Well done! I'd been considering an article like this for some time, and this analysis saved me a lot of trouble. Scott has a strong verbal tilt, which makes him good at philosophy (well... for a puny human, anyway), and he has a special interest in social dynamics that allowed him to dominate his particular niche.
But there's just no way anyone who struggles with Calculus I is three standard deviations above the mean, and I have no idea why anyone thinks he's that smart. (No wait I do: the ones who think this are his fans, and the most important characteristic of fans is that they be emotional, not that they be objective.)
Calling it now: Verbal tilt theory has something to do with both the MENSA paradox, IQ fetishism, and IQ denialism. Also likely explains why midwittery only target certain sub-demographics of ~120 humanities degree holders vs ~110 STEM enthusiasts.
I read a lot about IQ being "more a measure of processing power than anything else" lately and don't know where it comes from. (Maybe computer scientists becoming interested in human intelligence?) Information processing tests *are* valuable for measuring mental ability in a way that is largely uncontaminated by Flynn Effects, but it isn't really true that intelligence is, or is primarily, a measure of processing power - particularly insofar as it leads to metaphors like intelligence being a tree with branches that grow further apart; mental abilities remain highly correlated even at high levels of g, and IQ appears to form three clusters (verbal, perceptual, rotation) which don't exactly have processing at their root:
Research request: what is the estimator formula between the 30 BFI facets and fluid IQ? The MMPI might have too many questions and needs a trim. https://archive.fo/folec https://www.emilkirkegaard.com/p/new-paper-out-intelligence-and-general-psychopathology-in-the-vietnam-experience-study-a-closer-look
Well done! I'd been considering an article like this for some time, and this analysis saved me a lot of trouble. Scott has a strong verbal tilt, which makes him good at philosophy (well... for a puny human, anyway), and he has a special interest in social dynamics that allowed him to dominate his particular niche.
But there's just no way anyone who struggles with Calculus I is three standard deviations above the mean, and I have no idea why anyone thinks he's that smart. (No wait I do: the ones who think this are his fans, and the most important characteristic of fans is that they be emotional, not that they be objective.)
Calling it now: Verbal tilt theory has something to do with both the MENSA paradox, IQ fetishism, and IQ denialism. Also likely explains why midwittery only target certain sub-demographics of ~120 humanities degree holders vs ~110 STEM enthusiasts.
>rarely culturally unbiased
typo?
verbal/general knowledge tests can be culturally biased against immigrants, though the scores are still vaguely meaningful.
edit: nvm yes it was a typo lol
I read a lot about IQ being "more a measure of processing power than anything else" lately and don't know where it comes from. (Maybe computer scientists becoming interested in human intelligence?) Information processing tests *are* valuable for measuring mental ability in a way that is largely uncontaminated by Flynn Effects, but it isn't really true that intelligence is, or is primarily, a measure of processing power - particularly insofar as it leads to metaphors like intelligence being a tree with branches that grow further apart; mental abilities remain highly correlated even at high levels of g, and IQ appears to form three clusters (verbal, perceptual, rotation) which don't exactly have processing at their root:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas-Bouchard-Jr/publication/222813540_The_structure_of_human_intelligence_It_is_verbal_perceptual_and_image_rotation_VPR_not_fluid_and_crystallized/links/5ba2c1fea6fdccd3cb649585/The-structure-of-human-intelligence-It-is-verbal-perceptual-and-image-rotation-VPR-not-fluid-and-crystallized.pdf