▲ 1479 ▼ Cause and Effect (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 1 year ago by HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 141 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] waldo_was_here@piefed.social 17 points 1 year ago (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (4 children) Not only there, it's a world wide phenomenon. I keep hearing this kind of shit from people here in Germany and my family in Brazil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Zerush@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-iq-by-country The US ranks in the position 33, best are China, Taiwan, Hongkong and South Corea, normal. The used Test https://international-iq-test.com/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) IQ has a history of racism, literally eugenics stuff. Probably not a good idea to trust this psudoscience BS. Racial minorities got sterilized over this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Well, it is always needed to take IQ tests with a grain of salt, there are several type of intelligences and the tests normally show only the analytic capability to solve problems, but not the emotional or social intelligence to solve conflicts, which is equal or even more important. Not the tests as such are racists but the interpretation of priorities in the evaluation that is applied. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] drath@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yet another reminder that all the mentions of Dunning-Kruger are a better display of it's perceived effect than the original study ever was. In the original study, people correctly predicted their performance relative to others, but the discrepancy was in the scale of that difference, which can be attributed to numerous factors. Dumb people just took it as "stupid people think they're smart" and run around saying "Dunning-Kruger" to sound smarter... oh the irony. And yes, given two mentions in the above text, this is, indeed, a suicide by words. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (4 children) Not only there, it's a world wide phenomenon. I keep hearing this kind of shit from people here in Germany and my family in Brazil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Zerush@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-iq-by-country The US ranks in the position 33, best are China, Taiwan, Hongkong and South Corea, normal. The used Test https://international-iq-test.com/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) IQ has a history of racism, literally eugenics stuff. Probably not a good idea to trust this psudoscience BS. Racial minorities got sterilized over this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Well, it is always needed to take IQ tests with a grain of salt, there are several type of intelligences and the tests normally show only the analytic capability to solve problems, but not the emotional or social intelligence to solve conflicts, which is equal or even more important. Not the tests as such are racists but the interpretation of priorities in the evaluation that is applied. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-iq-by-country The US ranks in the position 33, best are China, Taiwan, Hongkong and South Corea, normal. The used Test https://international-iq-test.com/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) IQ has a history of racism, literally eugenics stuff. Probably not a good idea to trust this psudoscience BS. Racial minorities got sterilized over this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Well, it is always needed to take IQ tests with a grain of salt, there are several type of intelligences and the tests normally show only the analytic capability to solve problems, but not the emotional or social intelligence to solve conflicts, which is equal or even more important. Not the tests as such are racists but the interpretation of priorities in the evaluation that is applied. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) IQ has a history of racism, literally eugenics stuff. Probably not a good idea to trust this psudoscience BS. Racial minorities got sterilized over this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Well, it is always needed to take IQ tests with a grain of salt, there are several type of intelligences and the tests normally show only the analytic capability to solve problems, but not the emotional or social intelligence to solve conflicts, which is equal or even more important. Not the tests as such are racists but the interpretation of priorities in the evaluation that is applied. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Well, it is always needed to take IQ tests with a grain of salt, there are several type of intelligences and the tests normally show only the analytic capability to solve problems, but not the emotional or social intelligence to solve conflicts, which is equal or even more important. Not the tests as such are racists but the interpretation of priorities in the evaluation that is applied. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drath@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yet another reminder that all the mentions of Dunning-Kruger are a better display of it's perceived effect than the original study ever was. In the original study, people correctly predicted their performance relative to others, but the discrepancy was in the scale of that difference, which can be attributed to numerous factors. Dumb people just took it as "stupid people think they're smart" and run around saying "Dunning-Kruger" to sound smarter... oh the irony. And yes, given two mentions in the above text, this is, indeed, a suicide by words. permalink fedilink source parent
