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- I. We know IQ is useful because of:
- A. Longitudinal data on the effect on life outcomes in comparison to other variables
- 1. Longitudinal, Sample size [Source 1]
- B. The predictive power for job performance in comparison to other variables
- 1. Power in comparison to other variables holding up very well
- [Sources 2 & 3]
- 2. Power by level of complexity [Source 4]
- C. Predicting criminal behavior
- 1. Longitudinal data, replication [Sources 5, 6, 7, & 8]
- D. Correlating with how smart people think each other are
- 1. Spousal correlation vs peer correlation as evidence of effect of relationship depth [Source 9, 10, 11, & 12]
- E. The nature of intelligence testing and g
- 1. Intelligence researchers started out with the multiple intelligences theory, but through it discovered g which is really powerful and probably explains why IQ tests are useful. [Source 13]
- II. We’re facing an intelligence crisis.
- A. IQ is heritable
- It is plausible for it to be heritable. [Sources 14, 15, 16, & 17]
- Twin studies show heritability. [Source 18, 19 & 20]
- More g loaded subtests are more heritable. [Source 25]
- B. IQ is going down
- Even high IQ teens have less sex. [Source 22]
- Didn’t always used to be this way. [Sources 26 & 27]
- G is negatively correlated with the strength of the Flynn
- effect. [Source 21]
- The Flynn effect has signs of slowing down, stopping or even reversing in the west. [Source 23]
- G is in fact going down. [Source 24]
- III. Idiocracy wasn’t a comedy, it was a documentary. Facts can’t be ignored because of their inconvenience because if you ignore a problem, or recognize a problem but ignore the cause and attempt to treat a fake cause or treat the symptoms, the problem is just going to grow and grow until it blows up in your face.
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