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IQ itself seems to be a highly flawed construct, more like an emergent property of multiple trait than a trait-in-itself.

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People I know who scored higher than me in general IQ have trait distributions so alien to mine it's almost weird.

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A more interesting possibility is that IQ measures a cluster of traits up to a threshold, past which more factors are involved.

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I know the approximate IQs of several friends of mine. Some proximates I can easily relate to, intellectually. Others feel entirely alien.

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Feels like whatever is driving the performance of their intelligence is not, broadly speaking, the same as for me.

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It seems the further out to the edges you go, the higher the variation.

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My hypothesis is it's not just normal trait variation, but the influx of additional factors - sort of disinhibitors for cognitive power.

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Do you mean in relation to high IQ or meditation?

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IQ in particular. E.g.

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mentioned my empathy as being a peculiar multiplier for certain kinds of abilities. Tempted to agree.

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The disinhibition only increases with meditation, especially certain kinds of practice. Hence the origin of siddhis, I'm guessing.

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I suppose that's a rather different form of disinhibition, but yes, I'd guess so too. Might also explain why scientific types seem to gain-

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-quite a lot from meditation. They tend to be high in intellect but low in openness to experience. More openness; intelligence unshackles.

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There is a strong tendency for paradigm shifts to be attributed to people who, in scientific circles, are seen as quite eccentric.

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