• ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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    1 hour ago

    I can’t believe I’m saying this to defend the people who most often used it to justify their racism but the IQ test is not an objective measure of intelligence and was designed by eugenicists.

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      57 minutes ago

      Also, the difference between the countries with the highest average IQ and the US was 10 points, which is the same kind of increase you can get in IQ testing scores if you tell the tester that they’ll get $10 if they do well.

  • Kaity@leminal.space
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    These national tests are yeesh material tho. Subtle, or not so subtle, at least tangential to, eugenicist or nationalistic ideals.

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    50 minutes ago

    Shocker. The places that basically have forced study schools top out but only just barely.