>> diminishing returns after 130 iq There's evidence higher IQ leads to better outcomes all the way up the scale. The graph below shows scores vs outcomes for

>> diminishing returns after 130 iq There's evidence higher IQ leads to better outcomes all the way up the scale. The graph below shows scores vs outcomes for students scoring in the top 1% of a maths test. It's not flat as your anecdotal caveat would predict: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4b8ThyfDgzs/U29nQEBAQTI/AAAAAAAAE40/iu0AgfuHE8E/s1600/smpy_odds.png http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4b8ThyfDgzs/U29nQEBAQTI/AAAAAAAAE4... You're 18 times more likely to get a STEM doctorate scoring at the 99.8th percentile vs 99th. Or a paper linked earlier in the thread: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41038598?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/41038598?seq=1#page_scan_tab_co...