On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Years

Re:On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Y... by freeflight on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:29PM (#25114393)

> a test in isolation cannot be bullshit.

A test trying to measure something we can't even properly define is kinda flawed in it's whole premise.

As such the best an IQ test can do is measure how well somebody prepared for a test like that, but it will struggle to properly catch any knowledge or skill domains not covered by the test, of which there are a lot.

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Re:On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Y... by gameswithgo on Monday November 16, 2020 @03:05PM (#25116346)

IQ tests correlate with things. Thus it captures more than just how good someone is at the IQ test.

You can say "There is this test, and people's scores on this test correlate with various things like, income, marital fidelity, religiosity, incarceration rates, job performance". We call this test the IQ test.

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Re:On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Y... by thotsBgone on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:56PM (#25116226)

IQ tests don't even attempt to measure any knowledge or skill domains at all. I don't think you understand what an IQ test even measures.

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