• the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I know the utility and validity of IQ tests are highly questionable, and fash gonna fash.

    But I’ve seen this posted a couple times and it keeps making me wonder - isn’t it much more likely that the causes of any negative cognitive effects the Palestinians are suffering are malnutrition, CPTSD, and disrupted education?

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      1 year ago

      that’s ignoring the fact that they don’t even have potable water, let alone iq tests. this is just stupid inside and out. it just shows the intelligance of the original poster.

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      1 year ago

      IQ of people whose school is bombed and they cant learn stuff asked in IQ tests get low results on IQ tests. more news at 11.

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      Yeah, comparing populations with IQ is specious BS, but you can track IQ over time and see what messes up people’s ability to take a test pretty easily. One that sticks out in my mind is kids in American schools who don’t get breakfast scoring something huge like twenty points lower even when you control for other factors, the constant deprivation of living in Gaza undoubtedly does huge damage.