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The United States is the world’s strongest economy and contains more Nobel Prize winners by far than any other nation in the world, but is its population as intelligent as the populations of other nations? According to a report on Forbes at Ranked: The 25 Smartest Countries In The World, the American population ranks 4th in intelligence among …
What Nations have the Most Intelligent Populations? Read More »
The media moguls understand that bad news sells more than good news. Consequently, we obtain a disproportionate amount of negative information in our newspapers, radio and television programs, prompting us to perceive the world as more hostile and dangerous than it is. A headline such as Alan Schmidlap achieved a Perfect Score in the International Mathematics …
Is the World becoming more Hostile, or is this just a Perception? Read More »
During the past two weeks, the world has watched 206 countries of the world showcase the athletic skills of their greatest amateur athletes. In these hotly contested competitions there are no participation trophies, no consolation prizes, and no excuses. All the contestants have worked endlessly for years to reach the highest echelons of achievement in …
It has been a popular notion that we are all intellectual equals. Several bestselling books have been published asserting that we all have genius within us and it’s just a matter of developing a passion and working hard to reach that status. This belief is comforting because it relieves us of the feeling that we …
During the remainder of 2021 and into 2022, the California Department of Education will be vetting its draft of the Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve. Throwing down the gauntlet in a challenge to the concept of giftedness the document asserts: An important goal of the Framework is to replace ideas …
Is America Declaring War on its Gifted Students? Read More »
This is an excellent item for testing analytical thinking and has been used in a variety of different guises for decades. While there are different ways to approach this question, a common form of reasoning proceeds as follows: • If it takes 5 minutes for 5 machines to make 5 widgets, then it will take …
One characteristic I’ve observed in the highly intelligent is their reluctance to form an opinion until they’ve gathered a substantial amount of information. Having reached an opinion, they continue to reserve judgment pending new evidence that challenges their belief. This contrasts with the behavior of those of lower intelligence whom I have observed to reach …
What is your basis of certainty in your opinion of “X”? Read More »
Happy July 4 to all Americans! In spite of all the criticism levelled by various groups, denigrating America, the fact that people from everywhere in the world are coming to the U.S. for a better life speaks volumes. Today, C-SPAN gave its 2021 rankings of the 44 former US Presidents in terms of overall performance. …
In Arthur Miller’s celebrated play Death of a Salesman (1949) Willy Loman, the main character expresses what would become a popularly accepted measure of success: The man [Willy’s brother Ben] knew what he wanted and went out and got it! Walked into a jungle and comes out, the age of 21, and he’s rich! … …
Does EQ (Emotional Intelligence) Trump IQ in the Workplace? Read More »
When this question appeared this week on our Quora site, https://www.intelligence-and-iq.com/the-many-faces-of-intelligence/, it generated a lot of discussion, revealing some different perceptions of IQ. Who do you think would win such a contest had it been possible? The reason why this “thought experiment” has value, is that your answer reflects your perception of the meaning of …
If Einstein had spent as many hours on chess, would he be able to beat Bobby Fischer? Read More »
