Well at least I didn't see any evidence that says a good accountant would make a worse physicist than a bad accountant. So the assertion that people that are good at solving well-defined problems are not as good at (or at least has no correlation with) solving poorly-defined problems is not well supported.
Re:Why aren't smart people happier?
by entropicdrifter on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @02:33PM
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So, there's some known correlation between IQ and creativity/divergent thinking ability. This article: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.0025...
Seems to indicate that the threshold hypothesis (IQ helps creativity/divergent thinking up to a point, then levels out in correlation) is largely correct
It seems plausible. For instance, would a good accountant (well defined problems) necessarily make a good physicist (poorly defined problems)?