tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post115360700247768096..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Intelligence, nature and nurtureSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-597647242138918932009-06-09T00:00:27.486-04:002009-06-09T00:00:27.486-04:00Some problems with the Turkheimer study:
1 - The ...Some problems with the Turkheimer study:<br /><br />1 - The study included only young children and does not make any attempt to extrapolate that all other findings of significant increases in h^2 by age 17 are in any way invalid. The effects of the shared environment vanish at around age 12.<br /><br />2 - Turkheimer began his paper by recognizing that the heritability of cognitive ability in Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437124240243787772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-41978534323274256472007-08-09T22:39:00.000-04:002007-08-09T22:39:00.000-04:00Anonymous said...If such IS the case then are we t...<I>Anonymous said...<BR/>If such IS the case then are we to discriminate individuals based on the category of I.Q. they fall into?<BR/><BR/>If Indians and East-Asians generally do well in so-called intelligence-measuring tests should we automatically confer on them a higher status within our society?</I><BR/><BR/>Dear Anonymous, This would only be the case if you make the choice to value Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1153666687937746652006-07-23T10:58:00.000-04:002006-07-23T10:58:00.000-04:00That IQ tests are measuring something "real" about...That IQ tests are measuring something "real" about people, which has something to do with general cognitive ability, seems well supported by data. See references <A HREF="http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2005/12/physics-still-pulls-them-in.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> , in particular US military experiences with recruit training and IQ scores.<BR/><BR/>The meaning of significant group differences Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1153632362295187802006-07-23T01:26:00.000-04:002006-07-23T01:26:00.000-04:00If such IS the case then are we to discriminate in...If such IS the case then are we to discriminate individuals based on the category of I.Q. they fall into?<BR/><BR/>If Indians and East-Asians generally do well in so-called intelligence-measuring tests should we automatically confer on them a higher status within our society?<BR/><BR/>While the factual information presented may (and I emphasize... may!) lead one to that supposition, the fact Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com