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Significant part of what separates 99.9th (or even 90th) from 99.999th percentile is ego management. In particular IQ is not associated with better life outcom
by thrwwXZTYE 1y ago
Significant part of what separates 99.9th (or even 90th) from 99.999th percentile is ego management.
In particular IQ is not associated with better life outcomes after you have "enough", and that "enough" isn't Mensa level.
- MichaelZuo 1y agoHow could that possibly be true? The former might be a literal genius (in the genuine unironic sense) in one field, say software engineering of astrophysics or banking or diplomacy. The latter would be a literal genius in all four fields simultaneously.
- thrwwXZTYE 1y agoIQ is just CPU power. There's no CPU that can't be wasted by bad code.
- MichaelZuo 1y agoAccording to who? And how does IQ relate to the comment in the first place?