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IQ scores may be declining, but it's far from certain that the thing they're trying to measure (g, or general intelligence) have actually declined. https://ope
by rahimnathwani 2y ago
IQ scores may be declining, but it's far from certain that the thing they're trying to measure (g, or general intelligence) have actually declined.
https://open.substack.com/pub/cremieux/p/the-demise-of-the-flynn-effect https://open.substack.com/pub/cremieux/p/the-demise-of-the-f...
- tptacek 2y agoThat's an article apparently from a white nationalist, Jordan Lasker, a collaborator of Emil Kirkegaard's. For a fun, mathematical take (by Cosma Shalizi) on what statistics tells us about "g" itself: http://bactra.org/weblog/523.html http://bactra.org/weblog/523.html
- rahimnathwani 2y agoThat's an article apparently from a white nationalist, Jordan Lasker, a collaborator of Emil Kirkegaard's. Do you have any comments about the article itself? http://bactra.org/weblog/523.html Thanks! I read the introduction, and will add it to my weekend reading list. The author objects to treating 'g' as a causal variable, because it doesn't help us understand how the mind works. He doesn't deny that 'g' is useful as a predictive variable.
- tptacek 2y agoI highly recommend reading the whole piece.
- rahimnathwani 2y agoI will! Weekend starts soon!
- tptacek 2y agoThe Borsboom and Glymour papers he links to are worth a skim too. It's a really dense (in a good way!) piece. Also shook up the way I think about other psych findings (the "big 5" in particular).