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Re:Scientists re-evaluating relative brain size and mammalia... by erhk on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:22PM (#26995516)
IQ is verifiably a tool to exclude people based on race. It used inane things like vocabulary to deign intelligence. It has no merit and is not worth discussing.
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Re:Scientists re-evaluating relative brain size and mammalia... by CryptoPunk on Saturday May 01, 2021 @10:51AM (#27006781)
This is a completely unscientific claim. IQ is extremely well studied by credible scientists and found to be a very reliable indicator of general intellectual ability, as reflected in competence in a wide variety of intellectual tasks.
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