I watched it through. I think their message is more nuanced and varied. They don’t tend to fall into culture wars, from either side. For example, they mention the joke that the director of Acolyte made about R2D2 being a lesbian, and ridicule the right-wing reactions to that.

I’d call them a voice of reason, but then again, I’m a long time fan.

Ditto!

Did you miss the one that defines the word “predicts”? Don’t feel bad, from this thread it seems you’re not the only one.

Well, you claimed that children of parents with higher IQ have more successful children.

That wasn’t my first claim. My first claim was that IQ predicts success.

I pointed out that this is largely due to social factors, to which you replied a non sequitur about how intelligence has a genetic component.

Then I went here because you brought up parents. So not a non-sequitur but a specific reply to your comment.

From that, a reasonable person would assume that you believe that genetics is a major component of IQ, and not just a small contributing factor.

When I specifically said it’s not clear how big of a factor it is. So no, I don’t think a reasonable person would assume that.

What do you mean when you say that I’m “overestimating”? I’m asking this because I feel like you’re thinking that I’m claiming something I don’t think I’m claiming.

Intelligence has a genetic component. Smart parents tend to have smart kids. It’s not the only factor certainly, and it’s not clear how big of a factor it is, but it undoubtedly plays some role in it.

can be attributed to emotional intelligence as much as spatial awareness and logic.

Even though popular culture likes to equate intelligence with lack of social intelligence and even outright autism, it’s more likely that an intelligent person is intelligent in all of these things.

Have you seen IQ tests? They are not exactly “based on the skills needed for STEM”.

Yes? There are correlations everywhere.

Why then does IQ predict success?

Yes, we should all recognize that Lemmy.ml is a tankie instance.

Humanity: yes, let’s replace all of the above. 100% unemployment rate is the only way to go.