Taleb is, as usual, a bit over-wrought and goes too far but this area has been a long-time interest of mine and I think he's directionally correct in that IQ is

Taleb is, as usual, a bit over-wrought and goes too far but this area has been a long-time interest of mine and I think he's directionally correct in that IQ is too often misapplied or misunderstood in practice. In general, laypeople tend to think IQ represents things it doesn't.