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Originally Posted by MRM
I think your point was that test bias would flunk Lincoln out of a modern IQ test because he's not familiar with our cultural references; not that he had sub-normal intelligence. If so, I agree but your point didn't come across well. Even so, the modern testing is supposed to come closer to eliminating test bias and giving an accurate evaluation of intelligence.
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exactly what i was saying. that the metric being used (IQ testing) is not a very good measure for intelligence, outside a very narrow band of people and experiences. maybe its ok for comparing people who live in a first world nation in the information, but its a terrible idea for applying through hundreds of years, across increasing cultural and knowledge boundaries. it becomes meaningless.