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> There are plenty of geniuses throughout history who were asseholes but still brilliant. Agreed, as I said humans are complex and I'm sure you can find except
by wdewind 9y ago
> There are plenty of geniuses throughout history who were asseholes but still brilliant.
Agreed, as I said humans are complex and I'm sure you can find exceptions. Just talking about general trends here.
> EQ and IQ are not highly correlated at all.
Assuming by EQ you mean being a nice person and intelligence are not correlated I don't agree. Tons of studies backing this up (as well as correlation with overall happiness). Here are two:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12061571 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12061571
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jopy.12309/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jopy.12309/full
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoEQ means emotional intelligence, the ability to empathize with people effectively, allowing people to take hints via social cues when they are being annoying or otherwise engaging in asshole-like behavior. As geniuses are already extreme outliers. For one thing, they do not typically fit in very well with their peers, often leading to seemingly anti-social behavior. None of the articles you link directly correlate EQ to intelligence, they corrleate it to civic minded ness, and getting good grades in school. Social people do well in social environments is not surprising.