RE: OBJECTIVE MORALITY
No. I think that if people were honest with themselves they would be well aware of their shortcomings, then I think things that are assumed prejudice are merely filters to find the right people for the right things. More than that I mean that people should think in those terms, they need to hold prejudice to make better decisions. If society as a whole were to think in those terms would we even have a political structure the way we do? Would we not then prefer facts as we know that we are prejudice, we as individuals would also not try to just get things we feel we are owed because of being aware of our own shortcomings thus I think people that then rise above would always be on merit. IQ alone means nothing, as a lot has to do with your personal moral and ethical views etc. I don't think a person can filter on a single criteria. I just think someone with a decent IQ stands a better chance of avoiding being swallowed by the masses.
Self-bias is extremely difficult to spot,
Sometimes they are useful and sometimes they are counter-productive.
It's important to try and be aware of your own prejudices as much as possible.
Eh, this is tricky. You'd have to rigorously define "merit" in order to make it scientifically quantifiable.
I agree, but they also have a better chance of subverting an otherwise fair system.
Can you scientifically quantify a person's "moral and ethical views etc."?
Maybe not yet, although I think we have enough knowledge to be able to create pretty accurate profiles on people albeit only what they show us. Machine learning could do that already and I would be inclined to believe it over public opinion.
Of course there's also the "psychopathy test" which would also be very interesting to see the results of a broad cross-section of school-children, average citizens and "successful" business leaders...
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/436/the-psychopath-test
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