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> IQ is a horrible and racist concept that should remain along with phrenology as a pathetic attempt to use science to explain racist beliefs How then do you e
by jobs_throwaway 3y ago
> IQ is a horrible and racist concept that should remain along with phrenology as a pathetic attempt to use science to explain racist beliefs
How then do you explain IQ's strong correlation with positive life outcomes like work success, educational achievement, happiness, etc
https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=74943#:~:text=More%20specifically%2C%20people%20with%20higher,than%20people%20with%20lower%20scores https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=74943....
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/abs/relationship-between-happiness-and-intelligent-quotient-the-contribution-of-socioeconomic-and-clinical-factors/852640AC984DB7EC623D9D2C1A2D0A5A https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medici...
- sudosysgen 3y agoHow is r=0.15 to r=0.3 a strong correlation? Especially when the correlation is very strong in one direction (low IQ, low income) and weaker in the other. The educational achievement correlation has to be thrown aside completely because the SAT and GRE were largely an IQ test until the late 80s. I'm not saying that IQ tests are completely useless. But clearly, the correlation isn't strong, and the whole hypothesis that it measures a g factor is not borne out by strong evidence.