that intelligence is a thing, that doesn't mean that IQ specifically as a score measures anything worthwhile, general intelligence is hard to nail down (and that it defines someones worth is a very specific view, too)
IQ correlates well to success in life, measured in all kinds of ways. It's not the only factor. But it is an important one.
It's just wishful thinking to believe that it doesn't.
i think believing that it does is the wishful thinking 🙂 in my experience, the people circlejerking over their IQ, are rarely the people that contribute a lot to anything
Circlejerking over IQ has little to do with having IQ. Indeed, you're assuming those people aren't lying about their IQs.
The harder thing to swallow is that IQ is inherited.
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