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You can call it a flawed argument, but then you need to point out the flaw. Intelligence is heritable. Flynn effect has reversed. High IQ people have less kids.
by eudamoniac 7mo ago
You can call it a flawed argument, but then you need to point out the flaw. Intelligence is heritable. Flynn effect has reversed. High IQ people have less kids. What's the flaw?
- Forgeties79 7mo agoIt’s impossible to make a serious argument while citing IQ as a useful measurement of someone’s cognitive potential. I also don’t need to prove anything. If you are claiming this phenomenon is real the onus is on you to prove it. I can link a dozen articles about the flawed argument people channel from Idiocracy but you should search it if it interests you.
- eudamoniac 7mo agoIf we can't agree that IQ is a useful predictor ("measurement") of cognitive performance and potential, perhaps the most supported and studied theory in all of psychology, then I'm afraid we have no common point of discussion.
- Forgeties79 7mo agoThat’s an alternate reality. IQ as a measurement of “intelligence” is highly controversial and is better explained by home life/environment.
- DangitBobby 7mo agoLots of people find it very politically and idealogically important that IQ be considered controversial, yes.