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		yasp on Oct 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered fr... Nassim Taleb has assured me that IQ is a "pseudoscientific swindle". Imagine my shock, therefore, to see this paper relying on it.

krona on Oct 21, 2020 [–]

Taleb doesn't dispute that IQ measures something useful with regards to cognitive ability.

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