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Of course I demand rigor in a subfield that exists almost entirely to inform policies like segregation, eugenics, welfare, education, etc, and I find studies ba

Of course I demand rigor in a subfield that exists almost entirely to inform policies like segregation, eugenics, welfare, education, etc, and I find studies based on IQ tests and the g factor to be very much inadequate at being socially relevant.

thaumasiotes 6y ago
> Did you know that there is also a strong correlation of intelligence between parents and adopted children? Kind of puts the OP's claim to bed a bit. Only in young children. The correlation vanishes as the children age. You were wise to delete this remark from your comment. > Don't think I'm not aware of the history and research of this area. Heh.
- greatgirl 6y ago
  You replied only to the parts i deleted, unfortunately. Neither of your responses even dispute my points.
  - mhuffman 6y ago
    > Neither of your responses even dispute my points. First you try to insinuate that IQ is not related to intelligence and even if it were intelligence has not practical application in the "real world". Your first point was disputed by the comments related to how rigorously this subject is studied and documented, due to it being a third-rail area of academia. I am going to dispute your second point myself. That rigorous study and documentation associates IQ with intelligence and intelligence with 'g' which, although not precisely defined, is associated with (at least) higher problem-solving ability. So now your argument reduces to "higher problem-solving ability has no practical application in the 'real world'". And so I will just dispute that statement out of hand because problem-solving ability is what has allowed humans to become the dominant animal on Earth.
LudwigNagasena 6y ago
My point is that you seem to not understand how rigorous is the field compared to academia as a whole and especially those fields that shape policy nowadays. In fact, intelligence research was always on the forefront of using cutting edge methodology and some tools that are used in psychology were invented specifically to research intelligence. Spearman invented factor analysis to measure cognitive performance, to this day this test is still used in behavior research. If you think that IQ studies are inadequate, don’t even look at other fields that study humans (aside maybe from double blind trials in medicine), you are going to have a heart attack. By your standards we need to ignore 90% of academia and solely rely on physics research to guide our policy.
- greatgirl 6y ago
  Factor analysis has its own set of problems. Watch this at least past 30 or 40 minutes. https://youtu.be/UBc7qBS1Ujo https://youtu.be/UBc7qBS1Ujo
  - LudwigNagasena 6y ago
    I have completed over 30 ECTS credits studying econometrics in graduate school, I think I have enough grasp of statistics and factor analysis to not get schooled by some breadtuber who produces infotainment content for teenagers.
    - greatgirl 6y ago
      Very rational of you.
    - quesera 6y ago
      That was gratuitously obnoxious.

thaumasiotes 6y ago

> Did you know that there is also a strong correlation of intelligence between parents and adopted children? Kind of puts the OP's claim to bed a bit. Only in young children. The correlation vanishes as the children age. You were wise to delete this remark from your comment. > Don't think I'm not aware of the history and research of this area. Heh.

greatgirl 6y ago
You replied only to the parts i deleted, unfortunately. Neither of your responses even dispute my points.
- mhuffman 6y ago
  > Neither of your responses even dispute my points. First you try to insinuate that IQ is not related to intelligence and even if it were intelligence has not practical application in the "real world". Your first point was disputed by the comments related to how rigorously this subject is studied and documented, due to it being a third-rail area of academia. I am going to dispute your second point myself. That rigorous study and documentation associates IQ with intelligence and intelligence with 'g' which, although not precisely defined, is associated with (at least) higher problem-solving ability. So now your argument reduces to "higher problem-solving ability has no practical application in the 'real world'". And so I will just dispute that statement out of hand because problem-solving ability is what has allowed humans to become the dominant animal on Earth.

LudwigNagasena 6y ago

My point is that you seem to not understand how rigorous is the field compared to academia as a whole and especially those fields that shape policy nowadays. In fact, intelligence research was always on the forefront of using cutting edge methodology and some tools that are used in psychology were invented specifically to research intelligence. Spearman invented factor analysis to measure cognitive performance, to this day this test is still used in behavior research. If you think that IQ studies are inadequate, don’t even look at other fields that study humans (aside maybe from double blind trials in medicine), you are going to have a heart attack. By your standards we need to ignore 90% of academia and solely rely on physics research to guide our policy.

greatgirl 6y ago
Factor analysis has its own set of problems. Watch this at least past 30 or 40 minutes. https://youtu.be/UBc7qBS1Ujo https://youtu.be/UBc7qBS1Ujo
- LudwigNagasena 6y ago
  I have completed over 30 ECTS credits studying econometrics in graduate school, I think I have enough grasp of statistics and factor analysis to not get schooled by some breadtuber who produces infotainment content for teenagers.
  - greatgirl 6y ago
    Very rational of you.
  - quesera 6y ago
    That was gratuitously obnoxious.