To clarify, it’s still as strong of evidence of having high IQ as a statement can be, it is just not strong enough to overcome the low prior.
Then there’s the issue that—I do not know about the US but it seems fairly uncommon to have taken a professionally administered IQ test here, whenever you are smart or not. It may be that LW has an unusually high percentage of people who took such a test.
To clarify, it’s still as strong of evidence of having high IQ as a statement can be, it is just not strong enough to overcome the low prior.
Then there’s the issue that—I do not know about the US but it seems fairly uncommon to have taken a professionally administered IQ test here, whenever you are smart or not. It may be that LW has an unusually high percentage of people who took such a test.