How Technocrats Think: The Intellectual Conceit Of IQ Ideology
Food for thought about Technocracy. The author correctly places Technocracy: “The eugenics movement, and its new tool of intelligence testing, hoped to replace freedom and dignity with totalitarian technocracy.” ⁃ TN Editor [/su_note]
The cultural fascination with the idea of an “intelligence quotient” or IQ seems to be experiencing a resurgence. Relentless testing is a feature of schooling and school admissions, and tests are used for a variety of occupational screenings. The practice reflects an intuition we all have: some bulbs are brighter than others. Surely there is nothing wrong with knowing, measuring, and acting on that information, however difficult it might be tohttps://www.technocracy.news/index.php/2016/08/16/how-technocrats-think-the-intellectual-conceit-of-iq-ideology/ assess.
let us not fall into the false choice that pits genocidal idiots against people who want to put people with 85 iqs in charge of nuclear power plants. iq does matter it just should not be used as a metric to justify oppression.