MTGandP comments on In Defense of Moral Investigation - Less Wrong

-5 Post author: MTGandP 04 November 2012 04:26AM

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Comment author: MTGandP 07 November 2012 01:24:50AM -1 points [-]

Now you say that you don't have a sturdy definition of intelligence.

I don't have to have a sturdy definition of intelligence to know that IQ is not intelligence, in much the same way that I know that the capacity to identify paperclips is not intelligence.

Your rejection of racial differences seemed to be unfalsifiable

I don't know enough about psychometrics to adequately define intelligence in a way that can be measured. I do believe that there exists some sturdy definition that can be measured and adequately reflects most people's intuitions of what "intelligence" means, but I do not know what that definition is.

Comment author: drethelin 07 November 2012 05:24:23AM 5 points [-]

Whether or not IQ is intelligence however you define it, you have to explain why it has such strong correlation with success.

Comment author: MTGandP 07 November 2012 05:58:26PM -1 points [-]

What do you mean by success?

Comment author: drethelin 07 November 2012 06:46:10PM 4 points [-]
Comment author: MTGandP 08 November 2012 04:23:44AM -1 points [-]

That's strong evidence that IQ is correlated with intelligence, yes. Does that mean that IQ is intelligence? Not necessarily.