Taleb dunking on IQ “research” at length. Technically a seriouspost I guess.

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It does show that g is a poor predictor for educational outcomes.

And this study shows that g doesn’t correlate well with wealth.

And this one suggests socioeconomic background has a similar impact on educational outcomes to cognitive ability.

So, what “life outcomes” is IQ supposed to be so much better at predicting that we can safely ignore its racist baggage?

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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.

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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

Posts or links discussing our very good friends should have “NSFW” ticked (Nice Sneers For Winners).

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from our very good friends.

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it’s amusing debate.

[Especially don’t debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

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