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Programming is correlated with higher IQ.
IQ is correlated with spatial reasoning and the kinds of multi-step puzzle solving that is often needed in programming.
I don't know why you find this so surprising or offensive. It's simply that the IQ tests the kinds of things that often make good programmers.
IQ isn't the only thing correlated with programming ability, and people with high IQ are often extremely dumb in many areas.
(I don't have a particularly high IQ)
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Programming is correlated with higher IQ.
IQ is correlated with spatial reasoning and the kinds of multi-step puzzle solving that is often needed in programming.
I don't know why you find this so surprising or offensive. It's simply that the IQ tests the kinds of things that often make good programmers.
IQ isn't the only thing correlated with programming ability, and people with high IQ are often extremely dumb in many areas.
(I don't have a particularly high IQ)