As a maths person, I have scored high on IQ tests for years. There are plenty of topics I am not great at, but IQ tests typically focus maths topics like pattern recognition.

I like the acknowledgement of racism in IQ tests. There is a bias in the test for western maths education. Sadly, the results could be used for eugenics. Many great mathematicians I have met are neurodivergent, LGBTIA+, cis-women or other groups the eugenics crowd want culled.

My current politicical perpspective frames this as enforcement of heirarchy, legitimized “scientifically” by the IQ test. There are plenty of high IQ people, such as those in maths, that do not fit the eugenic vision. The heirarchy becomes self-fulfilling and “natural” by culling the non-comforming people. The “top” of the heirarchy must legitimize their position, so the bottom doesn’t resist doing all the work for little personal benefit.

IQ tests measure something. Don’t use that measurement to justify heirarchy. Eugenics is bad. A better future, built from the bottom, is possible. All power to all people.

I was a socdem once. My elders told me I would move right when I paid taxes. Now, I’m “friends” with a kangaroo until the revolution or something. From what I understand, the kangaroo believes in a classful, stateful communism.

Babies are great. Learning about healthcare is great. Supporting education is great. Looks progressive enough.

Reading over Fulbright, it looks like it is for graduate studies. The outreach to people in need of $5,000, who are pursuing graduate studies, seems oriented toward a specific class. I’ve never been rich, but have heard stories about nannies. I’m sure raising kids is easier with money.

Republican or Democrat, the policy seems to favor rich over poor with the graduate studies requirement. Government handouts for the rich are nothing new. Seems a progressive policy if you can raise children while pursuing graduate studies. Probably still money ahead just going with a vasectomy.

I write software collectively. Sometimes code needs to be fixed. Let’s say Fred wrote some code that needs to be fixed. I fix it and create a merge request. My reviewer, Mark, looks over my merge request and allows it into the collective repository. Fred, being too attached to her code, comes over yelling. Fred has not learned that software is a collective experience.

We collectively own the technology and creative works. Under capitalism, we must individually own that work to make money.

Nice to see nerdcore on Lemmy. There’s so much out there, but here’s some variety from the subgenre hackercore.

https://amplitudeproblem.bandcamp.com/track/enter-my-world-ft-ytcracker

https://bashexplode.bandcamp.com/track/lfh-ft-ohm-i-2