"If you think your IQ is 160 but it's 150, you're a disaster. It's much better to have a 130 IQ and think it's 120." - Charlie Munger
Could you please explain the meaning of that quote to me?
IQ Matters Less Than You Think
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#45"If you think your IQ is 160 but it's 150, you're a disaster. It's much better to have a 130 IQ and think it's 120." - Charlie Munger
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#46I wonder how many IQ test misclassify intelligence? Feynman had a score of 125 and many people here have a high score than that. I bet no one here with a higher score of 125 are actually smarter than Feynman though. I think this is just one of many possible such examples where IQ test miss the purported people they were suppose to capture. Feynman’s score wouldn’t even qualify him for MENSA. I wonder how many IQ exam…
It is relatively easy for a good IQ year to deliver a “false negative” — that is, a significantly lower score than a theoretical true score. This could be as simple as something like not sleeping well the night before or just simple ambivalence.
It is relatively difficult for a good IQ test to deliver a false positive — that is, a significantly higher score than a theoretical true score.
I personally don’t think that this issue is taken into consideration enough when discussing IQ.
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Depends in what field. Being persistent will never give you the facial features to become a male model.
"But why male models" But at this day and age of modern cosmetic surgery, yes it does. (At least you need persistence to get the money to afford it)
Because they're obedient!
>>> Being persistent will never give you the facial features to become a male model.
>> Yes it does!
> Okay. nods
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#48It's purely socioeconomic factors.
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#49I know a few people with >130 IQ and they all have executive disfunction and anxiety problems. So yes, the best CPU doesn't help if the IO is constantly blocked.
I wonder if there is an online community focused on dealing with this issue.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. People who persevere but fail are also very common, so this does not prove its claim.
Perhaps it is necessary but not sufficient?
There are instances of success without perseverance. For instance, the guy who invented GANs did it in one evening, more or less on a whim. One could argue that education and probably IQ were the dominant enablers there.