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Re:IQ is a dismal measure of intelligence (2019) by 29athrowaway on Sunday November 20, 2022 @11:46AM (#33682541)
IQ was invented by eugenecists.
Re:IQ is a dismal measure of intelligence (2019) by tgv on Sunday November 20, 2022 @11:53AM (#33682635)
I've never heard that say of Binet. But it doesn't matter. Ideas don't inherit morality. It's their application that counts. Pythagoras had some really outlandish ideas. But the formula holds.
Re:IQ is a dismal measure of intelligence (2019) by 29athrowaway on Sunday November 20, 2022 @02:10PM (#33684129)
I meant Lewis Terman.
Re:IQ is a dismal measure of intelligence (2019) by MichaelZuo on Sunday November 20, 2022 @05:13PM (#33686002)
"He is best known for his revision of the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales and for initiating the longitudinal study of children with high IQs called the Genetic Studies of Genius."

Just from spending 20 seconds on his Wiki page.

He is clearly not the original inventor.