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[โ€“] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The flawed metric racists use to claim they are somehow superior?

There is a reason why it isn't standard practice and only covers certain topics. It can measure some general knowledge, but is in no way indictment to the actual intelligence of a person.

[โ€“] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes I know the origins of IQ Tests and how it was used for justifying eugenics in USA and how Hitler got inspired by it. But I ment it as a joke to the original comment asking how to measure intelligence. And anyway who believes in a number on piece of paper we all only believe in how much upvotes we can get on Lemmy.