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That tells you more about the inadequacy and bias of the IQ system in measuring and representing intelligence, than it tells you about African people.
by acangiano 18y ago
That tells you more about the inadequacy and bias of the IQ system in measuring and representing intelligence, than it tells you about African people.
- quantumhobbit 18y agoI might be feeding a troll here(2 day old account - http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=opticksversi http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=opticksversi ) but IQ is more a measure of a nations current economic development than something inherent in the population. See the Flynn Effect - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
- opticksversi 18y agoIQ is more a measure of a nations current economic development than something inherent in the population. If that were the case, what would explain the outliers -- high-IQ nations that are poor, and low-IQ nations that are rich?
- electromagnetic 18y ago"what would explain the outliers" Precisely that, they're outliers. There's fully grown human beings that weigh 60lbs and ones that weigh almost 1000, it's not normal it just exists because there's 6 billion of us on the planet. There's hundreds of countries, so obviously not every single one will follow due to statistics.
- homme 18y agoYou are feeding a troll, a deaded account whose link style, phrasing, and thoughtprints betray him, however: http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=DabAsteroid http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=DabAsteroid
- opticksversi 18y agothe inadequacy and bias of the IQ system in measuring and representing intelligence Why do you believe there is inadequacy and bias in mental ability testing (the IQ system, as you put it)? Have you read this Citation Classic on the subject?: http://www.amazon.com/Bias-Mental-Testing-Arthur-Jensen/dp/0029164303 http://www.amazon.com/Bias-Mental-Testing-Arthur-Jensen/dp/0...