May 1, 2025 • 56 mins
IQ tests, get on the analysis couch. This week we trace the intelligence quotient’s horrible origin in eugenics and sterilization. Then track how it kinda improved and developed into the G factor (has nothing to do with being a g, yet kind of does). And finally identify the now recognized multiple styles of intelligence that make things a lot more interesting. Very Psych 102 style. TLDR: if you think you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong.
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