IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (Argument Closed) | by Nassim Nicholas Taleb | INCERTO | Medium
Also note that country IQ is fake news. Background : “IQ” is a stale test meant to measure mental capacity but in fact mostly measures extreme unintelligence (learning…IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (Argument Closed) UPDATE ARGUMENT CLOSED (2025): The argument is now closed thanks to paper by Brown, Wai, and Chabris that tried to rebut the piece below …ARGUMENT CLOSED (2025): The argument is now closed thanks to paper by Brown, Wai, and Chabris that tried to rebut the piece below, but confirmed all of its conclusions. The piece, most recent one on IQ and relying on multi-cohort studies, unintentially showed that IQ explains almost nothing in educational attainment, occupational attainment, and …income!Background : “IQ” is a stale test meant to measure mental capacity but in fact mostly measures extreme unintelligence (learning difficulties), as well as, to a lesser extent (with a lot of noise), a form of intelligence, stripped of 2nd order effects — how good someone is at taking some type of exams designed by unsophisticated nerds.
