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		crazygringo 43 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 210 IQ Is Not Enough Yeah, IQ tests don't really go above 160 precisely because there's no way to statistically validate the result. There aren't enough people. Someone can design a test and claim it determines IQ up to 210, but there's no way to statistically validate that so it's simply meaningless.

froh 43 days ago [–]

yes, and there were other scales with other std deviations, decades ago. but that really shouldn't be a headline any more.

to me the 210 simply signals a certain distance of the author to the topic. that may be unjust, but I can't help it.

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