Taleb is wrong about IQ

Re:Taleb is wrong about IQ by cjhanks on Monday July 29, 2019 @12:31PM (#20556386)

I love in that article the complete non-sequitur about MENSA members wearing white socks with birkenstocks. It really demonstrates his disdain.

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Re:Taleb is wrong about IQ by zazaraka on Monday July 29, 2019 @12:51PM (#20556639)

Those MENSA members were truly fashion trend setters, as expected. The rest of world only now realizes how cool white socks with birkenstocks really are:

https://hypebae.com/2018/11/how-to-wear-birkenstock-sandals-...

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Re:Taleb is wrong about IQ by cjhanks on Monday July 29, 2019 @01:01PM (#20556767)

Apparently. Although, I have hung out at a lot of marinas and haven't seen that style yet. Must be because those people put their legs in the hoist gears and lose their leg (about 5 from the top).

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Re:Taleb is wrong about IQ by mcguire on Monday July 29, 2019 @12:38PM (#20556461)

Ignore the rant. Look at the graphs.

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Re:Taleb is wrong about IQ by reasonaway on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @05:59AM (#20563391)

the graphs with made up data? when you look at actual data, all his claims are false.

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Re:Taleb is wrong about IQ by faceplanted on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @06:46AM (#20563596)

Care to link where you got your data from? I looked quickly and everything agreed with him.

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Re:Taleb is wrong about IQ by reasonaway on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:12AM (#20564483)

read the linked blog post that started this thread!

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Re:Taleb is wrong about IQ by cjhanks on Monday July 29, 2019 @12:41PM (#20556509)

I have read his books, they're good. It's just amusing.

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