During their formative years, smart people often experience success in school, receiving the approval of teachers and regular affirmation of their cognitive strengths. They become more confident in their ability to figure things out for themselves. With this, comes a habit of forming their own opinions, independent of the in-groups to which they belong. Sometimes …
A study, titled One Personality Trait Distinguishes Gifted People, and reported in Psychology Today on November 14, 2021, looked at correlations between giftedness and the Big 5 traits (Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience, Neuroticism and Agreeableness). See: One Personality Trait Distinguishes Gifted People They found the following: • Giftedness seems like a blessing but may be a burden. • …
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To show the relative proportions of the various subpopulations in the US, I’ve constructed the Venn diagram above wherein each subpopulation is represented (approximately) by the area of its circle. Statement: If IQ is important for success in life, why are most billionaires not people with a Ph.D.? Discussion: The red circle represents the set …
Why are most Ph.D.’s millionaires, while most billionaires do not have a Ph.D.? Read More »
Before we compare the intelligence of these two brilliant individuals, I’ll share a story of their meeting taken from the book titled Intelligence: Intelligence: Where We Were, Where We Are, & Where We’re Going: In 1938, Claude Shannon, a 22-year old graduate student at MIT, provided a key link in turning Leibniz’s vision into a reality. …
Absolutely! During the past few decades, accumulating substantial wealth has been within the grasp of most people who are intelligent enough to learn a skill or develop a profession. The secret is to build wealth slowly, but surely, through maximizing your streams of income and minimizing your expenditures, while repeatedly investing the difference. Einstein is …
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The day before yesterday, Janet was 13 years old. Next year, she’ll be 16.What is her birthday, and what is today’s date? Answer: Today’s date is January 1, so the day before yesterday, i.e., on December 30 last year, Janet was 13 years old. She turned 14 on her birthday on December 31 last …
The combination of intrapersonal and interpersonal skills, is said to constitute emotional intelligence (EQ). For those who have a high IQ, say 130 or greater, obtaining a correlation between IQ and EQ is mainly anecdotal because EQ is much more difficult than IQ to measure. Tests such as the MSCEIT, designed to measure emotional intelligence, are difficult to norm …
Can someone have a high IQ and low EQ (Emotional intelligence)? Read More »
There is general agreement among psychologists that intelligence is composed of two components: fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence. Fluid intelligence is related to neural efficiency, manifest in the ability to learn quickly, solve problems, comprehend abstract ideas, and retain information in short-term memory long enough to make connections. The more efficiently the brain is “hard-wired” in its neural …
How many people have a genius level IQ? Is it even possible to find them all and test them, if so how and where would you start looking for these rare individuals? The problem of estimating the number of people with genius level IQ in a particular country is much easier than testing everyone. For …
People who have a high IQ are usually aware that they learn more quickly than others. They are often very successful in school, and faster than others in mastering cognitive tasks. Through these experiences, they acquire confidence in their ability to think independent of others. This enables them to escape from accepted beliefs and “think …
Why do some people with super high iq seem to do dumb things and lack common sense? Read More »
