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Absolutely! My dad had his IQ tested at 146 and I wouldn't trust him with alone with a basic fact

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Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman

IQ is not the same as the motivation for truth-seeking; they are only moderately correlated with each other. Just because someone is able to reason and learn complex information doesn't mean they are motivated to do so, and one does not require a high IQ to care about the truth.

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4:51 PM · Mar 18, 2020

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Rationality is an emotional achievement.

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Is there any evidence that IQ scores are strongly correlated with anything meaningful? (after controlling for wealth, education, etc of course)?

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Progress on this issue beyond Twitter platitudes may be made by readin 'The Rationality Quotient' by Keith Stanovich+putting its methods into practice in your own life+in your community.

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I have an IQ of 156 and I'm 3rd worst in class.........

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