So I have been watching Jordan Peterson present his arguments about how IQ is more or less the be all and end all. Quite compelling except...
1. In real life I have observed personality traits are more important than ability. Some examples are someone who is not very good at a job but is very agreeable, doesn't argue...so is supported and kept in the job.
Most jobs involve us being cogs in a wheel. Very few people have a position in life where their ability trumps their inability to fit into their respective part. Not even the President of the USA. See Trump who's jarring persona created 4 years of constant resistance to his presidency.
2. Flynn effect.
3. I downloaded the Mensa app. I scored 118 on the quick test. 122 on the hour test then a whopping 135 on the quick test (which involved new questions). What does this tell us other than you can become better at taking tests? Nothing
So, IQ, means very little in terms of practical application in an individual's real life as we live it.
1. In real life I have observed personality traits are more important than ability. Some examples are someone who is not very good at a job but is very agreeable, doesn't argue...so is supported and kept in the job.
Most jobs involve us being cogs in a wheel. Very few people have a position in life where their ability trumps their inability to fit into their respective part. Not even the President of the USA. See Trump who's jarring persona created 4 years of constant resistance to his presidency.
2. Flynn effect.
3. I downloaded the Mensa app. I scored 118 on the quick test. 122 on the hour test then a whopping 135 on the quick test (which involved new questions). What does this tell us other than you can become better at taking tests? Nothing
So, IQ, means very little in terms of practical application in an individual's real life as we live it.