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[Epimethean]

Interesting point on IQ tests:

"Few people realize that the tests today represent the end result of a historical process that has its origins in racial and cultural bigotry. Many of the founding fathers of the modern testing industry-including Goddard, Terman and Carl Brighan (the developer of the Scholastic Aptitude Test)-advocated eugenics."

http://iq-test.learninginfo.org/iq01.htm

Yeah, I've heard that bullshit 'argument' before. Too bad there names were Goddard, Terman and Brighan and not Li, Wang and Zhang. Then, the argument might not be a complete waste of time.

Since even the creator of the tests, Binet, hazarded that such tests were likely to be misused, I think there's a truth to it. IQ tests are passe these days, especially on the heels of what Howard Gardner has been working on.