Well put. Devising a culture-free intelligence test to make international comparisons is even more difficult than, for example, devising a test to objectively measure which country/culture has the fi… (View Post)

To answer your question directly, IQ tests measure one's ability to succeed at IQ tests. That's about it. Anybody who thinks they are an objective measure of intelligence, or anything else,… (View Post)

It's not me saying it's a government thing; it's BJ, Gove and the, er, government. (View Post)

Here's another prediction: unless this government starts successfully "levelling-up" places like Stoke-on Trent they won't get re-elected. (View Post)

I hope I'm not alone in thinking that, on balance, the more people who benefit from further/higher education in any nation the better (provided that such education is of a high quality). The ben… (View Post)