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> Psychologists declare whole races of people or countries as doomed to poverty because they've got "low IQ" Who the hell have you been talking to? This is obv
by zachr 7y ago
> Psychologists declare whole races of people or countries as doomed to poverty because they've got "low IQ"
Who the hell have you been talking to? This is obvious bullshit.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoMore important question - how did he get a time machine to the 1920's?
- man-and-laptop 7y agoThere are psychologists today who think that higher IQ is a cause of greater wealth and success. I wasn't referring to the original incarnation of IQ theory, which was designed to identify children who needed more attention from their teachers. It then morphed into a justification for racial discrimination. I still hear concepts like country IQ and racial IQ being brought up in conversations. Admittedly, the people talking about this are non-psychologists, but some of them appear to reference the psychology literature.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoYou're conflating psychologist and psychiatrists. Also, that sort of thing was used to rationalize eugenics a century ago - I'd be very interested if you could found some mainstream psychologists/psychiatrists who espouse those beliefs. Edit: I see you added "Admittedly, the people talking about this are non-psychologists, but some of them appear to reference the psychology literature." That's like making the argument that anti-Vaxers are good scientists as they sometimes reference the literature.
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