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Debating what intelligence is, is such a circle-jerk.

The term is so broad, that it encompasses aspects like motivation, memory retention capacity, memory recall rates, differentiates between verbal, spacial and emotional intelligence, and occasionally veers into scientific racism.

It’s a fucking shit show. The comment sections of posts about intelligence are generally toxic because everyone thinks they’re a genius.

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yesman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
If debating intelligence is waste of time, imagine what a “shit show” trying to measure it must be. This is the central point: measuring intelligence is just as foolish as measuring beauty or charm.

The problem is that this isn’t just a debate on the internet. Your IQ score can still literally be the difference between life and death in the US legal system. So it’s pretty important to let people know it’s pseudoscience from eugenicists that, by the way, doesn’t work!

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- Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  IQ tests are interesting, because they’re mainly a test of pattern recognition.
  
  However, knowing how the patterns are formed, can easily net you +10 points on an IQ test.
  
  It’s a shit way to determine “intelligence”.
  
  Some people might score highly, but are socially inept and unmotivated, meaning they have a lot of raw power, without having the mental capability to channel it productively, which is pretty fucking stupid.
  
  Then you get people like Musk and Trump, who are both highly motivated people, despite being dumb as rocks. Yet, our geniuses can’t figure out how to mitigate their stupidity.
  
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  - Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    well no, modern intelligence tests specifically test different things, for example the one i took had a section about working memory where i had to recite numbers in various ways.
    
    which was useful because it turns out my working memory is absolute dogshit
    
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  - Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Redefining “intelligence” to mean “effectiveness” is dumb imo
    
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tdawg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
“Occasionally” seems rather generous

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iii@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I got a clinical assesment and it took 12 hours spread over 12 weeks. Indeed contained verbal and visual memory tests, verbal and visual ability to fantasize, pattern recognition, logic, social ability, etc

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