Intelligence has nothing to do with getting a PhD nor 99.99% of all pursuits.
All but the .01% (things like theoretical quantum physics) depend on hard work. Intelligence just makes it easier.
Right on!
That is simply not true. Someone with an IQ of 80 will not be able to get a PHD, period. On the reverse, someone with an IQ of 180 could get a PHD in their sleep. I didn’t get a PHD but did get a MBA @ a Top 10 program. There were people in the program that barely did any effort and zipped right through and others that did 40-50 hours/wk outside of class to pass.
“Intelligence has nothing to do with getting a PhD nor 99.99% of all pursuits.”
Nonsense.
No other factor has greater impact on the course of a persons life.
Intelligence has nothing to do with getting a PhD nor 99.99% of all pursuits.
All but the .01% (things like theoretical quantum physics) depend on hard work. Intelligence just makes it easier.
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Intelligence and hard work is a combination hard to beat.
My readings on cognitive science say that being able to delay gratification is a better predictor of future success than IQ, anyway. The gibmedats don’t do well in either regard.
True, but you can get into MENSA! LOL
Gattaca is one of the best movies portraying this principle. Too many people today think there’s some magic bullet to success—there is, but they don’t want to hear it: hard work and pushing through repeated failures.