Posted on 10/05/2018 9:48:18 PM PDT by MtnClimber
People too often forget that IQ tests haven’t been around that long. Indeed, such psychological measures are only about a century old. Early versions appeared in France with the work of Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon in 1905. However, these tests didn’t become associated with genius until the measure moved from the Sorbonne in Paris to Stanford University in Northern California. There Professor Lewis M. Terman had it translated from French into English, and then standardized on sufficient numbers of children, to create what became known as the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale....
The result was a group of 1,528 extremely bright boys and girls who averaged around 11 years old. And to say they were “bright” is a very big understatement. Their average IQ was 151, with 77 claiming IQs between 177 and 200....…
The story goes from bad to worse. Of the many rejects—the children with tested IQs not high enough to make it into the Terman sample—at least two attained higher levels of acclaim than those who had the “test smarts” to become Termites. Here are their stories: Luis Walter (Luie) Alvarez was born in San Francisco, just up the peninsula from Stanford. He was around 10 years old when he took Terman’s test but scored too low to enter the sample. The story goes from bad to worse. Of the many rejects—the children with tested IQs not high enough to make it into the Terman sample—at least two attained higher levels of acclaim than those who had the “test smarts” to become Termites. Here are their stories: Luis Walter (Luie) Alvarez was born in San Francisco, just up the peninsula from Stanford. He was around 10 years old when he took Terman’s test but scored too low to enter the sample.
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Wow, two who did not score high enough to make it into the test group went on to win the Nobel Prize in Physics while none with IQs high enough to make the measurement group ever won a Nobel Prize.
Thank God.
170 here and my only claim to “fame” is that I wrote software for the space shuttle. No prizes, no riches and I’m currently unemployed.
I learned a while ago clarity of goals, tenacity, resilience and ambition can lead to sustained success. Whereas, the intellectual capacity to understand theory is useful, but limited if you don’t also possess some of those other qualities.
Average African IQ says otherwise.
I’m a gutter ball in the 300 game of life (sobbing)...
So, The 1700 US professors and 350 Alaskan attorneys have the ability to memorize gobs of legal jargon but don’t have common sense signing an anti Kavanaugh document.
[I’m a gutter ball in the 300 game of life (sobbing)...]
LOL. I prefer careening off the guardrails myself.
It’s about how God blesses you for using your resources for Him.
Thank you for your contribution to the U.S.’s space program, something to be very proud of.
I like the 4 categories of people when looking for a good employee
Dumb and lazy
Smart and lazy
Dumb but ambitious
Smart and ambitious
3 & 4 might work out
I am sure there is some correlation, but the IQ test does not measure common sense. But, you are right that IQ by nation statistics show that Africa is very low, the middle east is very low with the exception of Israel, Mexico to Argentina is generally low. These are averages and do not mean someone cannot come out on the top end of the Bell Curve.
I think that high IQ with high common sense (which I don’t know of a test for) combine for success.
Your characterization appears flippant but it is completely correct so sad a,serious issue is dealt with in such a juvenile manner
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High IQ pretty well correlates to economic and social success.
Assembler?
BTW, that is something to be proud of. Well done.
Correct.
A=Smart and Motivated
B=Not Smart, but Motivated
C=Smart, but not Motivated
D=Not Smart, Not Motivated
F=Never here
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