that was an experiment called the g factor and it was what charles turman called the interpretation iq. they believed everybody had a brain like a microprocessor and if you could measure the speed of your brain you could sort people. then you could plan and predict the becks outcomes for those people. if that sounds unsettling to you it should because the guy who brought us this foundational psychometrics model also coined the term eugenics. he measured what he believed was a fixed quality in human beings. psychometric testing became employed in many different contexts due to short and correct for differences in people. as we try to make this a land of opportunity it was also very competitive. the benefits in our society were unequally distributed and still are. the idea of meritocracy determined by testing became a safety valve. were having a conversation conversation about who gets what in society and who gets what resources and you can point to educational tests and that therefore the people who are the smartest and work the hardest. what hardest. what really kind of astonishing is