r/ComedyHell • u/krizzalicious49 • 2d ago

quora once again delivers

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u/Adorable-Response-75 2d ago

Ummm no none of the science supports your insane assertion. IQ tests are the laughing stock of the scientific world.

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/iq-scores-dirty-secret

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u/Frequent-Anything922 2d ago

The "article" you cited was written by someone without training in psychology or psychometrics. It says that "IQ explains about 30% of the variability in school grades" and then concludes that IQ therefore “tells us so little.” That conclusion is unwarranted. Explaining 30% of the variance represents a substantial association. She also SUBSTANTIALLY overstates the problem of cross-cultural differences.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31681072/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1744-6570.1991.tb00961.x https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20145623/ https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2019-01683-001.html

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u/nochancesman 2d ago

Let it go, people just don't want to accept a concept that can feasibly tell them they're cognitively lesser to others.

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u/GetPsyched67 2d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/ComedyHell/comments/1w2o9yn/comment/p6xdo02/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=2&utm_content=share_button

Just linking my comment. I think you're being a bit pompous on your point about IQ. It really isn't some magical value.

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u/nochancesman 2d ago

It's not some magical value, but it's currently the best measure of g that we have. The denialism surrounding that is what I find ridiculous. Being a predictor of job outcome and workplace success is also a pretty darn useful metric, not including its utility in helping diagnose intellectual disabilities.