tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5565086894024030271..comments2024-03-28T11:58:31.928+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Ultra-high IQ test scores - several pinches of salt required...Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-89713334433060738772014-03-29T16:09:56.868+00:002014-03-29T16:09:56.868+00:00Really not true Brett, Stephen Hsu's blog and ...Really not true Brett, Stephen Hsu's blog and youtubed presentation related to BGI has some studies that show +3 SD scores even as a teenager predict much higher levels of achievement, and most extraordinary achievers in science have such IQs as adults. Gladwell's theory is nonsense.pyrrhushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150605108788285274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-49724966822761106882014-03-28T16:51:28.205+00:002014-03-28T16:51:28.205+00:00I suggest taking IQ scores with a large pinch of s...I suggest taking IQ scores with a large pinch of salt in general. Beyond 130, they do not appear to make a useful determination.<br /><br />Further, character and moral fitness determine how useful that intelligence is. A person of high IQ but low common sense or low moral stature will tell you half the truth in order to make it more enigmatic.<br /><br />Pirsig is probably a case of this, although I did enjoy his book.Brett Stevenshttp://www.amerika.org/noreply@blogger.com