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Also correlates with lifespan, probability of divorce, crime. All such boring stuff. PS. I am wondering whether it correlates with the belief in IQ testing its

Also correlates with lifespan, probability of divorce, crime. All such boring stuff. PS. I am wondering whether it correlates with the belief in IQ testing itself :)

konjin 6y ago
>Also correlates with lifespan, probability of divorce, crime. All such boring stuff. Yes, doing pointless soul crushing work makes you the money you need to create the next generation of automatons that do the same.
- darkhorse13 6y ago
  For a lack of a better word, your ideas seem really misguided to me.
  - bongobongo 6y ago
    They are ultimately correct though.
  - konjin 6y ago
    Describing reality is not disgusting.
UncleMeat 6y ago
So does wealth. Yet I'd hope that people would shudder at school admissions and hiring pipelines that explicitly separate people based on wealth and choose the richest ones.
- chongli 6y ago
  Tons of schools separate implicitly by wealth simply by charging high tuition and not offering (enough) financial aid to every student who can’t afford it.
  - tartoran 6y ago
    You’d be surprised at what lenghts rich people go in order to reduce the tuition or get financial aid for their offspring. The rich are well informed and know how to use all the loopholes..
  - UncleMeat 6y ago
    Yes. And many people agree that's bad. I'm not saying this doesn't happen. I'm saying that "High IQ is correlated with lower crime rates and higher test scores" shouldn't be the end of the discussion when people are arguing that IQ should be used to divide populations in public policy and corporate behavior.
- nkingsy 6y ago
  I’d prefer it to be explicit. Would be nicer for the really smart poor kids who just miss the genius level required to get in to a Harvard without being rich. I’d rather think “if my family had money, I would’ve gotten in” than “I’m just not good enough”. These silent double standards are a curse. Saying it out loud is the first step to stopping it.

Also correlates with lifespan, probability of divorce, crime. All such boring stuff. PS. I am wondering whether it correlates with the belief in IQ testing itself :)

konjin 6y ago

>Also correlates with lifespan, probability of divorce, crime. All such boring stuff. Yes, doing pointless soul crushing work makes you the money you need to create the next generation of automatons that do the same.

darkhorse13 6y ago
For a lack of a better word, your ideas seem really misguided to me.
- bongobongo 6y ago
  They are ultimately correct though.
- konjin 6y ago
  Describing reality is not disgusting.

UncleMeat 6y ago

So does wealth. Yet I'd hope that people would shudder at school admissions and hiring pipelines that explicitly separate people based on wealth and choose the richest ones.

chongli 6y ago
Tons of schools separate implicitly by wealth simply by charging high tuition and not offering (enough) financial aid to every student who can’t afford it.
- tartoran 6y ago
  You’d be surprised at what lenghts rich people go in order to reduce the tuition or get financial aid for their offspring. The rich are well informed and know how to use all the loopholes..
- UncleMeat 6y ago
  Yes. And many people agree that's bad. I'm not saying this doesn't happen. I'm saying that "High IQ is correlated with lower crime rates and higher test scores" shouldn't be the end of the discussion when people are arguing that IQ should be used to divide populations in public policy and corporate behavior.
nkingsy 6y ago
I’d prefer it to be explicit. Would be nicer for the really smart poor kids who just miss the genius level required to get in to a Harvard without being rich. I’d rather think “if my family had money, I would’ve gotten in” than “I’m just not good enough”. These silent double standards are a curse. Saying it out loud is the first step to stopping it.