Why Are Some People With Very High IQ Just Plain Stupid?

[wheelinround]

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/p...stein-bio.html
had an high IQ so much so he worked out the best way to get woman was con the USA to give them to him.................today he'd be surfing the nets XXX links

http://www.mos.org/leonardo/ Leonardo well with all the hype about a code and over a painting created some hundreds of years after Christ and the last supper ..........all for a Chalace/Cup/Goblet which possibly was made from wood by a wood turner which has it's own legends.

The wood turner knew it had to last a few thousand years shows they haveto have high IQ's

[echnidna]

What about the rest of the State????

Dunno, how much you gunna pay for it?

[HappyHammer]

A lot of them have no COMMON sense.

Nail on head...

HH.

[Manuka Jock]

Should compare to the Kiwis then we will all get a good score.

Yep , you got the right idea , ya cheeky bugga . DUCK

[Rossluck]

The funny thing about IQ tests, and something that isn't often discussed, is that there are several different brands, with similarly different scales. So someone might peak out at 115 on one scale, and someone from another scale might have an IQ of 160 or something. This in itself makes them a relatively useless mode of measurement.

I also resent the insinuation that we Queenslanders are backward. If I knew Silent's local PMG office I'd send a telegraph of complaint.

[AlexS]

And they were written in pigeon!

Olsem wanem, wantok?

[echnidna]

yeah why not?

[joe greiner]

However measured, real intelligence usually correlates with curiosity and inquisitiveness, thus enhances ability to learn. But if the desire to learn is completely satisfied by the academic experience, stupidity in everything else is sure to follow, especially in those topics that are "beneath" them. [Some haven't been blessed with humble origins, and aren't even aware of the common sense nature of things; and some who have too often reject that knowledge base.

Ideally, advanced learning would include an awareness that the new knowledge is only the tip of the iceberg; as I like to say, "The more you learn, the less you know."

For the rest of us, it probably just boils down to limited resources, especially time available after meeting our responsibilities. Applies to our teachers and mentors too, of course, and the wisdom I suggested above doesn't come through.

The only explanation I can think of for Harry's metallurgist, is that all his knowledge crowded out the more practical. Sometimes too, we get so focussed on the immediate mission we forget such things.

Just my 2 cents worth.]

Joe

[silentC]

The son of a friend of ours was 'diagnosed' as a gifted child in early school. He was put on special education programmes to keep the fuel up to the fire and he had a great interest in various sciences etc. from an early age.

One day at school assembly, he was to be given an award for academic achievement. The principal gave a short speech and then invited him to come up to the podium to receive his award. He didn't move, just stood there looking confused. One of the teachers went over to him and said "why don't you go up and receive your award". He replied: "I can't move, I've tied my shoelaces together and can't get them undone."

True story.

[Wongo]

Hmmmm makes you think.

[Wongo]

What about this 7 year old kid in Hong Kong in the early 80s. He was also 'diagnosed' as a gifted child. He could do additions and subtractions faster then someone who used a calculator. He was on TV all the time. (Poor little thing)

10 years later, he struggled to pass his (real) maths exams and other subjects.

True story.

[Wongo]

Bastard!!! I just spent 20 minutes to do a “free” online IQ test but they wanted $6 for the result.

I am pretty sure I got all the questions right though.

[silentC]

Send me $5 and I will tell you your IQ.

[silentC]

The funny thing about IQ tests, and something that isn't often discussed, is that there are several different brands, with similarly different scales. So someone might peak out at 115 on one scale, and someone from another scale might have an IQ of 160 or something. This in itself makes them a relatively useless mode of measurement.

People who actually work with IQ measurements know the different tests and know you have to compare apples with apples. If it's done properly, the scores are standardised based on a population sample taken from the subject area. So it's not enough to just say "my IQ is 160", you also need to know the test used and the standard deviation of the sample.

So you can look really smart if you do your test in an area full of dumb people.

That's why I chose to do mine with a group of TV journalists.

[Honorary Bloke]

People who actually work with IQ measurements know the different tests and know you have to compare apples with apples. If it's done properly, the scores are standardised based on a population sample taken from the subject area. So it's not enough to just say "my IQ is 160", you also need to know the test used and the standard deviation of the sample.

So you can look really smart if you do your test in an area full of dumb people.

That's why I chose to do mine with a group of TV journalists.

I chose to do mine with a bunch of Ozzie WWers. Don't flame me, Silent, it's late and I'm going to bed.