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Why a High IQ Doesn't Mean You're Smart
D1gital_Prob3 writes "How can a 'smart' person act foolishly? Keith Stanovich, professor of human development and applied psychology at the University of Toronto, Canada, has grappled with this apparent incongruity for 15 years. He says it applies to more people than you might think. To Stanovich, however, there is nothing incongruous about it. IQ tests are very good at measuring certain mental faculties, he says, including logic, abstract reasoning, learning ability and working-memory capacity — how much information you can hold in mind."
Come on...everyone knows a high Intelligence score isn't the same as a high Wisdom score!
Man define intelligence to fit how he behaves, news at 11.
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I know a guy in Mensa who was genuinely surprised that I stopped talking to him after he hit on my wife and tried to talk her into divorcing me.
I don't think it's occurred to him yet that she and I actually speak to each other.
If the dumb are rich and the smart are poor, why aren't the smart acting dumb to get rich? Are they too dumb to do that? And if they are dumb, then how come they're not rich?
I have a headache now, thanks to you.
well, WIS and INT are both generally lower for non AD&D people, but the difference is the same.
Though strength, dexterity, and charisma tend to be a lot higher...
Well, that's pretty messed up. Now that life is easy, you aren't lazy enough to take advantage of that fact...
". My IQ is in the top 0.1%."
doubtful....I've read you other posts.
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