[ExI] The downsides of high IQ

[rex]

BillK <pharos at gmail.com> [2015-04-14 08:32]:
>The BBC has an article up
><http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150413-the-downsides-of-being-clever>
>
>(The summary is that high IQ doesn't help much. It is a tool that can
>be used for good or bad).

Group social outcomes are very sensitive to IQ. The graphic at the URL
below shows dramatic differences in various social outcomes associated with
three-point IQ changes.

http://www.nosyntax.net/cfwiki/index.php/IQ_Prediction_and_Society

Who would guess that a "mere" 3-point IQ boost is associated with about
a 30% lower number of high school dropouts, or that a 3-point decline is
associated with about a 15% increase in the number of men prevented from
working by health problems?

-rex
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