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		azan_ 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IQ differences of identical twins reared apart are... I think it's widely used in research as a marker of intelligence (and for good reason - correlates really well with cognitive abilities).

tptacek 17 days ago [–]

I don't think we have to hash this out, because "marker of intelligence" and "ranking of intelligence" are not the same thing. A rank implies a reliable scale, which IQ doesn't provide.

(It's also just fine if we disagree about this --- researchers do too!)

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