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Superhuman intelligence needs to have the corresponding nurturing factor as well. It won't do much good if you are born super-smart but are trapped in poverty o
by Severian 11y ago
Superhuman intelligence needs to have the corresponding nurturing factor as well. It won't do much good if you are born super-smart but are trapped in poverty or circumstances which limit your potential.
Plus there is also the EQ (emotional) quotient. Not many people are going to want your company if you are a super-intelligent asshole either.
- jstanley 11y ago> It won't do much good if you are born super-smart but are trapped in poverty or circumstances which limit your potential. I'd argue the opposite. If you're in a tougher situation, there's a lot more for you to gain by applying your intelligence.
- SolaceQuantum 11y agoPoverty causes much more than can be helped. Bad schools that are falling apart, a lack of opportunity, and the effects of long term stress on the brain are all things that will affect any person regardless of intelligence.
- Majestic121 11y agoYou would have more to gain, sure. But you would not be able to reach the level you could have reached with the right education, or with good nutrition, etc... The article actually also mention this, in the passage about the Flynn effect.
- dragonwriter 11y agoThere appears to be considerable disagreement as to whether EQ measures any real underlying trait or has any independent utility in predicting/determining outcomes, e.g., in work.