A few months ago, the latest innovation in artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, was released, creating a tsunami of controversy about its implications for news, education, politics and war. It has been described as a societal game-changer that may even exceed the impact of the printing press in granting to all humans access to information never before …
Think you’re intelligent? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!: Part I Read More »
IQ test scores are not particularly reliable for children at age 5 because children mature mentally at different rates. (Einstein was so late in learning to speak that his parents feared that he would never acquire language.) Between birth and early adulthood, the brain passes through significant periods of neural growth and pruning in which …
Today, in my site on Quora I received the following question from Jeremy Prusky. Mr. Kelly- for years I have been trying to understand how so many intelligent people like yourself put faith into the concept of the IQ test- and I’m wondering if you can finally convince me of the validity and worth, of …
How can you put faith in IQ tests when they are so flawed? Read More »
When children attend schools where there are gifted programs, the highly intelligent students are provided with instructional materials commensurate with their abilities. This groups them with students of similar intellect and interests. They become aware that they have higher than average intelligence and tend to be more motivated to develop this gift. When an egalitarian …
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In previous posts I have addressed the problems faced by many people who are intellectually gifted. Among these is a feeling of deep isolation that comes from the inability to be understood and the pain of being misunderstood. In this post, we will look briefly at the roots of this isolation and its implications for …
Peter, thank you for posing this question, because it will help clarify the meaning of IQ for many of our visitors. We’ll start first with the concept of intelligence and then address the concept of IQ. No one knows exactly what we mean by intelligence, but as Justice Potter Stewart of the US Supreme Court …
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No one knows exactly what we mean by intelligence, but as Justice Potter Stewart of the US Supreme Court said in 1964, “Intelligence is like porn, difficult to define, but you know it when you see it.” When we observe members of our species we see some who learn quickly, can solve problems easily, and …
Sharing your IQ is a very personal decision because it is an important estimate of your cognitive strengths. Consequently, you must be careful in deciding whether or with whom you might share this information. The answer to this question has different nuances depending on whether your IQ is low or high, so I’ll treat each …
The IQ test is the best measure of intelligence that we have. However, looking at someone’s library can provide a significant insight into their level of intelligence, assuming that they read the books in their library. When I was in my early 20’s, I spent a month with my Uncle Richard who lived in San …
A publisher offers its new book in 3 formats: ebook for $3, paperback for $20, and hardcover for $30. In one hour it sold 100 copies for a total of $1080. How many paperback copies were sold? Answer: If x, y. and z represent the respective number of copies of each format sold, then 3x …
