Why a High IQ Doesn't Mean You're Smart

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 4, 2009 @05:17AM from the but-not-all-idiots-are-savant dept.

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."

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Duh... by ATestR · 2009-11-04 05:25 · Score: 1, Redundant

I've known this for years. From playing D&D, I know that there are two stats for Intelligence and Wisdom for a reason. They aren't the same thing.

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INT vs WIS by Dragoness+Eclectic · 2009-11-04 08:15 · Score: 1, Redundant

I've known since 1979 (AD&D 1st ed) that Intelligence and Wisdom were two separate stats...
Doesn't everyone know this?

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