News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two. Parent comment

Re:Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two by naasking on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:00AM (#19085293)
> Average person with less intelligence is capable of doing the same thinking, just slower

Intelligence is not just about the speed of thought. It's also about the depth of memory, the number of associations one has in one's internal model, and numerous other factors.

Consider a computer's memory that's halved. Suddenly it can run significantly fewer programs despite the fact that it rjnd at exactly the same speed.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two by xiphias2 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:42AM (#19086946)
It sounds interesting, it' s more likely the number of associations than working memory, as I always had very bad working and long term memory compared to other people, still I was the best in elementary class in math without any studying (of course this changed after I went to a school specialized in math).
[ Parent | on HN ]