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gerikson to SneerClubEnglish · 2 years ago

Is the "g factor" just a rebranding of IQ, or is there any scientific basis for it?

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Is the "g factor" just a rebranding of IQ, or is there any scientific basis for it?

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gerikson to SneerClubEnglish · 2 years ago
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The Wiki page is voluminous enough to approach gish galloping, and the Talk page is almost as big https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics)

Asking because someone in another forum basically said that while IQ might be discredited, “g” is valid.

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    oh that’s why he thinks he’s qualified to weigh in on psychological shit — he’s an AI researcher who specializes in Bayesian networks which is a pretty strong signal for him being a Rationalist, especially when you look at some of the topics of his research

    e: god the titles of a lot of these papers sound like LessWrong or slatestarcodex posts

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