In his seminal book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman wrote: Social scientists in the 1970s broadly accepted two ideas about human nature. First, people are generally rational, and their thinking is normally sound. Second, emotions such as fear, affection, and hatred explain most of the occasions on which people depart from rationality. Our …
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Yes. Your intelligence is a very significant part of who you are: your abilities, your perspectives, and your capacity to understand existential issues. With high intelligence, you can learn most things very quickly and your curiosity provides a continuous renewal of your interest in life. If you delve into a particular passion and make it …
Most people wish for a happy and fulfilled life, but few people achieve this objective. Why is it that so many people enter adolescence with hopes, dreams, and aspirations, only to reach the end of middle age, full of regret, discontent or despair? British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, reflecting on the typical stages of life, …
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Having a high IQ offers many advantages in life. Those of high IQ can learn easily and quickly, enabling them to succeed in school, choose almost any career path that they wish, and earn a comfortable living. However, there are some challenges that the high IQ people face that can turn their gift into a …
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A common myth asserts that the Dutch settlers purchased Manhattan Island for $24 in 1626 from the aboriginal people. If that $24 were invested in 1626 at the current interest rate of 7% per annum, what would be the approximate value of that investment today? A) $13 trillion B). $1.3 trillion C). $13 billion D) …
There is a degree of subjectivity to what each of us would describe as “extreme intelligence.” Some have described Mozart as a genius for his innate musical sense, and many would attribute extremely high intelligence to Shakespeare for his remarkable insight into human nature and his linguistic skill in the cogent expression of ideas. In …
There is a perception among many that those who accumulate wealth become obsessed with accumulating more and, in the process, lose their capacity to feel empathy for others. As far back as the beginnings of recorded history, the accumulation of wealth has been perceived as a corrupting influence. In the Biblical scripture, Timothy 6:10, we …
To prepare for his fortune-telling tea party, Teeha brewed a giant pot of tea by tossing teabags into a large cauldron of water. The 100-lb mixture was 99% water by weight. Teeha then boiled the mixture until it was only 98% water by weight. What was the weight of the mixture when it was 98% …
Mathematics is a language like English, Spanish or Chinese. While natural languages use words to represent ideas, concepts, and relationships, mathematics uses numbers and variables for the same purpose. You cannot touch a noun, but you can touch the object to which the noun refers. If we say that a particular planet is a “sphere” …
Suppose we were to ask, “Are athletically gifted people better than the others?” The answer would be, “They are probably better at sports, but not necessarily at other things.” Similarly, intelligent people are generally better than unintelligent people at mathematics, quantum physics, and making sense of complex concepts. The qualifier, “better than” requires specifying a …
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