should we use IQ as a mental model?

"Kein Test der Welt kann zeigen, wie klug ich bin, wenn ich groß bin"

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• > IQ is copium
• > By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
• ~ young elite chess players 'benefit' from lower IQ because they practice more

• ~ IQ is an initial advantage in skill acquisition which disappears quickly and completely

• Binet only intended to predict school success with the IQ test

• maybe a good model: ~ IQ should be seen as a single cognitive factor

• Termites

• Flynn effect

• this is also just a smaller reiteration of ⌣ nature vs. nurture (at least the high-level discussion, not the specific problems or implementations)