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A physical laborer or pretty person who relies on those traits could generally switch and learn to code or run a business if pressured (either by desire or need

by api 3y ago

A physical laborer or pretty person who relies on those traits could generally switch and learn to code or run a business if pressured (either by desire or need) to do so. We specialize but we all have similar brains. The last point about IQ at the very end of the article is a thought I’ve had before and is a reason I remain skeptical of the importance assigned to IQ by many. IQ seems to be a real measure of something but the variance both within and between people and the way that variance behaves is sus. I think there’s something more complex going on with IQ, probably more than one thing.

AndrewKemendo 3y ago
My theory having studied this for a long time is that higher IQ simply means that you have the ability to forecast further into the future with higher accuracy on a variety of things. Conceptualized differently the “simulator“ in your brain that hallucinates futures is more accurate for smarter people than it is for let’s say less capable people. And some people don’t seem to have a simulator at all. The more things and further into the future you can forecast the “smarter” you are. I find this compelling because exceptionally smart people also seem to have exceptionally different ways of interpreting the future and also our more likely to hallucinate stuff that is totally false or incoherent. This is why you often see “geniuses” in the physical sciences struggle with social things. The same as true people who are geniuses, socially often struggle, with other concepts outside of their narrow expertise, but are generally better and faster at learning or at least pretending better than other people with lower IQ at those general things.
- snapplebobapple 3y ago
  Don't geniuses also tend to score better on stuff like reaction times as well though, rout calculation, etc though?
  - AndrewKemendo 3y ago
    Yeah and are generally more creative overall enjoying mastering another fine art of some sort different than their line of work

by api 3y ago

AndrewKemendo 3y ago

My theory having studied this for a long time is that higher IQ simply means that you have the ability to forecast further into the future with higher accuracy on a variety of things. Conceptualized differently the “simulator“ in your brain that hallucinates futures is more accurate for smarter people than it is for let’s say less capable people. And some people don’t seem to have a simulator at all. The more things and further into the future you can forecast the “smarter” you are. I find this compelling because exceptionally smart people also seem to have exceptionally different ways of interpreting the future and also our more likely to hallucinate stuff that is totally false or incoherent. This is why you often see “geniuses” in the physical sciences struggle with social things. The same as true people who are geniuses, socially often struggle, with other concepts outside of their narrow expertise, but are generally better and faster at learning or at least pretending better than other people with lower IQ at those general things.

snapplebobapple 3y ago
Don't geniuses also tend to score better on stuff like reaction times as well though, rout calculation, etc though?
- AndrewKemendo 3y ago
  Yeah and are generally more creative overall enjoying mastering another fine art of some sort different than their line of work