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And yet directly practicing for an IQ test can improve test scores significantly. And simultaneously, some large-scale IQ measurement papers seem to use "proxie
by matthewdgreen 7y ago
And yet directly practicing for an IQ test can improve test scores significantly. And simultaneously, some large-scale IQ measurement papers seem to use "proxies" -- things like standardized tests that are the sort of thing that educational curricula tend to include practice for. So I'm not sure how completely I can accept this claim.
- Chathamization 7y agoAlso, a county closing all schools for several years lead to significant drops in IQ scores[1]. [1] https://www.jstor.org/stable/2294274?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/2294274?seq=1#page_scan_tab_con...
- papln 7y agoIQ tests scores are on the same as IQ, which puts a hge asterisk on every test score. It's an unfortunate cloudiness of using maps for territories. This phenomenan is especially notable nowadays where wealthy parents canb buy a diagnosis to givetheir children extra time on IQ tests. And then of course ADHD drugs and other stimulants raise the question of what it means for a person to "have" an IQ, if that IQ (and/or test score) is influenced by doping. Stimulants and the brain question our notion of what is an "individual", much as the bacteria in our gut do. The idea of an "individual" is a very synthetic Western mathematical concept that does not have a strong basis in the science of the natural world. https://www.sciencealert.com/this-tree-stump-is-mysteriously-being-kept-alive-with-a-little-help-from-its-friends https://www.sciencealert.com/this-tree-stump-is-mysteriously... "Scientists Find Weird, Zombie-Like Tree Being Kept Alive by a Forest 'Superorganism'"