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You should read more about IQ and it’s failure to predict success. Like Nassim Taleb has said - IQ just shows you’re not dumb, not that you’re smart. Which you

• bloak 5y ago
  IQ is, by definition, how well you perform at solving a particular kind of puzzle. "Success" means fulfilling whichever criteria you have defined for a particular goal/objective. IQ results are of some use in predicting how well children will do at school, i.e. what exam results they will get after being taught. That's usually a "success criterion" for the school, though not necessarily for the children, who may have other goals in life, e.g. becoming a footballer.
  • User23 5y ago
    Players that want to play football in the NFL have to take an IQ test[1] and score decently well. Using a rough conversion[2], NFL teams require a minimum IQ in the low 90s to play, because players below that threshold are incapable of learning the plays[3]. So even for persons who want to play competitive football, a certain level of intelligence is extremely important. I don't know much about soccer beyond pickup games, is it roughly as cognitively demanding as football at the highest levels? [1] https://jobdescriptionandresumeexamples.com/10-important-facts-about-nfl-wonderlic-test/ https://jobdescriptionandresumeexamples.com/10-important-fac... [2] https://wonderlictestpractice.com/how-does-the-wonderlic-correspond-to-the-iq-test/ https://wonderlictestpractice.com/how-does-the-wonderlic-cor... [3] https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-new-england-requires-minimum-wonderlic-iq-test-score/ https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-new-england-requires-...