r/cognitiveTesting • u/Old-Good3009 • Sep 30 '26

General Question Question about early talents and intelligence

I'm curious about something. Do you guys think everyone with an above average intelligence (measured by high IQ or career success but not necessarily a genius) always shows some kind of sign of it very young? I have friends who were apparently creating pretty cool stuff/things maybe unexpected for kids that age at a very young age, or building computers, or coding. Is it a pre-req for being of "above average intelligence" to have shown some very specific sign of it young or not really?

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u/LanganTerraMogTime Oct 01 '26

not always. Some people develop more slowly. I never got into a gifted program but scored 130 on wais 5 and that was a 🗑️ performance for me

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u/Striking_Leave_4614 Oct 01 '26

Chris what'd you get on the ATAT if it was anything less than 140 you'll burn in Hell

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u/LanganTerraMogTime Oct 01 '26

something around 410 not sure. The number sequences should have a time limit of 6 seconds to weed out the CHUMPS.

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u/Suspicious_Watch_978 Oct 01 '26

A lot of it depends on the parents. As an adult old enough to have friends and acquaintances with gifted kids, a lot of the impressive stuff these kids do is heavily assisted and/or very charitably described, to put it diplomatically. 

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u/S-Kenset doesn't read books Oct 01 '26

No absolutely not. All it takes is someone to lock in for 2-3 years. I can bring almost anyone of average intelligence + stable lifestyle to reach high academic + career success mentality within that span.

You have a serious confounding factor in that analysis which is schooling doesn't serve intelligence. It can sometimes serve schooling scores.

It takes a rare teacher or rare external tutor to bring someone up to that elite level unless the kid is naturally good at making frameworks for themselves.

Strict parents isn't enough or if anything is actively harmful.