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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think that first paragraph is quite accurate. It seems to overstate much of the predictive value. Tests would be fine in my mind but you would need to go off of more than just the SAT. Maybe more subject tests. Something like A levels or AP but more standardized.[/quote] +1, I'm really shocked to see the lack of nuance by a psychologist as famous as Pinker. If he's this interested in making a meritocratic system, he's a literal Harvard professor-go make the test! You have the psychological training to understand what kinds of knowledge need to be tested before a student enters Harvard. There's no way Pinker genuinely believes the SAT is the gold standard for the best students. It's also interesting seeing the obsession with meritocratic, test-based undergraduate admissions as these same professors have slowly dismantled the meritocratic nature of graduate admissions.[/quote]
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