But at the same time, I’m pretty sure the simpler explanation might apply and people just don’t understand why this study would be valuable + IQ is a sensitive topic, thus the material is hard to find.
Hence why I said I will post any studies anyone finds, I have a pretty high prior that a few exist and I’m just not seeing them.
I have a low prior they will show anything else other than “University is indeed confounded by IQ and/or IQ + income in money earning potential”, but alas I based that on small-sample empirical evidence… so, eh.
>I have a low prior they will show anything else other than “University is indeed confounded by IQ and/or IQ + income in money earning potential”
Probably also confounded by...
Networks (if you inherited a lot of social connections from your upbringing, university is less useful);
Exposure to certain types of ideas (we take the scientific method and “De Omnibus Dubitandum” for granted but there’s people that only get these ideas first at university);
And most interestingly, whether particular institutions are good at helping students on rare habit formation (eg, MIT seems almost uniquely exceptional at inculcating “tinker with things quickly once you get an early understanding of them”).
Actually, that last point — rare habit formation — might be where the lower Maslow’s Hierarchy and higher Maslow’s Hierarchy needs could meet each other. Alas, this seems an underexplored area that’s arguably going in the wrong direction at many institutions...
I was alluding to that.
But at the same time, I’m pretty sure the simpler explanation might apply and people just don’t understand why this study would be valuable + IQ is a sensitive topic, thus the material is hard to find.
Hence why I said I will post any studies anyone finds, I have a pretty high prior that a few exist and I’m just not seeing them.
I have a low prior they will show anything else other than “University is indeed confounded by IQ and/or IQ + income in money earning potential”, but alas I based that on small-sample empirical evidence… so, eh.
Agreed.
>I have a low prior they will show anything else other than “University is indeed confounded by IQ and/or IQ + income in money earning potential”
Probably also confounded by...
Networks (if you inherited a lot of social connections from your upbringing, university is less useful);
Exposure to certain types of ideas (we take the scientific method and “De Omnibus Dubitandum” for granted but there’s people that only get these ideas first at university);
And most interestingly, whether particular institutions are good at helping students on rare habit formation (eg, MIT seems almost uniquely exceptional at inculcating “tinker with things quickly once you get an early understanding of them”).
Actually, that last point — rare habit formation — might be where the lower Maslow’s Hierarchy and higher Maslow’s Hierarchy needs could meet each other. Alas, this seems an underexplored area that’s arguably going in the wrong direction at many institutions...