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Isn't IQ just size of short time memory and processing speed?

• amelius 4y ago
  No because that would mean that anyone with lots of time and a notepad could become (a slow version of) Einstein.
  • k__ 4y ago
    Maybe, the correlation isn't linear. Or Einstein USP wasn't just his IQ.
  • prettyStandard 4y ago
    IQ tests are timed. Not everyone could be a slow Einstein, but perhaps you if you had 200-300 years might reach the same solutions Einstein did. If you choose to work on the same problems.
    • akomtu 4y ago
      If you are a 5' tall basketball amateur, then even with 300 years of training you won't outplay the top NBA player.
      • qup 4y ago
        It's different because to outplay the top NBA player you can't do it slowly. (You can compute slowly, though)
  • mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y ago
    I'm not convinced they couldn't. Depends what you mean by Einstein. You won't be formulating GR, but an IQ test could be doable. At least if you have enough IQ to figure out how to solve IQ test problems on paper. Which shouldn't be that hard.
• tux3 4y ago
  It is more like the ability to make sense of things. But intelligence is hard to measure. Always plenty of room for everyone to disagree.
  • k__ 4y ago
    I see. I just heard about a test with a box with lights and a buttons, and pressing the buttons faster would correlate to higher IQ.
    • grugagag 4y ago
      What you’re describing sounds like a way to measure reaction time. By that measure I suspect gamers would rank highest.
      • k__ 4y ago
        It was set up that you had to calculate the right button to press after lights lit up. And this time was correlated to IQ.