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SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago

IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle

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IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle

Phil@awful.systems to

SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago

Background : “IQ” is a stale test meant to measure mental capacity but in fact mostly measures extreme unintelligence (learning…

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

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@dgerard or as insufferable. I couldn’t get more than half a chapter into Black Swan because his writing style was so damned offputting.
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  he really gives off that condensed “stick it to the man” vibe

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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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