False Assumption Registry

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Psychometrics

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IQ Tests Are Inaccurate or Biased

IQ testing is a pseudoscientific hoax that measures arbitrary puzzle-solving ability rather than genuine, hereditary intelligence predictive of life outcomes.

Mainstream now strongly agrees this assumption was false 17 sources
Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Human potential is best understood through at least eight distinct, semi-autonomous cognitive abilities

A small but growing and influential group of experts think this was false 9 sources