@xue
This anwser makes it actually worse.
@xue @victor @NEETzsche
Go to a gypsie occupied area and talk to them. TALK TO THEM FOR 10 FUCKING MINUTES, and tell me, that IQ doesn't exist.
@xue @victor @NEETzsche
Yes.
Reducing a complex phenomenon into a single number is the essence of any useful metric.
@xue @victor @NEETzsche
Btw, do not think, that sociology is not full of garbage.
for example, EQ is a bullshot metric, that miraculously corresponds perfectly to breast size.
But IQ is not one of them.
@Jens_Rasmussen @victor @xue @NEETzsche
Women with big boobs have no problem in any social situation, and everyone is interested to talking to them about their feelings.
therefore, they have a high EQ.
@Jens_Rasmussen @victor @xue @NEETzsche
Well, it is what is measured.
@Jens_Rasmussen @victor @xue @NEETzsche
Well, next time you hear anyone describe EQ, take a moment to think, if the exact situation they describe would play differently for me, or for Big Booba Babe.
@Jens_Rasmussen @victor @xue @NEETzsche
Sure... and it magically drops at the age of 35 for most women.
@xue @LukeAlmighty @Jens_Rasmussen @NEETzsche
If IQ is just a made-up number, then what’s the best way to measure someone’s intelligence?
Or are you saying “it’s complicated” and that we shouldn’t try to do that? I could agree with that, in some sense. I don’t need a number to know that someone is either retarded or way smarter than me.
Sometimes I’m tricked by apparent confidence or humility, e.g. someone can seem smarter if they act confident (which is basically the entire basis of modern medicine), but eventually it becomes clear that they don’t actually know what they’re talking about.
It’s not possible to trick an IQ test with social confidence, though.
Also, don’t forget that IQ is generally a good predictor of success in life, for what that’s worth.
(Here’s the full article from the picture: https://www.gwern.net/docs/iq/2002-firkowskamankiewicz.pdf)