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February 16, 2005
The Flynn Debate
Possibilities: 1) The Flynn Effect is based on bad data. I think that we can rule out 1 and 5 easily enough. I don't think that 'g' is sacred. I can certainly imagine a new theory supplanting it, but on the balance, I think that we can say that 4 is improbable. I have heard both 2 and 3. Rushton, for example, claims 2, while Flynn claims 3. I'm willing to believe Flynn because he's more mainstream. So that leaves 3. So now for the million-dollar question, what about the environment is improving IQ so much?
Posted by Thrasymachus at
09:00 PM
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