Is it in our interest to identify as many of them as possible while they’re still relatively young? In the USA, “gifted” 7th graders are sometimes encouraged to take the SAT, and Duke sells their names and addresses to those offering “qualified educational opportunities.” In my opinion, that is probably the best available test of smartness for people of that age.
Where’s “here?”
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I think that teenage “would-be rationalists” exist in fairly small quantities, and those that exist are fairly unlikely to know about this site.
Is it in our interest to identify as many of them as possible while they’re still relatively young? In the USA, “gifted” 7th graders are sometimes encouraged to take the SAT, and Duke sells their names and addresses to those offering “qualified educational opportunities.” In my opinion, that is probably the best available test of smartness for people of that age.