Grades- Do they measure intelligence or obedience?

[Whistleblower1]

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@mockingbird7

Whistlerblower1 if obedient person=hard worker (implying they are interchangeable), then yes obedience does help, however this is not true.
ex.
“My dog is obedient.” is true, it listens when I tell it to sit and roll over.
“My dog is a hard worker.” is false. It is old and sleeps most of the day unless I wake it up and does not try to go out of its way to please me or do anything but sleep.

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<p>Rolling over is a lot easier than getting a Strong GPA. For your dog to be, say, Best in Show, he has to be both obedient and a hard worker. Ditto for Seabiscuit.</p>

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@lollybo

IQ is merely one measure of intelligence, a flawed one that is. It is absurd to believe that IQ is unchangeable and determined by genes, and it is equally absurd to think that one can rank all of the individuals in the world from lowest IQ to highest IQ.

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<p>Unchangeable, no. You can just study for the IQ test, or go from being illiterate—>literate.
Determined by genes, hell yes it’s determined by genes. You’d be a fool to think otherwise. I’m willing to bet you’d concede that culture has an effect on one’s development. Well, culture is determined in part by DNA. Most things are determined by your genes, it’s just politically incorrect to say so.</p>