You have good reason to be optimistic about your future. While research on identical twins raised apart has proved that genetics play a role in determining your intellectual potential, we also know that a person can improve their IQ during their formative years, and beyond. What we do not know is how much an IQ can be increased by …
The following problem was found in Benjamin Banneker’s only remaining journal: Divide 60 into four such parts that the first being increased by 4, the second decreased by 4, the third multiplied by 4, the fourth part divided by 4, that the sum, the difference, the product and the quotient shall be one and the same number. Can you find the …
The median age divides a population into two parts of equal size, so that half the people are below the median age and half are above it. The table shows the median age of the population in 7 different countries, in 2020 (listed alphabetically): Brazil, China, India, Japan, Nigeria, United Kingdom and United States. Which …
When I was a young child, I used to watch movies on television that featured good cowboys and bad cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy was a good guy and Black Bart was a bad guy. I cheered when the good guys beat the bad guys. The drama was simple and uncomplicated. I loved Hockey and cheered for …
Perhaps the easiest way to gain insight into this question is to list those people whom we might regard as geniuses and then exam their IQ. However, IQ tests did not exist until the early 20th century and were not in widespread use until the mid-twentieth century. Consequently, we do not have IQ scores for …
It is generally accepted that IQ is the best measure of intelligence that we have, because people who perform at the highest levels in life are usually found to be of significantly higher IQ than average, and those of below average IQ are rarely found in intellectually demanding professions. Yet, we all know that intelligence …
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In the book Intelligence: Where we Were, Where we Are & Where we’re Going, “extreme intelligence” is defined as the ability to explore complex abstract ideas in formulating new paradigms that destroy old beliefs while providing new insights. An extremely intelligent person learns easily, can problem-solve at very high levels, and indulge in sophisticated abstract thought. …
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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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