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Oh man, can't wait for the conversation about this one. So much of people's identity can be wrapped up in being intelligent, which makes sense when you are sti

Oh man, can't wait for the conversation about this one. So much of people's identity can be wrapped up in being intelligent, which makes sense when you are still in the phase of your life where what you _can_ do is more important than what you _have_ done. If you're concerned about your IQ very much over the age of about 12 years old, that's a sign that you probably aren't focusing on the right things in your life.

non-entity 6y ago
Anytime IQ is brought up on HN, the comment section is gonna get interesting. I mean hell this thread is already full of snide remarks about the author, people getting emotionally charged about emotion, personal attacks from people on both sides of the argument in "clever" attempts to prove who's smarter, and occasional and questionable views.
kuschku 6y ago
I got tested at 3 psychiatrists, as part of tests for other neurological issues. Not just some shitty web test. All results were in the ballpark of 160. And yet, it doesn’t matter at all in my daily life. In fact, I only really mention those results for one reason: so others don’t reply with "you only disagree with using IQ as score because you’d lose". IQ just tells you how fast you adapt to new challenges — and in a very roundabout way which isn’t really reliable. And that’s aside from the whole "if a metric becomes a target, it ceases being a useful metric" stuff. But in the real world, persistence and discipline is what really matters for success — you can have a startup with the most intelligent people in this world, but they won’t be able to actually make any progress without persistence. In fact, they’ll likely be bored by any task you give them quite quickly, and spend their time on something else. Persistence is key for success, not just in our capitalistic world, but in anything — be it in learning a new skill, completing university successfully, or doing a new startup from start to finish. As Stephen Hawking already said: "People who boast about their I.Q. are losers"

non-entity 6y ago

Anytime IQ is brought up on HN, the comment section is gonna get interesting. I mean hell this thread is already full of snide remarks about the author, people getting emotionally charged about emotion, personal attacks from people on both sides of the argument in "clever" attempts to prove who's smarter, and occasional and questionable views.

kuschku 6y ago

I got tested at 3 psychiatrists, as part of tests for other neurological issues. Not just some shitty web test. All results were in the ballpark of 160. And yet, it doesn’t matter at all in my daily life. In fact, I only really mention those results for one reason: so others don’t reply with "you only disagree with using IQ as score because you’d lose". IQ just tells you how fast you adapt to new challenges — and in a very roundabout way which isn’t really reliable. And that’s aside from the whole "if a metric becomes a target, it ceases being a useful metric" stuff. But in the real world, persistence and discipline is what really matters for success — you can have a startup with the most intelligent people in this world, but they won’t be able to actually make any progress without persistence. In fact, they’ll likely be bored by any task you give them quite quickly, and spend their time on something else. Persistence is key for success, not just in our capitalistic world, but in anything — be it in learning a new skill, completing university successfully, or doing a new startup from start to finish. As Stephen Hawking already said: "People who boast about their I.Q. are losers"