>Plenty of studies show that the correlation between being on the edge on that curve and being extremely successful are tenuous at best, most very successful pe

>Plenty of studies show that the correlation between being on the edge on that curve and being extremely successful are tenuous at best, most very successful people have average IQ. Sources please. That's not my understanding of the literature at all. >Shouldn't people who are extremely exceptional in terms of their IQ be extremely successful? People who are extremely meritorious should be extremely successful. High IQ can be a contributing component to being effective, but other aspects would contribute too. You'd naively expect a correlation, though not a strict causal link. Which I believe you do find. [1] http://www.emilkirkegaard.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/Intelligence-and-socioeconomic-success-A-meta-analytic-review-of-longitudinal-research.pdf http://www.emilkirkegaard.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/Intellige...