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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

you’re clearly a -phobe or racist

Sure, you want to believe it's bullshit. But then you get to Stanford and find out "The Bell Curve" is required reading in your social circle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It remains a rigorous and statistically valid study. I wish they'd excluded the race-based portion of the study because it's so ideologically toxic, but their primary point was that society was becoming increasingly biased in favour of individuals with higher IQ or "G" quotients, and that this should concern us as it could lead to further wealth polarisation along this axis. At no point is the claim made that IQ is a measure of human worth, or a complete accounting of intelligence - just that this measurement seemed to be correlated with better life outcomes. I really wish they'd left the study at non-Hispanic whites because that's a pretty important observation and something we should consider as a society. E.g. if a perfect "meritocracy" were instantiated in terms of economic rewards, that would be far from ideal if it meant throwing everybody else to the wolves just because they're less economically productive in that model.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The concept of IQ as a crude basic tool for evaluating severe mental injury or illness was perverted into a theory of social hierarchy that is only "proved" in hindsight.

At no point is the claim made that IQ is a measure of human worth, or a complete accounting of intelligence

That's a bald faced lie. Tons of eugenic theory revolves around the alleged primacy of intelligence as measured through IQ. The Mensa Club admits based on IQ. Employers can and do make hiring decisions based on IQ and similar exams. "Bell Curve" is exhaustively referenced as the legitimizing theory for these policies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm aware, but the study itself makes no moral claims.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The study was produced by an individual who has made numerous moral claims outside of his writing and cited as motivation for moral crusades by his friends and political allies.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Try to keep an open mind. Merry Christmas.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

An ironic request, given the subject matter you're defending.