Pictured: Outlier (155 IQ, 1650 testosterone ng/dl) carries control (110 IQ, 800 testosterone ng/dl).
Submitted as comment to “What must his life be like?” in [email protected], and felt that it justified a whole meme to tie it together.
Pictured: Outlier (155 IQ, 1650 testosterone ng/dl) carries control (110 IQ, 800 testosterone ng/dl).
Submitted as comment to “What must his life be like?” in [email protected], and felt that it justified a whole meme to tie it together.
I would say it is a decent indicator for mental qualities that are considered desitable by the current performance-driven economy.
On the other hand, people can very well be considered intelligent and have small IQ.
I’ve heard it explained as practical intelligence vs. abstract intelligence. Understanding calculus won’t help you frame a house, produce slate tiles for its roof, cast the iron for a potbelly stove that keeps it warm, etc., but it will help to calculate the trajectory of a space probe that your country is using to investigate an asteroid, or tap the stock market, do your own taxes without error, strategize saving/investment for your retirement, calculate the dimensions for a culvert that keeps a property from flooding, etc.