
Episode 55: Why are Empirical Theories Special? (IQ part 3)
The Theory of Anything
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The Problem With Brett's Theory
IQ theory could have been refuted, but now isn't. There is this correlation between these neutral factors that exists. These have nothing to do with what type of knowledge we value and which types of knowledge we don'tvalue. So the idea of IQ would be dead as a theory if they had not found G factor in their tests. It turned out it didn't matter how you were trying to measure IQ that much that it was measurable no matter which test you you gave. That's what led to this whole idea of 'G factor' Theory survives today because it has numerous attempts to refute it like an actual critical test. How did I defend my theory based on Brett's? By giving
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