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> then it must be able to do what a human of that IQ can do. Has anyone ever said this about any test? Are there any tests that are so general that anyone who
by HDThoreaun 4y ago
> then it must be able to do what a human of that IQ can do.
Has anyone ever said this about any test? Are there any tests that are so general that anyone who does better on it is better at every single task than someone who does worse? Is such a test even possible?
- ben_w 4y agoThat's pretty much exactly the claims that the strongest proponents of IQ tests are making. I lack the skills to determine that, so I am limited to trusting the people who tell me the tests are "pretty good but not perfect".
- HDThoreaun 4y agoSource? Who is claiming the having a high IQ makes you better at for example athletics?
- ben_w 4y agoTo pre-empt you expanding that to things like running speed, I considered it too obvious to bother mentioning that I'm taking about mental tasks. For that specific example, athletics, there does appear to be a correlation. It may be any or all of A->B, B->A, and C->(A, B), but "healthy body, healthy mind" is a meme that appears to have a similar age as the concept of writing. Finally, as I have been specifying IQ 85 as the "huh interesting" threshold rather than "high" IQ, I'll ignore your goalpost shift and say that your citation is me right now saying: I reckon IQ improvements in at least this zone (say +/- 0.5σ) is causal for better outcomes with regard to [avoiding injury, pushing performance limits, maintaining training regimes, learning techniques], all of which improve overall performance.