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Not that I’m a fan, but Malcolm Gladwell wrote a whole book (Outliers) about how this is not true.
by bernulli 5y ago
Not that I’m a fan, but Malcolm Gladwell wrote a whole book (Outliers) about how this is not true.
- tablespoon 5y ago> Not that I’m a fan, but Malcolm Gladwell wrote a whole book (Outliers) about how this is not true. IIRC, that book cited a study by someone who strongly believed that IQ was a strong predictor of great success...and his own study found that wasn't true. IIRC, he followed a bunch of very high IQ kids from childhood to adulthood, and the most successful of them only achieved middling success.
- wheelinsupial 5y agoAre you referring to the comparison between Robert Oppenheimer and Christopher Langan in Outliers? From Christopher Langan’s Wikipedia entry [1], “In comparing the lack of academic and life success of Langan to the successes of Robert Oppenheimer, journalist Malcolm Gladwell, in his 2008 book Outliers, points to the background and social skills of the two men.” It seems to argue that intelligence alone isn’t enough to succeed. I’m not sure how middling success is defined, but results from Vanderbilt’s study of mathematically precocious youth over a 49 year period seems to say, “by mid-life they were extraordinarily accomplished and enjoyed a high level of life satisfaction.”[2] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan [2] https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/degrees-programs/smpy_wat.php https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/degrees-programs/smpy_wat.php