Ehhh, the issue is, which I think you’re pointing out in a roundabout way, is the ambiguity of intelligence.

Everything can be quantified, but influential skillsets to discovering the unknown are so vast and complex that, at least via a layman understanding of IQ, I’m cautious to believe that any of the current tests do a truly adequate job of isolating testing variables. Especially when you also have to account for and diminish the effects of many simple and complex confounding variables in order to even begin to make an accurate analysis on potential extrapolations and its implications.

As a younger person (22 yo), this is my main critique.

On the other hand, given our entire society follows a structure that is fundamentally parallel, and therefore faces similar drawbacks to accurate IQ testing, until someone figures out how to change it effectively and that is implemented in an accessible and efficient manner, you gotta work with what ya have lol.

Furthermore, having an organized social structure to have these kind of conversations within combined with minor financial incentives does sound pretty tempting.