Clever Fools: Why a High IQ Doesn't Mean You're Smart

[KathrynAragon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrjmeGKoR1E

[mordant]

Originally Posted by dude1984

I got into this when I was in Calculus and got sick of doing page long problems, so I found shortcuts and then branched out to other maths. Two cheers for curiosity and laziness. LOL

This is actually a significant component in the thinking of software developers, too -- really anyone who thinks algorithmically. We are at heart both a curious and a lazy lot ... we automate away as much drudgery as possible. Recently a programmer became legendary via a Twitter meme in that he was going so far as scripting automatic responses to certain emails so that he didn't have to bother answering them and could focus on coding.

[magusat999]

Originally Posted by jps-teacher

For Ivory:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427321.000-clever-fools-why-a-high-iq-doesnt-mean- youre-smart.html?full=true

How can someone with a high IQ have these kinds of intellectual deficiencies? Put another way, 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.

This seemed like a good companion piece for the other discussion.

first off, I don't know about anyone else but I absolutely abhor websites that have half an article and make you do something to finish reading it... anyways...

I have tested as high as 159 and what have i been doing the last two years after being ran off my job? trying to figure out how to make an income without applying for another job... Haven't figured it out yet, but lots of people with far lower IQs than I are making a killing from their bedroom computer - so yeah, high IQ doesn't make you smart...