Swimmer963 comments on Rationality Quotes August 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Swimmer963 11 August 2013 01:00:20AM 1 point [-]

Or we could simply point out that with average IQs in the 70s and 80s, average mathematician IQs closer to 140s - or 4 standard deviations away.

Isn't the average IQ 100 by definition?

Comment author: gwern 11 August 2013 03:22:38AM 5 points [-]

Yes - but whose average?

Comment author: Swimmer963 11 August 2013 04:41:43AM *  2 points [-]

Presumably the people who write the IQ test, based on whatever population sample they use to calibrate it. Is the point that the average IQ in India is 70-80, as opposed to the average in the US? (This could be technically true on an IQ test written in the US, without being meaningful, or it could be actually true because of nutrition or whatever). What data does the number 70-80 actually come from?

Comment author: ESRogs 11 August 2013 06:22:06AM *  5 points [-]

What data does the number 70-80 actually come from?

Presumably from this list.

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