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thrwwXZTYE | 8 months ago

Significant part of what separates 99.9th (or even 90th) from 99.999th percentile is ego management.

In particular IQ is not associated with better life outcomes after you have "enough", and that "enough" isn't Mensa level.

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MichaelZuo|7 months ago

How could that possibly be true?

The former might be a literal genius (in the genuine unironic sense) in one field, say software engineering of astrophysics or banking or diplomacy.

The latter would be a literal genius in all four fields simultaneously.

thrwwXZTYE|7 months ago

IQ is just CPU power.

There's no CPU that can't be wasted by bad code.