Re:IQ is a dismal measure of intelligence (2019)
by wesleywt on Sunday November 20, 2022 @11:56AM
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No, it is worst than no measure of intelligence. It gives a false impression of the truth that can hurt the person or people involved. IQ is often used in racist terms, since certain populations in the world do not have the cultural background to pass this arbitary test
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Re:IQ is a dismal measure of intelligence (2019)
by ilyt on Sunday November 20, 2022 @12:01PM
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Aren't IQ tests supposed to be made culturally/language independent tho ? What would be "cultural" thing on IQ test ? The ones I saw never really had anything aside base-10 numbers. Do you have any examples ?
Re:IQ is a dismal measure of intelligence (2019)
by wesleywt on Sunday November 20, 2022 @03:13PM
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The most famous example was of black kids who never seen a ruby in their lives in the 50s. But Ruby the name was quite popular. So they got that question wrong. But it is normally used to denigrate Africans who have even less exposure to European norms than African Americans. Despite the genetic diversity of Africans being a lot higher than Europeans, they are often thrown into the same batch of "IQ deficient" groups. None of this is actually scientifically sound.