What I don't like about this article is that it doesn't describe the study's definition of success - a part from stupid sound bites that are almost useless.

"Individuals showing more ability in math had greater accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, while those showing greatest ability on the verbal portion of the test went on to excel in the humanities"

who was the lead researcher - captain obvious?

"They earned a total of 817 patents and published 93 books."

Quantity does not equal quality.

"Of the 18 participants who later earned tenure-track positions in math/science fields at top-50 U.S. universities"

It's been pretty well known for years that academic tests are good predictors of future academic success (but it's not great for anything else)