This is what Alan Kay means when he says, "IQ is a lead weight." [1] Also see Rich Hicky's talk "Simple Made Easy." [2] In which he suggests that nobody's that

This is what Alan Kay means when he says, "IQ is a lead weight." [1] Also see Rich Hicky's talk "Simple Made Easy." [2] In which he suggests that nobody's that smart; you will always hit a brick wall without the tools to manage complexity. "A juggler can juggle 3 balls. A really good juggler can juggle 9. But no juggler can juggle 90 or 900 (paraphrased)." [1] http://www.tele-task.de/archive/video/flash/14029/ http://www.tele-task.de/archive/video/flash/14029/ [2] http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy