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Major IQ differences in identical twins linked to schooling, challenging decades of research (www.psypost.org)
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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

but it is repeatable and has generated accurate predictions which is what science is all about.

No. If I program a program that equates 1+1=3 in a predictable manner, and many other wrong calculations, so we don't understand its inner workings. But still the prediction would be the same with this program. That does not mean its correct. IQ tests are not good indications of if someone is more intelligent than someone else. And no, they do not generate accurate predictions, that's not even what an IQ test is for.

[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're displaying an ignorance on how science works. Repeatability and predictions are massively important to the scientific method.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And you keep misunderstanding and misrepresenting what I'm saying.

[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

And I'm not saying that IQ tells you if someone is more intelligent than someone else. (it doesn't)