"IQ IS JUNK SCIENCE INVENTED BY WHITE SUPREMACIST EUGENICISTS TO JUSTIFY THEIR IDEOLOGY"
It is not an "inconvenient truth". It is not an otherwise robust instrument that is misused by some people with an agenda. It is not something that's pretty accurate but that is complicated by societal factors.
It's bullshit. Bupkis. Bunk.
As Johnathan Frakes says in that one show, "We made this one up. It's a total fabrication. It's pure fiction. It's a made up tale. This one was invented by a writer. It's an urban legend... that never happened."
We've got a few people who are responding to this post defending the usage of IQ, questioning that IQ is still used, assuming I don't know what IQ means, etc. I have neither the time nor the inclination to reply to each of these people and try to teach/prove anything to them, so I will simply say this.
I am trained in psychology and education at the master's level so I am fully aware of what it is, where it came from, how it works, etc. Moreover, I have had modern iterations of intelligence scales administered to me. Finally, I have worked in schools for 11 years in special education & counseling so I am very familiar with how these things function in the real world.
Psychology, education, medicine, etc are all irrevocably tainted by their participation in white supremacy, capitalism, ableism, and so on. These disciplines are not neutral or objective and their abuse of marginalized groups has never stopped. The tools, metrics, labels, definitions, categories, and all other outgrowths of these twisted and corrupted areas of study are therefore also sites of oppression. IQ is one of the worst of these.
Do your own research on scientific racism, yes. But also just know that our research tools are not exempt from those glaring flaws either. If you are going to even come close to finding something remotely resembling the truth, you have got to engage with these things critically. You have got to have the courage to reject the incorrect and violent assumptions underpinning these various fields. You have got to be ruthless with yourself also, for everything that you have been taught has the seeds of oppression within it.
None of what I said was wrong. IQ is fake. It's white supremacist propaganda. Get your shit together and THINK FOR YOURSELF
My last word on the subject will be this: I will never, ever be surprised to see a white person defending IQ. It was literally made to enshrine their superiority, why would they let that go? Of course they think it's useful, IT IS! It helps keep them on top.
@tillshadeisgone I too used to defend IQ but upon some self examination discovered it was because I tested very well and therefore wanted to think it was meaningful and important, and made me Special. Took some time to unfuck that.
IQ pride is equivalent to wishing someone showed up at your doorstep saying "you're a wizard, Harry". It only makes people feel entitled, and then angry (or in my case, slightly sad) when they discover their score means bupkis in the real world.
@breadandcircuses they also have a tendency to favour people with good spacial awareness. I have a buddy with aphantasia and boy does he have a lot to say about IQ tests 😂