So what does it all mean anyway? Does IQ = Value or Quality of a person? Obviously intelligence can dictate how well people perform at some things, but as mentioned by others in this discussion, it doesn't mean that they are the most succesfull or "best". There are more traits to a person besides his ability to decern patterns and shapes, etc.
Isn't it more important to interact with others by valuing what they are and their abilities, regardless of what "score" they have?
I think the problem is that typically we don't neccessarily operate that way. We like simple numbers. She's a 10! He's a 0, etc.
But isn't that's the way it goes: they way we want things to be and the way things are. The question is can we actually change our perceptions?
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So what does it all mean anyway? Does IQ = Value or Quality of a person? Obviously intelligence can dictate how well people perform at some things, but as mentioned by others in this discussion, it doesn't mean that they are the most succesfull or "best". There are more traits to a person besides his ability to decern patterns and shapes, etc. Isn't it more important to interact with others by valuing what they are and their abilities, regardless of what "score" they have? I think the problem is that typically we don't neccessarily operate that way. We like simple numbers. She's a 10! He's a 0, etc. But isn't that's the way it goes: they way we want things to be and the way things are. The question is can we actually change our perceptions?