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> whether you are born with a high IQ is purely random, and even worse IQ is heritable This sounds contradictory to me. Moreover, how does IQ differ in this r
by n4r9 5y ago
> whether you are born with a high IQ is purely random, and even worse IQ is heritable
This sounds contradictory to me.
Moreover, how does IQ differ in this respect from "capacity and willingness to do hard work"?
- eggsmediumrare 5y agoWho you are born as is random, but who will have children with higher IQ is not. Work ethic is less nature and more nurture than IQ, or at least feels that way intuitively.
- akomtu 5y ago> Who you are born as is random. The essense of materialistic nihilism.
- anthonypasq 5y agoI mean they are completely different measures. They both contribute to success but can be tested independantly. Also assuming that "capacity and willingness to do hard work" is a personality trait, that is also largely random. So no matter which way you slice it, you gotta get lucky on either the intelligence or industriousness axes (or both) to be successful.
- n4r9 5y ago> you gotta get lucky on either the intelligence or industriousness axes (or both) to be successful. Yes exactly my point! At some level, success can only possibly be seen as a product of chance.