Zero Powers wrote,
> Having taken the California bar exam, it seems to me that the
> main thing it
> measures is your ability to take the exam. I have the same
> feeling about IQ
> tests.
I believe that this is literally true. When I studied Psychology at Florida
Tech, they literally taught us that IQ tests measure only how well one can
take an IQ test. There have been no reliable tests that IQ predicts
anything else. There is no statistical correlation between IQ and earnings,
grades, highest level of education achieved, types of jobs obtained,
popularity in politics, popularity of published materials, etc. No
predictive correlation to any real-world measurement has been proven.
-- Harvey Newstrom <http://HarveyNewstrom.com> <http://Newstaff.com>
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