For how much these fucks talk about “overcoming bias”, they seem ABSOLUTELY incapable of overcoming their bias for IQ as a good measure of anything outside of acute mental disability. They want a simple answer to the question that has plagued their small minds forever: “Am I smarter than that person over there?” They cling to their number like a life-preserver in the ocean of society.
For how much these fucks talk about “overcoming bias”, they seem ABSOLUTELY incapable of overcoming their bias for IQ as a good measure of anything outside of acute mental disability. They want a simple answer to the question that has plagued their small minds forever: “Am I smarter than that person over there?” They cling to their number like a life-preserver in the ocean of society.
It’s just so pathetic.
loved the recent twitter thread on how the distinguishing characteristic of true humans was actually throwing real good
They don’t just cling to it - they massage their scores/educational achievements.