Re:How to Raise Our I.Q.
by tokenadult on Thursday April 16, 2009 @04:18PM
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I've met some really smart guys with IQs much lower than you'd expect, and dealt with some really stupid higher IQ folk.
This accords with my experience after fifty years of life, but is not quite a proof that IQ is meaningless. IQ tests estimate a kind of abstract problem-solving ability useful for many real-world tasks, and correlated with life success in various occupations. But IQ is not the same as rationality,
This accords with my experience after fifty years of life, but is not quite a proof that IQ is meaningless. IQ tests estimate a kind of abstract problem-solving ability useful for many real-world tasks, and correlated with life success in various occupations. But IQ is not the same as rationality,
http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=97803001238...
http://www.amazon.com/What-Intelligence-Tests-Miss-Psycholog...
or, if you prefer this terminology, IQ is not the same thing as wisdom,
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=978...
http://www.amazon.com/What-Intelligence-Beyond-Flynn-Effect/...
so it shouldn't be terribly surprising to see irrational or unwise behavior from high-IQ individuals, as I certainly have.