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Re:Lessons from a 45-year Study of Super-Smart Children by MagnumOpus on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @01:24PM (#12445288)
That is exactly what he argued - that his achievements are due to being smart rather than "laser focused".

Not being a genius means that he is merely 2 standard deviations smarter than the mean (think "there's a few of those in every high school class") rather than 4 standard deviations smarter like the kids in the SMPY.

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Re:Lessons from a 45-year Study of Super-Smart Children by dx034 on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:09AM (#12450653)
>think "there's a few of those in every high school class"

Rather a few of those in every high school. 2 standard deviations means 2.5% per side. This is one in 40 people, so probably on average 2-3 people per year in an average high school.

Of course, pre selection can lead to higher values, but having several children outside of 2std dev in a class won't be average in the vast majority of schools.

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