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One thing I have found funny is that people want to have a high IQ after they've gotten wherever they've gotten (often they are failures) but it actually highli
by renewiltord 2y ago
One thing I have found funny is that people want to have a high IQ after they've gotten wherever they've gotten (often they are failures) but it actually highlights something else. Conditional on one getting somewhere, a high IQ actually means they suck at life. They were given a racecar and all they did is drive into a ditch.
On the other hand, with my 100 IQ I have had a successful time running engineering in ad-tech and HFT. Where does that put me? I'm the driver of a VW Polo that beats other drivers in F1 cars. Whatever gifts nature has given others in intelligence, I am handily superior in whatever else matters. Fascinating.
- scotty79 2y agoIQ is just the ability to think faster. If you have incentive and time to think longer there's really very little benefit to having high IQ. Using your car analogy. It doesn't really matter how fast is the car you drive it you get to where you wanted to get to because you weren't distracted or bored along the way. Pretty much any car can do that.
- captainbland 2y agoThis is pretty much the exact way I think about it. IQ tests roughly measure the output of the engine but don't say anything about the driver. Metacognition and executive function for instance are cognitive domains which IQ tests don't really capture but are nevertheless essential for many real world cognitive activities.