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Re:Lessons from a 45-year Study of Super-Smart Children by jsprogrammer on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @12:02PM (#12444479)
The bottom right of the figure says, "[s]tudents were split into quartiles".

I don't get why there is a reference to the top 1% in the caption though.

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Re:Lessons from a 45-year Study of Super-Smart Children by MagnumOpus on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @01:33PM (#12445367)
Step 1: Take highly able kids who score in the top 1% in entrance exams or can get SAT scores of 700 at age 13.

Step 2: Sort these highly able kids into quartiles by their test scores.

Result: Even within the top 1% of IQ, the relative ability still matters. I.e. there is no "cutoff" for becoming a great scientist or inventor; smarter is always better.

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