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Because (1) the test can in fact be racist in the sense that it's optimised/over fitted toward the white (majority) population, but most importantly (2) the cor
by andrepd 6y ago
Because (1) the test can in fact be racist in the sense that it's optimised/over fitted toward the white (majority) population, but most importantly (2) the correlation between IQ and race is an entirely false one! Or rather, the correlation is indirect. In fact what is truly happening is that higher test scores are caused by such things as: family wealth, school, parental education, home life, etc, which black people statistically lack more than white people. Hence the correlation between IQ and race, a simplistic analysis that obscures the actual mechanisms at hand.
- CoolGuySteve 6y agoI always found it funny that Canadians score better (before normalization) on the WAIS IQ test than Americans even though the WAIS is an American test with some American history knowledge questions and American notation/units in the questions. Canada doesn't actually have their own IQ test afaik, they just use the WAIS and renormalize. I'll never understand why US politicians don't strive to close this gap or many others when the two countries are otherwise very similar.