Yes, that is a fatal flaw in the above argument. It “proves” way too much, namely that we should be disturbed by the idea that there is any observable property of people whatsoever whose correlation with intelligence is neither zero nor one.
It “proves” way too much, namely that we should be disturbed by the idea that there is any observable property of people whatsoever whose correlation with intelligence is neither zero nor one.
I agree. My footnote was trying to get at the same problem. (Though I’m not sure that Eugine_Nier was making the same point.)
Yes, that is a fatal flaw in the above argument. It “proves” way too much, namely that we should be disturbed by the idea that there is any observable property of people whatsoever whose correlation with intelligence is neither zero nor one.
I agree. My footnote was trying to get at the same problem. (Though I’m not sure that Eugine_Nier was making the same point.)
I was.