100 years ago today, the first SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) was administered. Four years later, Carl Brigham, the eugenicist and white supremacist who created it, would recant some of his analyses.

Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml · edit-2 7 days ago

100 years ago today, the first SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) was administered. Four years later, Carl Brigham, the eugenicist and white supremacist who created it, would recant some of his analyses.

Elting@piefed.social · 7 days ago

We know this stuff doesn’t work and is bullshit, like IQ, but we still administer these goddamned tests like they do something meaningful. Separate you out into people who know how to cheese tests and those who don’t. Measure your access to learning to ensure you already have privilege before giving you more. I wonder how many talented people have been held back because they never learned how to game multiple choice.

baltakatei@sopuli.xyz · 5 days ago

The kind of story that probably goes through the minds of fascists to justify their racist bigotry:

Imagine you woke up in a world where monsters like goblins and demons were being allowed into schools and your workplace. Somehow, the smart ones among them figured out how to trick lawyers and judges into giving them the same right to vote about your government as you. Whenever you try to warn people they call you a bigot. These monsters speak your language but they only mimic sounds that let them prey upon humans; there is no real understanding about behind their eyes. Additionally, naïve humans have decided to teach some of these beasts the ability to read and write as well, so even written tests of abstract intelligence and problem-solving skills are not good enough to justify to these treasonous sympathizers the need to cull these non-humans. Any animal can figure out a trap if they spawn enough progeny to throw at the problem; ask even a raccoon or feral pig. However, what truly sets apart man from beasts and demons is God-given inspiration obtained only through humble prayer and humility before the King of Kings, Lord Jesus Christ, who, in the Bible, explicitly gave man dominion over all beasts. The demons among us ask for ludicrous rights such as gay marriage because, like their understanding of language, what dark intelligence they possess acts without the guiding Light of Christ; they literally are randomly asking for protection for whatever pleasure-giving habits some of their number develop on a whim. That is why genealogy and family history is so important: we must work together to identify who are children of superior bloodlines to lead the rest of us, who are chosen to serve those leaders, and who are demons that must be exterminated at the Second Coming.

Elting@piefed.social · 5 days ago

Perfectly captured the pathetic existential anxiety about demographics they all have.

100 years ago today, the first SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) was administered. Four years later, Carl Brigham, the eugenicist and white supremacist who created it, would recant some of his analyses.

100 years ago today, the first SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) was administered. Four years later, Carl Brigham, the eugenicist and white supremacist who created it, would recant some of his analyses.

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