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IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (medium.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/sneerclub@awful.systems
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Taleb dunking on IQ “research” at length. Technically a seriouspost I guess.

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[–] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Side note, I know Taleb is widely appreciated, but man this is some badly written stuff. Is all his stuff like this? I realize blog post != book, but c'mon, some pride in craftmanship is in order.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    yes, way too much of it is. Taleb is extremely smart, but nobody is as smart as Taleb thinks he is.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    I think the most bitter part is him taking pride in his "real life" intelligence and his condemnation of test takers as "lifeless bureaucrats who can muster sterile motivation". There is a callous hubris there, I suspect fueled by resentment of past interactions with quacks and/or holier than thou academics, the remedy isn't becoming holier than thou in turn.

    Sneering is fun/cathartic, othering less so.

    NOTE: As a mindless drone pencil pusher myself, prone to to investigate things that don't clearly matter immediately to the "real world"; I might be a tad defensive here ^^.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    @dgerard or as insufferable. I couldn't get more than half a chapter into Black Swan because his writing style was so damned offputting.

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