The podcast starts with an introduction to Nassim Nicholas Taleb's article, "IQ is Largely a Pseudoscientific Swindle." The hosts discuss the article's main points, and introduce the concept of critical rationalism as a framework for analyzing intelligence tests.
Introduction of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's article and its central question.
Discussion about the meaningfulness of IQ test results.
Mention of critical rationalism and its relation to the topic.
This time we discuss Nassim Nicholas Taleb's article "IQ is Largely a Pseudoscientific Swindle" -- a title whose compliment is that he's claiming IQ is a bit scientifically valid. But which bits does he claim are valid?
We use this article as a springboard to consider: Do the numbers produced by an IQ test say something meaningful or useful about human minds? Would these tests be better off in the dustbin of history? Are they ever useful? And is there overlap between Taleb's take on IQ and the negative view of these tests held by many critical rationalists? What does Taleb agree (or disagree) with CritRats over when it comes to IQ?