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minus-squarekameecoding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 days agoIQ testing as many other things, has racist origins and is for all intents and purposes quite useless imo
minus-squaremavu@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-217 days agoIn the process of diagnosing ADHS (dyslexia, other) disabilities, a IQ test is used to establish a baseline of what other people with a similar result can and cannot do and this is compared to what you can and cannot do. IQ tests do have uses.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 days agoYup, just like BMI. It’s useful for things and the doctors are aware it isn’t perfect but that’s not what the general population thinks.
minus-squareblackstampede@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoPeople are allergic to nuance.
minus-squareTheEighthDoctor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·17 days ago“BMI is useless if you have a lot of muscle weight” - Guy with a lot of fat weight
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoLiterally. I’ve had this happen, and then he proceeded to claim that obesity as a concept was not real. 💀
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days ago“I’m not fat, I just have a lot of adipose tissue.”
IQ testing as many other things, has racist origins and is for all intents and purposes quite useless imo
In the process of diagnosing ADHS (dyslexia, other) disabilities, a IQ test is used to establish a baseline of what other people with a similar result can and cannot do and this is compared to what you can and cannot do.
IQ tests do have uses.
Yup, just like BMI. It’s useful for things and the doctors are aware it isn’t perfect but that’s not what the general population thinks.
People are allergic to nuance.
“BMI is useless if you have a lot of muscle weight” - Guy with a lot of fat weight
Literally. I’ve had this happen, and then he proceeded to claim that obesity as a concept was not real. 💀
“I’m not fat, I just have a lot of adipose tissue.”