IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle
Frankly, I&#x27;m incredibly disappointed in Taleb&#x27;s recent writing. This article is one of many where the actual point being made is buried beneath unnecessary and divisive ad-hominem attacks.<p>Does the caption <i>&quot;Mensa members: typically high “IQ” losers in Birkenstocks.&quot;</i> usefully contribute to a serious, scholarly conversation on IQ? Is it reasonable or fair-minded to immediately tar opponents to your argument as racists, eugenicists and &quot;psychometry peddlers looking for suckers&quot;?<p>I am uninterested in engaging with the substance of Taleb&#x27;s arguments here, because the style is so needlessly vicious. I won&#x27;t be buying Taleb&#x27;s next book, because I don&#x27;t want to endorse this kind of debasement of the public dialogue.