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Re:Nurturing Genius by zepto on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @03:40PM (#13273428)
False. Aspiration is a red herring.

You can just as easily use statistics to assess whether an individual possesses the traits to become an NBA player or actress as you can assess their IQ without their cooperation.

Conversely if someone doesn't want to participate in IQ testing, it is equivalent to them not wanting to play in the NBA.

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Re:Nurturing Genius by auggierose on Saturday December 31, 2016 @12:12PM (#13291901)
There is no doubt that you can DEFINE this to be equivalent. But then you are measuring something different from what I am interested in.
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Re:Nurturing Genius by zepto on Monday January 02, 2017 @07:54PM (#13305784)
I'm not doing anything with definitions. You have introduced an arbitrary distinction which is based on no measurable characteristic.
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