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		growingkittens 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Famous cognitive psychology experiments that faile... > I would expect that, for cultures who's members score below average on IQ tests from the US, an equivalent IQ test created within that culture would show average members of that culture scoring higher than average members of US culture. A moment from the show "Good Times" in 1974. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DhbsDdMoHC0 at 1:25

dlcarrier 5 months ago [–]

Apparently it's referencing a real test, called the BITCH test: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Intelligence_Test_of_Cul...

Also, I forgot how annoying comic relief characters were in sitcoms. They are the opposite of relieving.

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