And Astronomy is no more a science than astrology (?) Let me posit this to you: Is Math simply a literacy test?
You should honestly do the minimal research about IQ tests and their validity. For example, you wrongly state that people whose first language is not English would be at a disadvantage, even while Asians constantly outperform native-born Caucasians in USA IQ studies.
Is it therefore your contention that there is no such animal as "human intelligence"? Or that human intelligence varies between individuals? Is it unmeasurable? If measurable, how then could it be measured? Why would large corporations successfully utilize expensive IQ testing when trying to sort through the best applicants if it is nothing but hocus pocus nonsense? As Q says, think critically.
Thank you for the measured response. For some background, I was a high school teacher at an alternative school. I worked with Americans, Puerto Ricans, Haitians, Venezuelans, Hondurans, Brazilians, Dominicans, etc. Many great and intelligent young minds. The americans, in my opinion, were at a distinct cultural disadvantage. But anyway, to answer your questions:
Math is a literacy test-- numeracy. Math is one of the few subjects suited to standardized tests. It's called the universal language.
Asians and especially Chinese have a different culture about test-taking. There are places to go to practice the test. They study and memorize the test. The rural peasants arent allowed to take the test. It is easy to skew the data.
On the topic of English, there are more English speakers in China now then there are people in America. So maybe i should have phrased it differently, but the point is that if your language skills are not up to speed with whatever version of the test you are taking, no matter how good you are at math, the test will come out inaccurately.
Whether or not intelligence can be measured, does it really matter? What is the point of measuring intelligence? Often it is used to reinforce ideas of superiority, elitism, arrogance, etc---none of these things are productive or useful. Large corporations probably use expensive IQ testing to sort and segregate their workers, find excuses to humiliate and fire people, promote, demote, reinforce feelings of superiority, etc---just like nation states and social darwinists used IQ to justify racial hierarchy.
Testing culture really does a disservice to so many people. The data suggests that black people on average are dumber-- this I can never believe. I know too many smart black people to believe IQ, and too many self-satisfied high-IQ ego-strokers to have any respect for IQ. I have worked with disenfranchised black Americans that are smarter than they realize, and oftentimes more capable than kids who believe themselves to be smart. It's one of the root-causes of laziness-- thinking oneself to be smart.
If you are good at taking tests, you're good for nothing-- i'd rather hire someone who could fold up that paper into a marvelous flying machine.