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		sushisource on Dec 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2020, the Year of Everything Fake Totally lost me at > “IQ” is pseudoscience—no one is intelligent. There is no such thing as intelligence—just inverted stupidity. Yeah, IQ isn't a great metric. No, the entire concept isn't bullshit.

tarboreus on Dec 30, 2020 [–]

I believe the author was being ironic, as they essentially go on to make an argument based on intelligence (von Neuman, etc.). The tone here is also a light one.

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