Two decades ago, James R. Flynn, a professor emeritus at the University of Otaga in New Zealand found that IQ test scores have been increasing over the years–a phenomenon known as the “Flynn Effect”. This is despite failing schools and stagnant standardized test scores. In his new book “What is Intelligence?”, he talks about the [...]
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According to the Nova Scotia News, one of the major uses of IQ testing today is to determine the IQ of convicted felons like Robert Pickton in order to determine if they were mentally able to commit the crime. Robert Pickton’s IQ was 86, deemed by the defense team to be too low to be [...]
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American Nobel Prize-winning scientist, James Watson, created more controversy recently around the racial issues in IQ testing by being quoted as saying he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours whereas all testing says not really.” [...]
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