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While IQ is a predictor of socioeconomic status, it's also actually a really good predictor of intelligence and almost everything else that we care about behavi
by cornel_io 4y ago
While IQ is a predictor of socioeconomic status, it's also actually a really good predictor of intelligence and almost everything else that we care about behaviorally, under pretty much every alternative measure that anyone has ever proposed.
A lot of people are very anti-IQ, but frankly they're usually just mediocre humanities mucklers who don't realize or accept that true intelligence requires the ability to do math, even if it's not your specialty or interest (the math geniuses amongst us are almost without exception 95+% in verbal ability).
- vmception 4y agopast performance isnt a good predictor of future results, its just better than everything else thats where we are with IQ as well
- cornel_io 4y agoAnd it's still a good predictor, which predicts almost everything else. It's not like IQ is an intervention that we're considering...
- etempleton 4y agoDoes IQ tests require much math? I don’t think I have ever taken an IQ test that requires any math at all. Perhaps I am misreading your comment.