Some selective parenting may not be a bad idea. Unfortunately, there exists people who contribute to the growing population by reproducing in order to either leave a mark on the world or because it is believed that the purpose of life is to reproduce.
I recently started using concierge services available to some credit cards.
Basically, concierge workers are similar to personal assistants and will fulfill requests such as book concert tickets, make phone calls for reservations, do some google research regarding one topic or another.
I can see the appeal in using SAT tests as they are pretty standardized but I don't think SAT scores would be a good indicator of whether or not you should hire someone for a couple reasons.
1. SAT scores can be greatly inflated simply by taking an SAT class.
2. The SATs are pretty bias towards native English speakers (as 2/3 of is reading and writing and the 1/3 that is "math" has a lot of reading comprehension required)
3. SAT scores aren't really a good indicator of the prospect employee's work habits or ability to play nice with others, both of which are pretty important points to consider when hiring someone.
Well. I suppose points 1 and 3 also apply to IQ tests.
At risk of sounding like a sore loser, IQ tests, whether or not they are bias, are not a good indicator of success (in fact, I'd question it's ability to measure "intelligence" or "potential"). Scoring well on an IQ test does not mean you will be successful at your job.
It does not measure your willingness to learn.
It does not measure your ability to retain information.
It does not measure your reception to criticism.
It does not measure your ability to play nice with others.
It does not measure your interest in the job.
It does not measure your ability to work hard.
Among others.
As such, I think giving someone an IQ test at a job interview is a fairly bad idea.
What we should have picked up from Gwen's job interview is that she is willing to learn and work hard given a fair chance.
At risk of sounding like a sore loser, IQ tests, whether or not they are bias, are not a good indicator of success
I wondered if this was actually true, so I did some digging. I'm not saying you're wrong, but here's a fairly recent (in academic time) overview of the research:
Murphy, K. R. (2002). Can Conflicting Perspectives on the Role of g in Personnel Selection Be Resolved?. Human Performance, 15(1/2), 173-186
In case you don't want to buy the article, and can't access it via a library:
There's a lot of evidence that "measures of general cognitive ability represent perhaps the
best predictors of performance".
But the problem is that "racial differences in cognitive ability test scores are known to be considerably larger than racial differences in measures of job performance."
Murphy concludes that "reliance on cognitive ability measures in selection is likely to lead to more efficiency (i.e., higher average performance) and less equity (e.g., disparities in selection rates across racial and ethnic groups)."
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As such, I think giving someone an IQ test at a job interview is a fairly bad idea.
The research I've found suggests otherwise, provided those IQ tests aren't the sole means of making decisions.
I'm going to have to agree. Another problem with endless pagination is that it makes it difficult for me to refer to content.
For example: "Look at the blue shirt on page 5" rather than "Look at the blue shirt visible after about 30 seconds of scrolling down"
Also, when the page is reloaded, I have to scroll all the way down to where I was (which may take longer than I want it to because the page needs to load everything before my target).
I agree that the least harmful approach is to let the victim initiate the defense, but like you said, people might feel awkward raising the alarm.
The underlying problem here is that we are taught (by our culture) that:
1. It is okay to be subtly sexist but even worst,
2. We're being bitchy (uncool) if we defend ourselves (I'd argue that it's part of our intense worship of "being cool" but that's another topic)
I think we would be in a better position to tackle these problems of subtle sexism if it was more socially accepted (and encouraged) to stand up for yourselves (especially for females to stand up for themselves).
A side note: I read once that when asked, females would attack a rapist who is raping their friend or sibling but would not attack when they are themselves being raped by the rapist.
I think this stems from the theory 2 above: that we are viewed as bitchy if defend ourselves, but we are praised if we defend someone else.
Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denn%C5%8D_Coil