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		Kudzu_Bob on Oct 2, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Children aren't born smart. They're made smart by ... Human personality contains any number of traits that can be measured. To pretend that pyschometrics does not exist is the equivalent of refusing to look through Galileo's telescope.

DanBC on Oct 2, 2013 | [–]

> To pretend that pyschometrics does not exist is the equivalent of refusing to look through Galileo's telescope.

But a lot of psychometrics is pure, unadulterated, grade A horse shit.

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