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The title of the article is obnoxious. The first part of the article puts down a person whose IQ is in the 140-180 range. If you read about the person, that pa
by fn-mote 11mo ago
The title of the article is obnoxious.
The first part of the article puts down a person whose IQ is in the 140-180 range. If you read about the person, that part makes sense as an opinion.
The second part of the article explains that the person referred to in the title, the alleged 210 IQ, has chosen a middle manager job because it makes them happy.
> I'm trying to tell people that I'm happy the way I am.
The author never explains the problem they have with this person.
Instead, I think the title should be more along the lines of "an IQ of 176 does not make you a good person". I guess people would not engage if the conclusion was obvious? The baiting title is totally misplaced.
Actually, the whole treatment of Kim Ung-yong is even worse than I make out in this comment. I am left with a really negative impression of the author.
- FrustratedMonky 11mo ago"author never explains the problem they have with this person" As far as I can tell, the author doesn't have a problem. The article is using common societal opinions on these people, which are demonstrated with quotes from those same people.
- Joeboy 11mo agoAs I read it, the author is presenting a positive assessment of Kim Ung-yon's life in contrast to his negative assessment of Christopher Langan's.
- lostmsu 11mo ago> The first part of the article puts down a person whose IQ is in the 140-180 range. If you read about the person, that part makes sense as an opinion. It's worse. In both cases the IQ scores are basically fake. The first one probably does not reach moderate 130 required for Mensa based on the report of repeatedly trying the same test and not passing some not-too-high bar the first time (the first _known_ time; the test is only valid when taken once). The second one does not have any credible backing to their IQ score whatsoever and for all we know could be under 100.
- Joeboy 11mo agoMaybe, but what the article is really about is how these two people responded to being marked for greatness at a young age. I don't see a reason to disbelieve that part.
- lostmsu 11mo agoThen the article should be titled "being famous as a child is not enough". But then it would not be a very interesting article. Also, it's not just "maybe" that neither of these people have exceptional IQ. It is more like "most certainly not, unless they have some strong proof, because they lied multiple times".
- sram1337 11mo agoI think you misunderstood the article. 210 IQ isn't enough. The man with 210 IQ is happy not because he has 210 IQ but because he made the choice to be happy. Having a high IQ isn't enough - you must also choose to be happy.