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actually, I think one of the only real difficulties associated with high IQ is that generally speaking, its fairly generally the case that people have extreme d
by carterschonwald 17y ago
actually, I think one of the only real difficulties associated with high IQ is that generally speaking, its fairly generally the case that people have extreme difficulty easily communicating with people whose IQ differ from their own by about 2+ standard deviations (1 sd is about 15 iq points).
For example, if your IQ is say 145, the way you communicate when talking will in some sense be fundamentally different from someone whose IQ is less than 115 or greater than 175. This is not to say that its impossible, only that it actually takes cognitive effort to translate what you're saying into a suitable cognitive frame of reference for the other person's consumption. This is similar to the difficulties in communicating with someone from a completely different cultural background, albeit different details.
- jacquesm 17y agoThe big trick is then to bridge the gap. I think that if you really understand stuff you can explain it to just about anybody, no matter how big the gap. This may take a lot of time and hard work but both parties willing it should be possible.
- osipov 17y agoReally understanding stuff is not enough: a higher IQ individual may be bored by the explanation and misunderstand it due to lack of attention while a lower IQ individual may have trouble understanding, require a shallower explanation and more time.
- jacquesm 17y agoThat's true, you can't discount for that but true understanding is a prerequisite. Look at Dawkins, Feynman and other great teachers, they can take the most complicated material and make it accessible to just about everybody (in the case of Dawkins even really young children, have a look at the Christmas lectures for and example of that).
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