Séamas O'Reilly: Yes, an obsession with IQ is 'astrology for racists'

"There are several entirely useful applications for IQ tests... but fetishising their results only really provides comfort to the type of person who wishes to make themselves feel superior by genetic fiat."
Séamas O'Reilly: Yes, an obsession with IQ is 'astrology for racists'

Séamas O'Reilly. Picture: Orfhlaith Whelan

“Say you have a kid with an IQ of 125, and a kid with an IQ of 85,” someone tweeted at me last week. 

“You think they should be in the same classroom, learning the same things at the same pace? Not fair to either one.”

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