Message from @The Big Oof
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He didn't say that, I just read the quote you sent me
Why would he reference his study anyway if he thought it disproved himself?
"we have seen that intellect and achievement"
From what I understand he was proud of it
how does that not admit that there isn't a strong correlation?
From everything I just saw looking it up the study doesn't contradict the idea that IQ is correlated to success.
At most it is inconclusive
^
eh
fine, whatever
right
this isn't an important point anyway
it doesn't matter what the findings of his study were
That's a VERY big difference when it comes to science
so it shouldn't be used as a source
we spent way too much time arguing something minor that can be seen from both points, depending on how you wish to construe it
Tainted or inconclusive <:unequal:473954748517842954> no correlation
if he meddled in their lives it sort of is a bad source
the context in which I read said source presented it in an entirely different way
Anyhow
Beyond that, there's still a myriad of issues with IQ itself
Most of the objections are trivial or political
Many critics argue for even worse things than IQ
IQ is *currently* the best we have
not really
it neglects so many factors and other forms of intelligence
Also, to your credit, from what I read while it did find on average that their incomes were higher, the difference was certainly noticeable but non substantial since they pursued normal occupations @SilverLining
Those other forms of intelligence have lower predictive power than IQ
in general*
that's what I was trying to point out, more or less
that there was a negligible impact
I didn't gather that the impact was negligible
just that it wasn't as great as predicted
two different things
relatively minimal, at any rate
which in coordination with the vast number of surpassing outliers
To your arbitrary standard
That wasn't what I gathered, but let's move on
means that one shouldn't base any policies upon IQ
anyhow