Everyone talking about IQ didn't read the study.
Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Early Child Cognitive Development
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> An IQ of 80 is borderline pathological. While controversial in everyday conversation, intelligence has been measured around the world, and in many countries 80 or even below is the average. If you see the Wikipedia article “Heritability of IQ” you will find that it is mostly inherited, like for example height which can be stunted in childhood, but not easily increased. Many people live good lives like this, althoug…
The article doesn’t say that. But, looking at, for example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations_and_IQ , you’ll find that scientific consensus is something like ‘ Any conclusions drawn from analyses which use these data are therefore unsound, and no reliable evolutionary work should be using these data”. And I don’t even understand[0] why you feel the need to bring some racist theorizing from the 70s into it? Yes,…
My reply was to the claim that 80IQ was pathological, while it in fact is norm in many places, and not pathological. As I wrote, many live good lives with 80 IQ points, even if the modern world presents many challenges to this group.
Re: Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Early Child Cognitive Development
#13Everyone talking about IQ didn't read the study.
Right.. they are not talking about IQ, but just happen to use measures of cognitive skills adjusted to a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. Like IQ
Re: Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Early Child Cognitive Development
#14Everyone talking about IQ didn't read the study.
Right.. they are not talking about IQ, but just happen to use measures of cognitive skills adjusted to a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. Like IQ
Measuring verbal and motor skills among young children is not the same as an IQ test. We are taking about clear milestones.
You're framing these scores as though they measure the same things in the same ways as IQ tests. IQ tests are basically bullshit among the adult population. It's pretty easy to say that most 1 year olds can walk, so if you have a 15 month old that can't, it's notable. Once flagged in this way, kids are screened more thoroughly.