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Re:Show HN: AI Grant – Get $2,500 for your AI project in min... by exolymph on Thursday April 05, 2018 @02:34AM (#16762367)
That is not true. IQ correlates with basically every good life outcome.

Here's an example discussion of how this works, drawing on various studies: http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/08/02/stalin-and-summary-stat...

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Re:Show HN: AI Grant – Get $2,500 for your AI project in min... by logicallee on Thursday April 05, 2018 @03:11AM (#16762564)
You try a rebuttal, which I commend, but the approach of your rebuttal isn't strong enough! Height also correlates with "basically every good life outcome" but the application form didn't ask for our height: nor should it.

IQ is inherently different. I really support the IQ test they decided to give and I definitely think they should glance at the results - especially to basically approve any applications from people with great results even if the evaluators don't understand the proposed application exactly.

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