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Re:IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (2019) by longtom on Thursday May 07, 2020 @07:50PM (#23109762)
The simplest rule is people should cohabit peacefully. AFAIK there is no evidence that this is enabled by more exposure. People assort themselves by IQ for a good reason: Most people have a natural desire to dominate and the lower IQ person would always loose which is no fun to them.
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Re:IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (2019) by catalogia on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:57AM (#23111540)
> Most people have a natural desire to dominate and the lower IQ person would always loose which is no fun to them.

IQ won't help you swim faster, so no. Attitudes such as yours are what I'd hope to mitigate by encouraging children to socialize with people outside their intellectual class.

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Re:IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (2019) by longtom on Friday May 08, 2020 @07:37AM (#23113607)
I'm not seeing much evidence for this being helpful. Inclusion attempts I've seen where largely failures and there were no pilot projects so it seems all of this was seemingly (well-intentioned) politicking.
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