Taleb dunking on IQ “research” at length. Technically a seriouspost I guess.
It does show that g is a poor predictor for educational outcomes.
And this study shows that g doesn’t correlate well with wealth.
So, what “life outcomes” is IQ supposed to be so much better at predicting that we can safely ignore its racist baggage?
There are fields of biology that were largely discarded due to its racist foundations, (does eugenics ring any bells to you?).
IQ is a predictor of outcome only once you have discarded every other variable, I don’t see why such a weak predictor is being so stringently defended by you.
Also when I talk about racist baggage, I don’t mean that some racists use IQ as an excuse for racism. I mean IQ testing was popularised by eugenicists looking for excuses to do eugenics.