Jane Galt takes up the IQ controversy. GNXPers are a bit late to the game….
Also-check out this fluffy review of the book Intelligence, Race, and Genetics: Conversations with Arthur R. Jensen. Here are some quotes that capture the flavor of the review:
In a sense, intelligence tests are like artificial intelligence: the “highest” brain functions, such as the ability to do algebra, are among the easiest things for machines to replicate – and tests to measure – whereas the deeply intuitive ways we make sense of each other are hardest to produce artificially.
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My wild hunch, and this might be just wishful thinking, is that future generations will see Jensen’s work as a waste of his mathematical and statistical intelligence, equivalent of hiring me instead of Hattestad for the throwing job.
Update: Good response to the review above. From the Evolutionary Psychology list.
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