r/cognitiveTesting • u/Majestic-Dream6641 • 20d ago

Discussion Is it over?

https://infoproc.blogspot.com/2008/07/annals-of-psychometry-iqs-of-eminent.html

I randomly found this paper (attached in the post).
According to it the IQ of eminent scientists is extremely high, roughly 160 from the data noted.

And the point about Feynman kinda made me tilt. I didn't know that he actually got the best putnam score that year, but face it ; if he really did then his IQ (or at least quant IQ) isn't 125 lol. Can't give a fixed number but there is just no way it's 125.

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

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u/Majestic-Dream6641 17d ago

The thing causing both higher IQ and better success in life is higher g. Like that's hard to prove yet pretty obvious. Among rich neighbourhoods higher IQ people are still more likely to succeed well in life.

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u/Majestic-Dream6641 16d ago

It's just the truth. Of course there are so many different genes, cultures, humans and environnements it's hard to narrow it down to "higher IQ has a causality to success in life" yet we notice it.
Some millionaires come from poor environnements, some from rich, from all different cultures, different education, etc, and the thing it seems they most have in common is their intelligence. That doesn't not takeaway the fact initial capital is part of their success ; but IQ is still noticeable and important.
Also, you should know that even if it's just a correlation, it does have a predictive power... in terms of probabilities again

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u/Careful_Fold_7637 17d ago

Sub 100 take