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What is "sigma talent"?
by koenbok 14y ago
What is "sigma talent"?
- mej10 14y agoSigma is usually used to represent the standard deviation. +4 sigma would mean four standard deviations from the mean. So in this case he is saying his talent is higher than 99.9966% of people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation
- eli_gottlieb 14y agoHmm... a brag like that is pretty difficult to measure.
- michaelochurch 14y agoSo in this case he is saying his talent is higher than 99.9966% of people. +4 sigma for certain things, not overall. It's not even possible to measure "+4 sigma overall intelligence" and if it were, I doubt I'd be the one who has it. But there are certain subdisciplines where I'm in that range. I say "+4 sigma" because for the vast majority of companies I've observed, I could run them better, and they seem to at least think they have 2-3 sigma talent. If we accept that the people who actually are in charge are +2 to +3 sigma minds, then I'm easily +5 based on the difference between me and them. If we assume they're idiots, then it'd be generous to give me +3. The reality is probably between the two.
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- ekm2 14y agoAssuming it is iQ for example,i would guess that +4 sigma would mean 4*15=60 above the mean,which if you take as 100 gives 160.I would welcome a better clarification of this.
- igravious 14y agoIt means he knows better than you even when he doesn't. ~ ~ = snark, allow me one snark ! :)