Avoiding the words 'intelligence' and 'IQ' has spawned fuzzy substitutes like 'reasoning,' 'college readiness,' and 'health literacy' that hide the same construct. This obscures evidence, blocks useful cross‑domain insights (e.g., in public health), and weakens public explanations for tools like the SAT. Calling intelligence what it is would improve measurement, messaging, and policy design.
— A clearer, shared vocabulary around intelligence could sharpen education and health decisions and reduce culture‑war confusion over testing and outcomes.
2026.01.04
65% relevant
By curating a broad set of sources on 'QI' (IQ) and 'capitalisme cognitif' in French, the site removes euphemistic distance and makes explicit biological arguments available to francophone policymakers and journalists — amplifying the very clarity that the existing idea warns can reshape policy discourse.
2025.10.07
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The author cites College Board’s avoidance of 'intelligence' for the SAT and links 'health literacy' research to general intelligence.
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