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Ask HN: Define Genius
Does IQ really defines a genius? Tell HN your opinion on that.
- jws 18y agoFrom the wikipedia article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iq http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iq, the "positive correlations" section you can expect IQ to be useful predicting the following: • SAT score. • Job performance of a new hire when the new hire does not have existing experience. • Income, but being at the extreme high end doesn't help much more than just being high. • Health. (Some diseases are negatively correlated.) • Committing violent crimes. (negative correlation.) Genius is not in the list. I would suggest that it is something else entirely.
- ErrantX 18y agoI have a very high IQ and wouldnt consider myself a genius! Genius, IMO is about seeing things differently and sheer devotion to a cause. Einstein and Darwin would be examples of that. IQ tests do check for that (well not the devotion, but the thinking outside the box) but I dont think they represent it well.
- ErrantX 18y agoway to stereotype... ;)
- tweaqslug 18y agoNope.