SAT
3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 13, 2024 by Marc Andreessen · said 29 times in 7 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2024 24 mentions in 3 episodes 8 per episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 2 mentions in 1 episode
2017 1 mention in 1 episode
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Jan 13, 2024 neutral
Andreessen: Standardized college admission exams correlate highly with IQ tests
“Those tests from a, just a clinical standpoint, like those in sort of clinical psychology psychometrics, those tests are all proxies for an IQ test. Those are all sort of, those are all sort of roughly equivalent to just a straight IQ test. Highly correlated t…”
Jan 23, 2024 negative
Andreessen: SAT score cap reduces demographic distinctiveness rather than unearthing talent
“It's capped at 800 because there's just constant pressure on the SAT to equalize itself by demographic group. And so the overwhelming priority at the company that does the SAT is to actually try to reduce group distinctiveness, right? As opposed to unearth tal…”