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It really depends what you're referring to as tech work here... Low IQ people in my opinion are almost incapable of tackling certain technical problems – genera
by kypro 3y ago
It really depends what you're referring to as tech work here... Low IQ people in my opinion are almost incapable of tackling certain technical problems – generally those which require complex maths or reasoning ability.
That said, most tech work isn't that. In fact, most tech work isn't even technical. Designers or product owners are tech workers, but don't necessarily need to be "smart". And even the technical roles tend to be basic UI work or building a CRUD backend in which case you're 100% correct.
- saiya-jin 3y ago99% of IT problems in the world doesn't require brilliance in any way, just consistency and effort put in. Anytime some good junior tries to put the brilliance into place it doesn't require it, its a sad story about literal technical debt down the line. But good luck explaining this to most smart folks who are running around with big hammer trying as much new stuff as possible.
- arethuza 3y agoIn my humble opinion, it actually requires a lot of intelligence to do really stupid things...
- shoubidouwah 3y agoreminds me of the saying that every year, the intelligence threshold needed to end the world drops a bit more - cannot for the life of me find it again...
- toombowoombo 3y agoFound it! Moore's Law of Mad Science: "Every 18 months, the minimum IQ to destroy the world drops by one point." - said by Eliezer Yudkowsky at the At Singularity Summit 2007. youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEt1Wfl1jvo&t=1230s&ab_channel=singularitysummit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEt1Wfl1jvo&t=1230s&ab_chann...
- j7ake 3y agoCan you give a concrete example of tech work that a "low IQ person" would not be able to tackle?
- blueflow 3y ago"Which Voltage do i need to cut Styrofoam with a resistive wire"
- CRConrad 3y agoThe voltage in your wall sockets is a given, so the question should be "Which resistive wire do I need to best cut Styrofoam with electricity?"
- gruez 3y agoThe low iq solution would be to steadily ramp up the voltage until it cuts.
- doubled112 3y agoHah, apparently I am low IQ but still getting it done.
- doubled112 3y agoDo I need to give you a number? Can I just build something that allows me to control voltage and turn it up until it cuts, then measure?
- Avicebron 3y ago240V, that's an unfair example. As a low IQ person, I sidestepped trying to actually calculate the heat generated by different resistive wires (has to be above the melting point of styrofoam) and thought linearly about what I wanted to do, which was cut styrofoam, so google styrofoam cutter hot wire, got me to amazon.
- blueflow 3y ago