Race and IQs

[Pat Mustard]

Why are so many people taking IQ tests.  I thought they were pretty much for identifying children with developmental disabilities.  With all of the standardized test scores (SAT, ACT, GRE) it doesn't seem like it has a point, again, outside of identifying special needs kids.

I went to a job interview once and the only thing they did was to give me an IQ test.

Many years later I was approached by a job agent about a job. I realised it was the same company so got him to ask whether they were still doing IQ tests. When he came back and said they were I told him I wouldn't bother.

On the other hand, I love interview processes where standardised testing has a big part. I ace them without even trying.

Interviews, however, bring me out in the cold sweats.

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Entire race?

Where does one race end and another begin?

Dr Philippe Rushton says that race is more than skin deep. You can tell a person's race even from their bone or DNA. That proves that race is a meaningful concept, not just a social construct.

Rushton was also well known for refitting the evidence to his preconceived notions that black people were worse in every way than white people. Therefore his conclusions aren't worth a shit.