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starkid
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15 Nov 2013, 6:01 pm

Thelibrarian wrote:

Success? I would say having enough to eat, decent living quarters, a safe environment in which to live, and some freedom for starters.

Yes, psychometrics were developed in more successful countries. Is there something wrong with that? If successful countries wrong and evil and unsuccessful countries always right and virtuous?

And as far as the tests being copied and translated into other languages, you might want to take a look at Raven's Progressive Matrices, which are designed to test intelligence without the use of language at all, or any possibility of cultural biases.

Any more questions?


Nevermind. I'm so tired of these hyperbolic, knee-jerk defensive reactions on WP.

edited to highlight hyperbole



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15 Nov 2013, 6:05 pm

starkid wrote:
Thelibrarian wrote:

Success? I would say having enough to eat, decent living quarters, a safe environment in which to live, and some freedom for starters.

Yes, psychometrics were developed in more successful countries. Is there something wrong with that? If successful countries wrong and evil and unsuccessful countries always right and virtuous?

And as far as the tests being copied and translated into other languages, you might want to take a look at Raven's Progressive Matrices, which are designed to test intelligence without the use of language at all, or any possibility of cultural biases.

Any more questions?


Nevermind. I'm so tired of these hyperbolic, knee-jerk defensive reactions on WP.


Sir, all I did was to answer questions you posed to me in as objectively and politely as I possibly can. If you didn't want answers, why did you ask the questions?