Is it true that IQ 120-130 people are more successful t… — If this is about that blog post that's been going aroun…http://l.ask.fm/igoto/45DKECN75V62DDAUPY6IQO6Q5O3A7KAMZXZ6VG5HDP4OVI7IS53ZCZ2HFJBMYRRWLDYLQS3OAAZH6EYD2547O35EPXZ2NA3SUQARRPSQA5TD6M75K6HDKLXLSCV3XTTCTSLY6EQ3ZHMHXE4LCCLAKX3U6XPUP7UKZ7SBPPSYVOYL4Y72D5UHRRX56ZV73NQ= …
@blue_traveler They truncated the right-hand tail of the IQ distribution (ppl smart enough to be doctors/lawyers/etc., say 120+...)
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@blue_traveler ...then recalculated mean and SD of the new data set and proceeded as if it were a new Gaussian. Which is Fucking. Wrong. -
@blue_traveler Fact is, the probability of a lawyer being 140+ is small bc P(140+|120+) is still pretty damn small. - 2 more replies
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