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IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle(medium.com)

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

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corbin@awful.systems
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Unlucky 10000: There is an EQ, or emotional quotient, and I was given an EQ test in high school (like age 17-18, don’t remember exactly). Fortunately, it was just done for fun by a lone teacher, but I could see it becoming popular in a future school system.

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lobotomy42@awful.systems
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This shit is just as bad, frankly. The quest to quantify and then rank All The Things is inherently dangerous.

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jonhendry@awful.systems
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Testing EQ would probably be opposed as “woke” by conservative parents in the school district.

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corbin@awful.systems
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Nah, they’re okay with it because it reinforces their belief that a person is either high-empathy or low-empathy, with higher EQ being better. In general, conservatives love standardized tests and grades, because it grants the appearance of merit, which is essential for meritocracy.

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

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

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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