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Causation !== correlation. An alternative explanation is those more likely to catch COVID-19 are more likely to be a cohort with lower IQ to begin with (e.g. ha
by Wintamute 6y ago
Causation !== correlation. An alternative explanation is those more likely to catch COVID-19 are more likely to be a cohort with lower IQ to begin with (e.g. have lower skilled jobs that put them in harms way etc.). Without a before and after IQ test of biologically confirmed COVID-19 patients this is junk.
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- mattdeboard 6y agoIQ tests are absolute junk as a measurement of general intelligence. IQ is a political tool not a scientific one.
- hawthornio 6y agoIs there a better method for measuring general intelligence?
- mattdeboard 6y agoIQ is not a method for measuring general intelligence, so there is no way to answer to your question ("better") without perpetuating the myth that IQ is a method for measuring general intelligence
- biolurker1 6y agoThe official American academy of psychologists disagree with you. Also many other sciences such as Cognitive neuroscience etc.
- mattdeboard 6y agoI've never heard of the American Academy of Psychologists.
- canada_dry 6y ago"Person, woman, man, camera, TV"?
- dagav 6y agoIQ is one of the most statistically reliable psychometrics we have
- mattdeboard 6y agoIt measures something, that is certain.
- tim333 6y ago>...significant cognitive deficits when controlling for ..., education level, I'd guess the education level thing would catch that.