Tuesday, January 20, 2015

The Truth About IQ Tests

Specious intelligence tests, colloquially known as IQ tests, were invented to justify incarceration of group labeled "feebleminded."  Often the so-called feebleminded were just shy, too good-natured to be taken seriously, or simply spoke the wrong language or were the wrong color.

Edwin Black, "War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race," p.xv

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are mistaken. Science backs the reliability of IQ tests.

Glenn E. Chatfield said...

Yes, trust the science. COVID, evolution, etc, etc. IQ tests have been proven to be bogus, just ego raisers.