IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (2019)

Re:IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (2019) by pavlov on Thursday May 07, 2020 @11:13AM (#23103904)

IQ is more like lead additive in gasoline. Unnecessary to the main purpose, created with very dubious motivations, yet for decades people took it for granted that you can’t do without.

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Re:IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (2019) by JamesBarney on Thursday May 07, 2020 @11:44AM (#23104306)

The first real IQ test (the Binet iq test) was created to help identify special ed kids so they could receive special tutoring.

The question about IQ is does it measure anything? Is it predictive? And can that be useful? And the answer all three of those questions is obviously yes.

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Re:IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (2019) by foolrush on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:08PM (#23106119)

And if you actually read Binet, you’d know that he explicitly warned against its usage beyond what he designed it for.

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Re:IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (2019) by catalogia on Thursday May 07, 2020 @11:23AM (#23104050)

FYI most avgas is still leaded, to this day. This is because many airplane engines are designed to operate at very high compression ratios, requiring high octane fuel. The lead additive boosts the octane rating of the fuel.

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Re:IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (2019) by pavlov on Thursday May 07, 2020 @11:42AM (#23104282)

That's in the spirit of the analogy. Lead additive has a special niche purpose. Similarly IQ could be useful for measuring a specific narrow combination of skills and cultural background. (The first step towards rehabilitating "IQ" should be to rename it, though.)

Lead everywhere is as toxic as assuming IQ measures some kind of general intelligence.

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