The persistent denial of the intelligence meritocracy: Gary Marks(emilkirkegaard.dk)

The persistent denial of the intelligence meritocracy: Gary Marks

https://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/2022/09/the-persistent-denial-of-the-intelligence-meritocracy-gary-marks/

3 comments

necovek4 lata temu

This article conflates cognitive ability with merit in attempting to discredit all the "meritocracy bad" chatter by diving deep into how cognitive ability correlates with education and work "success".

Cognitive ability is just that: an ability. Having merit involves (or should involve: dictionary definitions for "merit" are a bit divergent here) achieving stuff, and to get there, you also need to actually put your ability to use. You know, actually do stuff instead of just being smart.

hackrnusr4 lata temu

Bigger problem with the article of course is that it attempts to treat sociology as a science.

necovek4 lata temu

As long as we understand the statistical and temporal nature of it, I don't particularly mind that: it's the best we can do!