The march to Nazism takes another step

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    4 days ago

    It’s polite etiquette to mention what you’re quoting.

    Scores from intelligence tests are estimates of intelligence. Unlike, for example, distance and mass, a concrete measure of intelligence cannot be achieved given the abstract nature of the concept of “intelligence”.

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      It’s polite etiquette to mention what you’re quoting.

      It’s obviously a common definition of IQ… It doesn’t really matter where it’s from as it shows that general definitions of IQ claim it’s a test of generalized intellect.

      Your quote doesn’t really refute my argument, or clarify what claim you are making?

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        4 days ago

        I was quoting the same page you were quoting.

        I’d say IQ is an attempt at concretizing a notion of intelligence. There’s little consensus on what intelligence really means, so there’s not much more to say than that. In other words, IQ is just a number. More relevant is what IQ can be found to correlate with.