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Yes arguing from your own ignorance is not the most reliable way to convince someone of something. In regards intelligence it is the only thing other than work
by danieltillett 11y ago
Yes arguing from your own ignorance is not the most reliable way to convince someone of something.
In regards intelligence it is the only thing other than work tests that has been shown to have any major correlation with job performance.
Edit. This paper make for a great read on this topic.
1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227600464_Stubborn_Reliance_on_Intuition_and_Subjectivity_in_Employee_Selection https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227600464_Stubborn_...
- dlss 11y agoConscientiousness is also correlated with job performance, and is about on par with IQ for predicting lifetime earnings. Agreeableness (also a Big-Five trait) is also quite important in cooperative settings (though both have small effects relative to IQ for single shot task performance). http://www.gwern.net/Conscientiousness%20and%20online%20education#conscientiousness http://www.gwern.net/Conscientiousness%20and%20online%20educ... has a nice overview of the literature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientiousness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientiousness does a reasonable job describing the trait. Edit: while we're listing large causal factors for work performance, I feel appalled I forgot to mention genetics... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9739126 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9739126
- danieltillett 11y agoThe problem is conscientiousness is heavily g loaded so what you are mostly measuring is the effect of g.