IQ is overrated
Channel: ItHadToBeSaid
Date: 2020-09-07

Most of our beliefs about IQ are wrong and yet we still take IQ tests. In this video, I question our assumptions about IQ and intelligence. Psychologists have given various explanations of how our brains actually work and show why IQ doesn't really explain intelligence. And I don't think we can talk about IQ without talking about racism, the Bell Curve, and Sam Harris's interview with its author, Charles Murray.

Links: 

Playlist on education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMETT2hu5XU&list=PL3waFZldV-Y0Tfr1ArTe9bM9FShRGcdcW 

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi: https://b-ok.cc/book/2952220/92fe7f 

What your IQ score doesn’t tell you: https://www.cnn.com/2014/02/19/health/iq-score-meaning/index.html#:~:text=An%20Intelligence%20Quotient%2C%20or%20IQ,reasoning%20and%20problem%2Dsolving%20abilities.

What happens to your brain when you learn a new skill: https://ccsuconed.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/what-happens-to-your-brain-when-you-learn-a-new-skill/

Involuntary sterilization in the US: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3299450/ 

Psychologists on the Bell Curve:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/27/15695060/sam-harris-charles-murray-race-iq-forbidden-knowledge-podcast-bell-curve

https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/5/18/15655638/charles-murray-race-iq-sam-harris-science-free-speech

https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/6/15/15797120/race-black-white-iq-response-critics

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02244-w

https://theoutline.com/post/4024/andrew-sullivan-sam-harris-jordan-peterson-the-bell-curve

Charles Murray: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/charles-murray 

The Pioneer Fund: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/pioneer-fund

A transcript of this video can be found at https://theruleoffreedom.wordpress.com/2020/09/07/iq-is-overrated/