenior 7y ago
The people who talk up IQ tend to have a high IQ score (not commenting on the validity of IQ, just who the enthusiasts are). I don't think that means they are racist or that their beliefs have anything to do with race.
Also, the US military essentially does IQ testing, so I wouldn't say it's just "crackpots". It would be pretty ridiculous to say that a high IQ score offers no useful signal at all.
- nordsieck 7y ago> Also, the US military essentially does IQ testing, so I wouldn't say it's just "crackpots". It would be pretty ridiculous to say that a high IQ score offers no useful signal at all. There is actually an important reason why the US Military does IQ testing: they tried using low IQ troops in Vietnam; it didn't work very well[0]. ___ 0. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1495805484 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1495805484
- PavlovsCat 7y agoA short a talk by the author: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2VwFDV4-g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2VwFDV4-g
- fwip 7y agoIn my experience, high IQ racists are the least likely kind to know that they're racist.
- malvosenior 7y agoWhether that's true or not (it doesn't match my experience at all), it says nothing about the conjecture that people who believe IQ has merit are racist.