[ExI] iqtests

[William Flynn Wallace]

*>> how could you say there was a meaningful repeatable
measurable difference between somebody who had an IQ of 170 and somebody
who had an IQ of 171?*

*You could say that if the iq test were perfectly reliable - 100% agreement
between two testings for all subjects.*

*Which will never happen.  A one point difference is well within the
standard error of measurement (which you might want to learn about).*

*> If IQ is lousy for judging non human intelligence then it must also be
lousy at judging human intelligence;*

*Poor old IQ tests - don't get credit due.  Standard IQ tests correlate
with and thus can predict more things than any other test.  Don't think
that many people aren't trying really hard to find some.*

*Some of you need to do a little research on intelligence, because some of
you are over your heads.*

*WIlliam F. Wallace Ph. D , experimental and clinical psychology*
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