Jordan Peterson
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The average IQ at Harvard has gone up substantially, or at least had between 1960 and 1995, let's say. I don't really know what's happened since then. In any case, Harvard drew on its... reputation as the place where the elite went to meet and rule, and then transformed that into a meritocratic selection process, primarily based on general cognitive ability, which is essentially IQ.
The average IQ at Harvard has gone up substantially, or at least had between 1960 and 1995, let's say. I don't really know what's happened since then. In any case, Harvard drew on its... reputation as the place where the elite went to meet and rule, and then transformed that into a meritocratic selection process, primarily based on general cognitive ability, which is essentially IQ.
The average IQ at Harvard has gone up substantially, or at least had between 1960 and 1995, let's say. I don't really know what's happened since then. In any case, Harvard drew on its... reputation as the place where the elite went to meet and rule, and then transformed that into a meritocratic selection process, primarily based on general cognitive ability, which is essentially IQ.
IQ is age-corrected general cognitive ability. So Harvard selected on the basis, for example, of the SAT, which is essentially an IQ test, even though people also lie about that all the time. And for their graduate programs, they use the Graduate Record Exam, and for their legal programs, the LSAT, and for their medical school, the MCAT, and so forth. These are IQ tests. Make no mistake about it.
IQ is age-corrected general cognitive ability. So Harvard selected on the basis, for example, of the SAT, which is essentially an IQ test, even though people also lie about that all the time. And for their graduate programs, they use the Graduate Record Exam, and for their legal programs, the LSAT, and for their medical school, the MCAT, and so forth. These are IQ tests. Make no mistake about it.
IQ is age-corrected general cognitive ability. So Harvard selected on the basis, for example, of the SAT, which is essentially an IQ test, even though people also lie about that all the time. And for their graduate programs, they use the Graduate Record Exam, and for their legal programs, the LSAT, and for their medical school, the MCAT, and so forth. These are IQ tests. Make no mistake about it.
Harvard was pulling the top. percentage or so of high IQ people into their institution and then advertising to companies who can't use IQ tests, because that's against the law, that they were
Harvard was pulling the top. percentage or so of high IQ people into their institution and then advertising to companies who can't use IQ tests, because that's against the law, that they were
Harvard was pulling the top. percentage or so of high IQ people into their institution and then advertising to companies who can't use IQ tests, because that's against the law, that they were
ensuring that their graduates had the kind of extremely high intelligence that's necessary to thrive at the most competitive levels in extremely complex jobs, as well as the conscientiousness that enabled them and social ability that enabled them to participate effectively in at least a four-year degree program. Well, they've mucked all that up since the 1990s.
ensuring that their graduates had the kind of extremely high intelligence that's necessary to thrive at the most competitive levels in extremely complex jobs, as well as the conscientiousness that enabled them and social ability that enabled them to participate effectively in at least a four-year degree program. Well, they've mucked all that up since the 1990s.
ensuring that their graduates had the kind of extremely high intelligence that's necessary to thrive at the most competitive levels in extremely complex jobs, as well as the conscientiousness that enabled them and social ability that enabled them to participate effectively in at least a four-year degree program. Well, they've mucked all that up since the 1990s.
And so this is also partly why so many companies don't really give a damn if you have an Ivy League scholarship. degree anymore and Harvard has also noted that because applications to Harvard have plummeted in a precipitous manner and that's well deserved as far as I'm concerned.
And so this is also partly why so many companies don't really give a damn if you have an Ivy League scholarship. degree anymore and Harvard has also noted that because applications to Harvard have plummeted in a precipitous manner and that's well deserved as far as I'm concerned.
And so this is also partly why so many companies don't really give a damn if you have an Ivy League scholarship. degree anymore and Harvard has also noted that because applications to Harvard have plummeted in a precipitous manner and that's well deserved as far as I'm concerned.
Harvard's defiance is rooted in its massive endowment and prestige, positioning it to challenge Trump's demands where others like Columbia have partially complied. Key points, Harvard's lawsuit, this is legal, argues the funding freeze violates the First Amendment and Civil Rights Act procedures, seeking to halt the $2.2 billion freeze. Oral arguments are set for July 1st, 2025.
Harvard's defiance is rooted in its massive endowment and prestige, positioning it to challenge Trump's demands where others like Columbia have partially complied. Key points, Harvard's lawsuit, this is legal, argues the funding freeze violates the First Amendment and Civil Rights Act procedures, seeking to halt the $2.2 billion freeze. Oral arguments are set for July 1st, 2025.
Harvard's defiance is rooted in its massive endowment and prestige, positioning it to challenge Trump's demands where others like Columbia have partially complied. Key points, Harvard's lawsuit, this is legal, argues the funding freeze violates the First Amendment and Civil Rights Act procedures, seeking to halt the $2.2 billion freeze. Oral arguments are set for July 1st, 2025.
So keep your eyes on that, because that's important. DEI adjustments. Well, this is another stack of lies that's so thick, you can hardly even imagine it. So because Trump won, and there's a bit of a conservative uprise, let's say, or a classic liberal uprise, Because it's not exactly as if Trump and the people around him, many of the people around him are conservatives.
So keep your eyes on that, because that's important. DEI adjustments. Well, this is another stack of lies that's so thick, you can hardly even imagine it. So because Trump won, and there's a bit of a conservative uprise, let's say, or a classic liberal uprise, Because it's not exactly as if Trump and the people around him, many of the people around him are conservatives.