Re:Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn't mean you're smart
by scotty79 on Wednesday November 04, 2009 @05:07PM
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Smart = Intelligent + Having a lot of domain knowledge
It's as simple as that.
Being intelligent can also make transforming information to knowledge easier. If you have high IQ and still are stupid that must mean that you don't pay much attention to the domain that you are stupid about.
Re:Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn't mean you're smart
by yannis on Monday November 02, 2009 @02:02PM
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>Bush's IQ score is estimated to be above 120, which suggests an intelligence in the top 10 per cent of the population. But this, surely, does not tell the whole story
Is there any evidence that his score is really 120?
Re:Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn't mean you're smart
by barry-cotter on Wednesday November 04, 2009 @08:47PM
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Linda Gottfredson, co-director of the University of Delaware-Johns Hopkins Project for the Study of Intelligence and Society, told me:
"I recently converted Bush's SAT score to an IQ using the high school norms available for his age cohort. Educational Testing Service happened to have done a study of representative high school students within a year or so of when he took the test. I derived an IQ of 125, which is the 95th percentile."
It's as simple as that.
Being intelligent can also make transforming information to knowledge easier. If you have high IQ and still are stupid that must mean that you don't pay much attention to the domain that you are stupid about.
Is there any evidence that his score is really 120?
"I recently converted Bush's SAT score to an IQ using the high school norms available for his age cohort. Educational Testing Service happened to have done a study of representative high school students within a year or so of when he took the test. I derived an IQ of 125, which is the 95th percentile."
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=922538