8myself t1_ja5jlbh wrote on February 27, 2023 at 12:17 AM

Reply to comment by CrustalTrudger in Is there any possible relation between the recent earthquakes in Turkey/Syria, Japan and Papua New Guinea? by Corvid-21

damn you must be smart, just reading your explanation i felt like my iq went up by 1.

Welpe t1_ja6lj14 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:37 AM

Fortunately/Unfortunately, IQ doesn’t work like that, gaining knowledge shouldn’t increase IQ theoretically or IQ fails to measure intelligence. Knowledge isn’t intelligence. I of course say “shouldn’t” because IQ tests are already flawed and this is veering off-topic but I really wish we wouldn’t conflate IQ score and knowledge or educational attainment (Or even intelligence for that matter, but that’s a whole ‘nother rant).

foureyesequals0 t1_ja6npwg wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:01 AM

But are IQ test scores related to the earthquakes?

Welpe t1_ja6rbj9 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:42 AM

“If you torture data long enough, it will confess to anything” - Ronald Coase