Re: Sklansky\'s Handicap
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I believe it wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility for the members of SMP to find such an "anti-Sklansky" with a distinguished record and stratospheric IQ score...
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Certainly not. I'm sure this is one of the attractions of SMP.
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Still, we can work in terms of a thought experiment. What if, hypothetically, we were to poll everyone on Earth with an IQ > 180. And what if 80% of them disagreed with David on this issue? That should eliminate the impact of selection bias, right?
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And in the process, increase the average intelligence in SMP.
What I personally find in those arguments he proposed, there are flaws in the logic of those arguments, that aren't necessarily drawn from naviete, but rather it is a deliberate misstep in logic. And who jumps all over that?
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