Attorney, journalist, and Elon Musk biographer Seth Abramson eviscerated both Elon Musk and his “fanboys” who have attempted to use the billionaire’s IQ as an indication of his intellectual prowess in a series of messages shared on X Thursday evening and into Friday.

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    1 day ago

    If the 100 meter dash was called tetranlon it would be bs! If the intelligence test were called pattern recognition test then it wouldn’t be bs!

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      24 hours ago

      And what if I called a rose a stinkweed?

      I think it’s a completely valid criticism, and I agree with the critism.

      I just think semantic hang-ups are really… Exhausting and of minimal value. Terrible ratio.

      Extend the principle of charity, hurdle it, then get to the meat.

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        23 hours ago

        My issue is not with its name!

        The companies still are trying to sell IQ test off as objective measurement of intelligence and overwhelming measurement of the population believes it to be so!

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            12 hours ago

            I am really not sure what you are trying to say, sorry!

            But the test were invented in the 1800-s by a French dude for preschool kids to see who requires more attention for their development?