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

  • @[email protected]
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    112 years ago

    Smart people talk about ideas or hobbies or whatever it is they’re focused on.

    Dumb people talk about their IQ and how it means whatever half baked conclusions they decide to jump to.

    • HubertManne
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      62 years ago

      who the heck knows their iq. don’t you have to go out of your way to take that test?

      • @[email protected]
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        22 years ago

        Comparison between attention-sensitive and attention-insensitive IQ tests are considered diagnostic for ADHD.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 years ago

        I know mine. I took an IQ test in my early 20s and got a high score on it. Didn’t mean a whole lot for me, I had already dropped out of highschool, then I drunked out of college and wound up fixing trash trucks for 10 years.