[coderwolf]

Is IQ really that important?

I mean, if your goal is to get from point A to point B, having a fast car just means you go there faster.

I'm thinking of IQ in a similar way, as in - high IQ = faster car. But at the end of the day, it's still the same, isn't it? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[The_Colonel]

If you have IQ 50, it's not just that you do things slower than other people, you can't do many things at all.

[peterfirefly]

Even worse: if you have an IQ of 100, there are lots of things you just can't do. And if you have an IQ of 120? Still lots of things you just can't do. Same with 140. And it doesn't even stop there.

[whatsupdog]

Yes it matters. Faster car can run more miles in a day. More IQ can do more work.

[siva7]

Unfortunately for that we have computers so we don't need high IQ to do more work like calculations but higher quality work (which also depends on what kind of work you're doing) and that is oftentimes not primarily related to high IQ (think of creative work)