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Apr 14, 2022Liked by Emil O. W. Kirkegaard

A better way to estimate iq is to use percentiles: In a group of 100 random persons, how many of them are you smarter than?

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This, but also find benchmark tasks of each IQ level ala NALS and PIAAC (see previous posts).

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Jesus. How does this pass peer review? It took you, what, all of 2 minutes to see their flawed methodology?

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Peer review is largely random and with a left-leaning bias. This paper isn't political, so it comes down to just the random luck part I think. I know one of the authors, he's a nice guy, and has some other good work.

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Also the metropolitan vs national average as the anchor is also concerning.

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