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Not surprised to see so many 130+ pulling a solid C+ average.

Really surprised by that one sub 90 'tard that rocked the 4.0.

IQ and grades literally don't matter. You either have IT or you don't. IQ and grades aren't an all around metric. I bet I'd meet a good chunk of you guys here and think you're retarded in person. My wife walks circles around engineers. Business/marketing degree.

A lot of people focus on one field and know shit about anything else. I know engineers that cannot operate a miter saw and that's math... knowing things on paper and doing something is completely different. I've seen 10#'s shed work as a musician. He can do it. I don't have much faith in other users here. Blanket statement, so don't take it as a dig. You guys know your field. That doesn't make one smart though.

I have to admit: I thought the title actually said HBO: Fun with IQ.

WookieMan says

A lot of people focus on one field and know shit about anything else.

Without doubt. Implement a fast Fourier transform? No problem. Why you don't want to buy the first product of any technology? Easy.

But the vaccine is safe and effective, and a company that knowingly sold baby powder with asbestos contaminated for years - of course you can trust them. It's safe and effective.

stfu says

Really surprised by that one sub 90 'tard that rocked the 4.0.

Discipline and gumption. I'd hire that guy to be in charge or oversee some important but routine/repetitive task.

WookieMan says

A lot of people focus on one field and know shit about anything else.

word. Michael Crichton, through his character Ian Malcolm, spoke of "thintelligence":
QUOTE FROM JURASSIC PARK
[Arnold's] all right. He's an engineer. Wu's the same. They're both technicians. They don't have intelligence. They have what I call "thintelligence." They see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it "being focused." They don't see the surround. They don't see the consequences. END QUOTE

Malcolm says this to Sattler in the chapter, "Aviary." "Thintelligence" is Malcolm's term for the type of scientific thinking that he views as responsible for the creation of a disaster such as Jurassic Park. He believes that science is increasingly headed into theoretical realms of concepts and figures that are so large that they are literally incomprehensible to the human mind. Malcolm contends that merely because humankind possesses a tool—a powerful computer that can accomplish feats of bioengineering, for instance—does not mean that we should use that tool, especially if our knowledge of the tool's precise capabilities are so limited. We see this limited view in Arnold and Wu, who fail to foresee the consequences of their research and actions but go ahead and do it anyway, merely because they can.
(from page https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/jurassicpark/quotes/page/4/ )

Considering what schools 'teach', which is largely regurgitation of fake myths and bullshit, it's not so surprising that a high IQ individual would self educate and forget the baloney system. Reading about high IQ individuals years ago in articles, at least half of high IQ individuals never get rich or apply themselves at any but ordinary endeavors. They just let the cogs fly as they will without any particular ambition and live in anonymity.

I still remember the guy from my high school with perfect SAT scores, a little skinny red headed nerd type. He went to a geniuses accelerated Phd program at Cornell. He and a group of six high IQ types engaged in some kind of occult summoning and died in a subsequent fire in his first year. Could never get too many details, I think the university was eager to cover it up. I guess high IQ is not always a survival trait.

Ceffer says

I guess high IQ is not always a survival trait.

High IQ can be canceled out by emotions. For example, herd instinct makes one want to believe "the government would never lie to me" and thus believe the Covid lies despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. And we all know how male rational though goes down the drain when a hot bod female walks in the room.

AmericanKulak says

And once you get to geniuses (140+), the group where most of the major inventions and breakthroughs happen, it's a sausage factory.

sausage fest

Ceffer says

I guess high IQ is not always a survival trait.

I don't think common sense is on the IQ test

HeadSet says

For example, herd instinct makes one want to believe "the government would never lie to me" and thus believe the Covid lies

Why do people NEED to believe that the govt wouldn't lie?

komputodo says

Why do people NEED to believe that the govt wouldn't lie?

Compliance to authorities wearing shiny, colorful, expensive clothing was bred into us by the aliens. It may be hard to get into power, but after that, it seems to be blue sky as far as the gullibility of the populace is concerned. Your main problem is the others vying for the power.

We were bred as herd animals and workers (or at least most of us were).