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Intelligence testing only gives meaningful results when it is convenient, and promptly stops working when it isn't: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/i

• solveit 7y ago
  I have things to say, but instead, I will quote Gwern on the IQ wars and be done with it. Mostly because I know more than you but less than Gwern. > If, like most people, you’ve only read a few papers or books on it, your opinion (whatever that is) is worthless and you probably don’t even realize how worthless your opinion is, how far you are from actually grasping the subtleties involved and having a command of all the studies and criticisms of said studies. I exempt myself from this only inasmuch as I have realized how little I still know after all my reading.
  • deogeo 7y ago
    > your opinion My 'opinion' is nothing more than a copy of the current consensus, found in mainstream peer-reviewed articles. And it does not require an expert to notice journalists apply a double standard on if and how to report results. Speaking of, why not apply that Gwern quote to the Independent as well? Or even the study itself? I'm sure it's jam packed of subtleties to grasp and criticisms to make.