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IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle
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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.
AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)
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It doesn't, see attached screenshot of tests carried out on the cohort.
The ASVAB is considered one of the accepted forms of IQ tests, as long it is proctored, like the NLSY does.
Other studies might use other IQ tests like the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale or Raven's Progressive Matrices Test.
The use of ASVAB score as a stand-in for IQ is contentious amongst researchers.
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What's more, higher scores on WAIS and ASVAB are even less correlated with eachother than lower scores.