Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn't mean you're smart(newscientist.com)

2 pointsby kakooljay17 lat temu1 comments

Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn't mean you're smart

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427321.000-clever-fools-why-a-high-iq-doesnt-mean-youre-smart.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

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PJGNasty17 lat temu

Define Smart, and maybe we'd be getting somewhere. Bobby Fischer and the Unibomber are two of the highest IQ's in recent history.

I think of IQ as mental processing power. If you're running bad software, or missing a contextual understanding, it doesn't help much.

RiderOfGiraffes17 lat temu

Dup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=917428