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Re:Astonishing regularity in learning rate among college stu... by giardini on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:26PM (#34666694)
I'm no fan of educating people simply to score higher IQs.

But the effect of education could be very large: e.g., give an illiterate person an IQ test, educate them and repeat. The change will be ~100 points.

To be correct you can improve IQ up to a point (depending on the individual) with education.

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Re:Astonishing regularity in learning rate among college stu... by scotty79 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:13PM (#34667922)
No. It can't be 100. IQ tests don't require literacy. They don't even require language. You could administer IQ test to analphabet who doesn't speak you language and if he cooperates he could get result faily close to their best capacity that could be achieved.
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