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>hell they're even controversial when used to measure human intelligence

You could come up with an IQ test that perfectly tests general intelligence and it would still be controversial. Most don't want a score attached to their level of intelligence.

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The people that don’t like IQ tests usually deny that “general intelligence” is a thing at all.

I've heard plenty of reasoned arguments over the years (that I would butcher trying to articulate) that raise specific issue with the methodology of the tests, biases towards analytical thinking, and whether the tests are really predictive.

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