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Minor improvements for the sake of readability. IQ is part of psychometrics, which is a subfield within psychology.
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In this video, Jordan Peterson claims that "you can't induct someone into the Armed Forces in the US if they have an IQ of less than 83following."

You can't induct someone into the Armed Forces in the US if they have an IQ of less than 83.

He claims that the armed forces needs an accurate predictor of intelligence in order to be able to efficiently organize the hierarchy such that war can be conducted efficiently--literallyefficiently—literally a matter of life and death--anddeath—and they chose IQ testing. And after 100 years of careful analysis, they concluded that a person with an IQ below 83 was essentially helpless; "there wasn't anything [such a person] could possibly be trained to do in the military, at any level of the organization, that wasn't positively counterproductivehelpless."

There wasn't anything [such a person] could possibly be trained to do in the military, at any level of the organization, that wasn't positively counterproductive.

He then claims that such people represent "1 in 10" of the population. (According to this chart, that's not perfectly accurate--it'saccurate—it's actually closer to 1 in 9--but9—but close enough.)

How accurate are his specific claims that?

  1. The US military uses IQ testing to determine potential recruits' cognitive abilities,

    The US military uses IQ testing to determine potential recruits' cognitive abilities.

  2. the military forbids anyone with an IQ under 83 from joining

    the military forbids anyone with an IQ under 83 from joining.

  3. because their experience has shown that anyone with an IQ under 83 will be more of a liability than an asset to the military

    because their experience has shown that anyone with an IQ under 83 will be more of a liability than an asset to the military.

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In this video, Jordan Peterson claims that "you can't induct someone into the Armed Forces in the US if they have an IQ of less than 83."

He claims that the armed forces needs an accurate predictor of intelligence in order to be able to efficiently organize the hierarchy such that war can be conducted efficiently--literally a matter of life and death--and they chose IQ testing. And after 100 years of careful analysis, they concluded that a person with an IQ below 83 was essentially helpless; "there wasn't anything [such a person] could possibly be trained to do in the military, at any level of the organization, that wasn't positively counterproductive."

He then claims that such people represent "1 in 10" of the population. (According to this chart, that's not perfectly accurate--it's actually closer to 1 in 9--but close enough.)

How accurate are his specific claims that

  1. The US military uses IQ testing to determine potential recruits' cognitive abilities,
  2. the military forbids anyone with an IQ under 83 from joining
  3. because their experience has shown that anyone with an IQ under 83 will be more of a liability than an asset to the military

?

In this video, Jordan Peterson claims the following.

You can't induct someone into the Armed Forces in the US if they have an IQ of less than 83.

He claims that the armed forces needs an accurate predictor of intelligence in order to be able to efficiently organize the hierarchy such that war can be conducted efficiently—literally a matter of life and death—and they chose IQ testing. And after 100 years of careful analysis, they concluded that a person with an IQ below 83 was essentially helpless.

There wasn't anything [such a person] could possibly be trained to do in the military, at any level of the organization, that wasn't positively counterproductive.

He then claims that such people represent "1 in 10" of the population. (According to this chart, that's not perfectly accurate—it's actually closer to 1 in 9—but close enough.)

How accurate are his specific claims?

  1. The US military uses IQ testing to determine potential recruits' cognitive abilities.

  2. the military forbids anyone with an IQ under 83 from joining.

  3. because their experience has shown that anyone with an IQ under 83 will be more of a liability than an asset to the military.

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Does the US Armed Forces refuse to recruit anyone with an IQ less than 83?

In this video, Jordan Peterson claims that "you can't induct someone into the Armed Forces in the US if they have an IQ of less than 83."

He claims that the armed forces needs an accurate predictor of intelligence in order to be able to efficiently organize the hierarchy such that war can be conducted efficiently--literally a matter of life and death--and they chose IQ testing. And after 100 years of careful analysis, they concluded that a person with an IQ below 83 was essentially helpless; "there wasn't anything [such a person] could possibly be trained to do in the military, at any level of the organization, that wasn't positively counterproductive."

He then claims that such people represent "1 in 10" of the population. (According to this chart, that's not perfectly accurate--it's actually closer to 1 in 9--but close enough.)

How accurate are his specific claims that

  1. The US military uses IQ testing to determine potential recruits' cognitive abilities,
  2. the military forbids anyone with an IQ under 83 from joining
  3. because their experience has shown that anyone with an IQ under 83 will be more of a liability than an asset to the military

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