Tyrrell_McAllister comments on [SEQ RERUN] Why Are Individual IQ Differences OK? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_M 10 October 2011 05:49:35PM 8 points [-]

Yes, that is a fatal flaw in the above argument. It "proves" way too much, namely that we should be disturbed by the idea that there is any observable property of people whatsoever whose correlation with intelligence is neither zero nor one.

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 10 October 2011 06:09:53PM *  4 points [-]

It "proves" way too much, namely that we should be disturbed by the idea that there is any observable property of people whatsoever whose correlation with intelligence is neither zero nor one.

I agree. My footnote was trying to get at the same problem. (Though I'm not sure that Eugine_Nier was making the same point.)

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 10 October 2011 06:10:33PM 2 points [-]

I was.