Specifically, the “IQ” framing of intelligence treats human reasoning as a single statistic, like something in an RPG, with each of us having a different, fixed and static “level” of intelligence.
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I think that's the biggest problem. The oversimplification. I do think that the more you teased it out, the more stats you could derive or separate from the single "IQ," the more you might be able to have something actionable and meaningful. (Note, in RPGs, stats actually do change over time, i.e. leveling.)
I really think the best way (and absolutely worst way) to understand this is to date a psychopath. It's quite possible you will find them to be one of the dumbest people on earth. But that's because you have decided on a definition of "dumb" that likely aligns with your values. Which are likely not psychopathic. They might have an appalling lack of erudition and general knowledge, but they are certainly adept at manipulating you into staying with them. So good you probably need to hit rock bottom to realize (hence a worst way).
Let's come up with a crazy hypothetical, like a psychopath was a US President. If you voted for that person, the very nature of the relationship might mean that you won't realize you have been manipulated until all your security and any stable path toward the future has been completely depleted and destroyed, and you have nothing left of worth, or rather the absolute minimum you do have left to continue a wretched existence can't compare to the resources of the parasite's next host. One can imagine letting things go until that moment would be problematic for a global superpower. And yet until then, that psychopath could easily get reelected based on their manipulative hold on you.
The ability to lie-manipulate should be one of the RPG stats that should be decoupled from intelligence. And it should be looked at right next to the other, decoupled intelligence stats. Because when the former is high, the latter are not, and that person has a lot of power, at least those numbers can tell you quite a bit.
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Specifically, the “IQ” framing of intelligence treats human reasoning as a single statistic, like something in an RPG, with each of us having a different, fixed and static “level” of intelligence.
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I think that's the biggest problem. The oversimplification. I do think that the more you teased it out, the more stats you could derive or separate from the single "IQ," the more you might be able to have something actionable and meaningful. (Note, in RPGs, stats actually do change over time, i.e. leveling.)
I really think the best way (and absolutely worst way) to understand this is to date a psychopath. It's quite possible you will find them to be one of the dumbest people on earth. But that's because you have decided on a definition of "dumb" that likely aligns with your values. Which are likely not psychopathic. They might have an appalling lack of erudition and general knowledge, but they are certainly adept at manipulating you into staying with them. So good you probably need to hit rock bottom to realize (hence a worst way).
Let's come up with a crazy hypothetical, like a psychopath was a US President. If you voted for that person, the very nature of the relationship might mean that you won't realize you have been manipulated until all your security and any stable path toward the future has been completely depleted and destroyed, and you have nothing left of worth, or rather the absolute minimum you do have left to continue a wretched existence can't compare to the resources of the parasite's next host. One can imagine letting things go until that moment would be problematic for a global superpower. And yet until then, that psychopath could easily get reelected based on their manipulative hold on you.
The ability to lie-manipulate should be one of the RPG stats that should be decoupled from intelligence. And it should be looked at right next to the other, decoupled intelligence stats. Because when the former is high, the latter are not, and that person has a lot of power, at least those numbers can tell you quite a bit.