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IMO the elite class cares way too much about ensuring empirical results fit preordained distributions that imply the right things, and care way too little about the many individuals who are on the unfortunate end of these curves https://twitter.com/aella_girl/status/1361156008823775234
Whether women in general have lower IQs or IQs clustered toward the median (hypotheses I've heard but haven't tried to validate) has no real bearing on my IQ, which is whatever it is and is more effectively estimated via hundreds of methods other than assuming the female average
I have never felt bottlenecked in life by my intelligence, even though I know many people I believe to be much smarter than I am. But for people who *do* feel limited by cognitive ability, what comfort is a "fair" curve supposed to be?
The good news is that people superficially similar to you fare no worse on average than anyone else, the bad news is that you're on the crappy side of average? Is that actually supposed to help?
Honestly, this reminds me of the Ivy admission wars, which seem predicated on the assumption that schools that limit enrollment to build an exclusive brand and favor legacy admits are still good for "everyone" if the chosen few fit some expected demographic averages
