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What are the Downsides of high intelligence and how should one deal with these problems?

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There are several potential downsides to high intelligence. Gifted children are often perceived as socially different from their peers and are ostracized, ignored, bullied, or ridiculed. This was the case for people like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk (who had his nose broken when thrown down a flight of stairs). While average children …

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How come my IQ at 18 is 102, but when I was 9 years old my IQ was 157? Both of these tests were given by a professional.

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Many people assume that their IQ is determined at birth and is therefore constant throughout their lives. However, our brains, especially during our formative years, are in a continuous process of neural production and pruning. The physical and intellectual stimulation provided by the environment plays a strong role in determining which neural connections are reinforced …

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What is the reason for genius, exceptional talent, and intellectual creativity of people?

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As you might expect, there are several factors that contribute to exceptional intellectual talent. Three of the most prominent are an inherited neural efficiency, early intellectual stimulation and a capacity for intense focus. In a few paragraphs, I will provide a brief overview of these factors, but will not prolong this answer by providing all …

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What is the Meaning of the “Schrödinger cat” Conundrum?

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This post is a response to a question asked on my Quora site: Intelligence & IQ. The following explanation of Schrödinger’s cat is taken from my recent book, Intelligence: Where we Were, Where we Are and Where we’re Going. In the famous double-slit experiment, an elementary particle like an electron or photon is sent through a …

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Who have higher intelligence; the Chinese or the American scientists?

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The IQs of the populations of America and China are distributed on a bell curve with median close to 100 and standard deviation 15. Hence, the percentage of Americans who are gifted could be expected to be about the same as the percentage of gifted people in the Chinese population. However, the Chinese population is …

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What is intelligence? What are some ways that people can seem intelligent even if they don’t know much about a topic?

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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 …

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Does IQ Matter? I have a lot of anxiety about my intelligence and worry I won’t be able to fulfil my career expectations.

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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 …

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Why do people of low IQ find entertainment in things that other people of higher IQ find uninteresting?

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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 …

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