174. What’s the Point of I.Q. Testing?

No Stupid Questions

社会与文化

2023-12-10

35 分钟
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Are gifted and talented programs discriminatory? Why do so many adults still remember their SAT scores? And how did Angela transform from a party girl to an Ivy League psychologist?

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  • Oh, that kind of tight.

  • I thought it meant, like, you had a tight rear end.

  • I'm Angela Duckworth.

  • I'm Mike Mon, and you're listening to.

  • No stupid questions today on the show.

  • What's the point of IQ testing?

  • She said, you know, michael, some people prepare a lot for this.

  • They take practice tests.

  • Cause it's really important to your future.

  • And I was like, well, you could have told me that before I took it.

  • Angela, today's question is one of great brevity.

  • Okay.

  • It's said to us by a man named Mike Silva.

  • Mike and Angela, he writes, does IQ testing and awareness have any benefit to society at large?

  • That's it.

  • That's all Mike says?

  • That's all he said.

  • But I think the two question marks make it seem like he feels very skeptically about IQ tests.

  • Yes, we need to interpret the two question marks.

  • Marks.