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IQ != intelligence again... IQ != intelligence Reading through the comments I feel this needs to be expounded on. IQ is a barely useful metric in predicting

IQ != intelligence again... IQ != intelligence Reading through the comments I feel this needs to be expounded on. IQ is a barely useful metric in predicting achievement or success. IMO thought structures and habits of thinking can be much more applicable in reality than a high IQ, leading to higher "intelligence" despite low IQ. See: Richard Feynman, idiosyncratic thinking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr8sVailoLw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr8sVailoLw)

orangecat 9y ago
IQ is a barely useful metric in predicting achievement or success. This has somehow become the standard wisdom, and it's just wrong. IQ is highly predictive of a wide range of outcomes; see for example https://www.vox.com/2016/5/24/11723182/iq-test-intelligence https://www.vox.com/2016/5/24/11723182/iq-test-intelligence. That's just correlation, which could happen even if IQ is really just a function of your socioeconomic environment or other things that are not actual intelligence. Although there is strong evidence that is not the case.
- bthornbury 9y ago
  Hey, thanks for the information! May be that I am misinformed, let me find out.