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The headline is accurate, it says "IQ" is dropping. If it said "intelligence" was dropping it would be less accurate. (But still probably accurate. IQ and
by bryanlarsen 2y ago
The headline is accurate, it says "IQ" is dropping. If it said "intelligence" was dropping it would be less accurate. (But still probably accurate. IQ and intelligence have a good but not perfect correlation.)
- sgbeal 2y agoFWIW, i already regret my above comment. In common, everyday English there is an undeniably strong correlation between IQ and intelligence, to the point that the two are often used as synonyms. The article's author certainly knows that and needlessly provokes the reader with the assumption that the average reader (myself included!) will _not_ know that the two terms are _not_ interchangeable.