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I give an IQ test to a tribal in the Amazon jungle and a PhD in Chemistry. The PhD in Chemistry will have the superior IQ but ask both to survive in the jungle
by thewarrior 5y ago
I give an IQ test to a tribal in the Amazon jungle and a PhD in Chemistry.
The PhD in Chemistry will have the superior IQ but ask both to survive in the jungle and the tribal wins hands down.
It’s a very facetious assumption that solving a few puzzle questions captures all the facets of a human beings creativity. This is like saying that the best leet coders are the best software engineers.
- marton78 5y agoYou're fighting a straw man here. Nobody claimed that IQ models all facets of human creativity.
- Apocryphon 5y agoThe statement "You might argue about the fine-grained distinction between the smart ones, but you wouldn't find somebody who you considered smart who somehow still had a 50 IQ." seems to claim that IQ models human creativity- or rather, human intelligence ("smartness")- comprehensively.
- thewarrior 5y agoIf it captures such a small facet of what it means to be human then its a very poor metric to optimize for. We don’t even know what trade offs we are making.