Traits like high IQ, charisma and charm are all attributes that can help a person achieve their goals. Of course, the importance of each quality depends upon the field in which success is sought. In politics, charism and charm play an essential role in how a person is perceived. A candidate for election who is …
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The world is designed for people who are considered “normal” in height, weight, intelligence, and other mental and physical characteristics. Airplanes and theaters have seat sizes that punish those who are much taller than average. Airplane overhead racks punish those who are shorter than average. Radio and television programs are designed for people of average …
One of the easiest ways to gain insight into the correlation between a person’s actual intelligence and their perception of their intelligence is through through the observation of people as they suffer intellectual decline. When people of normal intelligence enter gradual dementia through aging or a disease like Alzheimer’s, they begin to notice their declining …
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People of extreme intelligence, are distinct in their inclination to challenge accepted beliefs. Socrates, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Nietzsche, Darwin and Einstein are among the most intelligent people who have ever lived, and they were all renegades who challenged consensus. Those extremely intelligent free-thinking renegades from early in their lives challenged the religious beliefs, social norms, …
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Based on my research in mathematics education, I believe that the average person is able to learn mathematics as defined by the CCSS (Common Core State Standards) up to a grade 10 or 11 level. However, by 2019, most states had opted out of teaching to these standards, because most students weren’t able to reach …
During my career in mathematics and physics, I have met a lot of highly intelligent people. Their personalities seem to run the same gamut as the personalities in most intellectual categories. There are some who are socially pleasant and use their gifts to help others, while others display open hostility and use their intellectual gifts …
Ironically, this question is received on the birthday of one of the most famous living prodigies, Terrence Tao. Terence Tao, was born on July 17, 1975, in Adelaide, Australia. From an early age, he displayed exceptional mathematical abilities and was considered a child prodigy. By the age of 14, he had become the youngest gold …
Yes, there are many concepts in mathematics, philosophy, physics and psychology that may be intellectually inaccessible to all humans. One of the oldest and most fundamental questions that has confounded philosophers from ancient times is the question of “first cause.” That is, did the universe exist forever or was it created? If it was created, …
This is a difficult question to answer because intelligence has many facets. Today’s youth are much more adept, on average, than those of previous generations in using technology and in working cooperatively with others to find answers to their problems. However, they are not as proficient, on average, as the Baby Boomer generation in arithmetic, …
In November 15, 1927, Einstein’s long tribute to Newton on the bicentenary anniversary of his death, began with the statement: One’s thoughts cannot but turn to this shining spirit, who pointed out, as none before or after him did, the path of Western thought and research and practical construction. He was not only an inventor …
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