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IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle(medium.com)

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Taleb dunking on IQ “research” at length. Technically a seriouspost I guess.

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gerikson@awful.systems
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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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Phil@awful.systemsOP
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Yeah, he needs an editor. But the relentless dunking on IQiots is worth the verbiage imo.

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David Gerard@awful.systemsM
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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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Phil@awful.systemsOP
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High-end stats is kind of Taleb’s thing, so he gets to be as insufferable as he likes dunking on IQiots imo.

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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it’s amusing debate.

[Especially don’t debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

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