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“It’s clear Jamie has an axe to grind against intelligence as an idea. She’s too hip for just about everything, and never seems to connect the idea that satire is about punching up, not punching down. She does a poor job of reviewing the history of IQ testing, especially the evidence of the good that it does in providing students the specific help that they need. Her specific beef is with the idea that intelligence is anything other than a function of opportunity. The saddest part of the podcast is that she had listened to the g podcast, which modeled how to speak with experts in a field, and did none of that. She just knew the right answers and was going to be a gadfly because, “Look at me, aren’t I funny?”
If she had, she might have gotten at the nugget of real ostracization that many gifted people have faced, or, barring that, certainly gifted people rarely meet intellectual peers. This is ultimately damaging, yet, even after meeting a lot of damaged people (whom she acknowledges are the people who she mistreated), she doesn’t take a step back and consider that she’s been a bully, not a satirist.
One star: read almost any book on giftedness and you will learn way more than the lazy, snarky misinformation that is this podcast.”
Glyphy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/25/21
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“Lil’ Zam doesn’t disappoint.... smart, funny, and (pew pew pew) a JC Penny photo shoot.”
Alioopert via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/02/20
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“Jamie has an incredible tone and humor when talking about what seems like a pretty bad time!!! Thanks for taking us on this ride!!”
MarissaO. via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/11/20
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“As someone who has heard bits and pieces of Jamie’s experiences with Mensa over the past year I found it very interesting to hear the whole story! And it was SO well done!! I loved it!”
sadierose04 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/02/20
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