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Re:Has humanity reached ‘peak intelligence’? by heavyset_go on Friday April 02, 2021 @05:02PM (#26675967)
> Hard to see this as anything but an indictment of IQ tests.

Careful, there are a lot of people who have an emotional attachment to IQ tests and their implications for determining intelligence. Implying that IQ tests don't measure intelligence usually brings them out of the woodwork.

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Re:Has humanity reached ‘peak intelligence’? by ghgdynb1 on Friday April 02, 2021 @05:08PM (#26676015)
Careful, there are a lot of people who wish IQ tests didn’t have anything useful to say about intelligence. Implying that IQ tests can be useful tools and that their results might bear some relation to intelligence usually brings them out of the woodwork.
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