[HN Gopher] Nassim Taleb keeps being wrong about IQ
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       Nassim Taleb keeps being wrong about IQ
        
       Author : paulpauper
       Score  : 3 points
       Date   : 2022-12-04 22:30 UTC (31 minutes ago)
        
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       | coldtea wrote:
       | > _The boat in the tweet likely isn't even privately owned. The
       | average cost of a cruise is $200 /day, so this is hardly a
       | signifier of exceptional success. It's like congrats, you took a
       | photo on a boat...no one has ever done that before._
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       | All of which is irrelevant, as the poster is Jeremy Clarkson.
       | Like him or hate him, I'm pretty sure he didn't just booked a
       | cabin in a cruise, more like rented the whole boat or is a guest
       | of someone, or it could very well be his. But even if not: he
       | does have a net worth of $70 million.
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       | > _As evidence of the predictive value of IQ beyond just exams,
       | I'm sure many have seen the illustration below_
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       | It's not like Tabel hasn't argued about those very statistics and
       | the same of similar illustration, time and again.
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       | I mean, instead of refuting a soundbite in a Tweet, how about
       | refuting his arguments on the subject, which have already
       | answered to the stats you provide as refutation...
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       | Talk about bringing Coals to Newcastle...
        
         | paulpauper wrote:
         | The crux of Taleb's argument is that IQ is not highly
         | predictive of financial success at the high-end of IQ. But he
         | fails to control for individual preferences. It's not like all
         | high-IQ people aspire to high-paying jobs (such as writers,
         | artists). If one aspires to make a lot of money, especially at
         | a relatively young age, IQ is likely a major asset. If I want
         | to be an engineer or work on Wall Street, my 110 IQ is likely
         | going to put me at a disadvantage against those with 120+ IQs.
         | You need a high IQ just to make it past the screening, let
         | along pass the interview.
        
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