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Psychology professor; wrote The Mating Mind, Spent, Mate, & Virtue Signaling. Agnostic centrist into evolution, sex, sentience, freedom & future.

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    1. Nassim Nicholas Taleb‏Verified account @nntaleb 23 Dec 2018
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      "IQ" THREAD "IQ" measures an inferior form of intelligence, stripped of 2nd order effects, meant to select paper shufflers, obedient IYIs. 1- When someone asks you a question in REAL LIFE, you focus first on "WHY is he asking me that?", which slows down. (Fat Tony vs Dr John)

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    2. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly 23 Dec 2018
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      Nassim, I have huge respect for you, but you really don't know what you're talking about wrt intelligence. You should stop and read more. This is embarrassing. Seriously.

      32 replies 32 retweets 482 likes
    3. Iwan KnowYourValue Gulenko‏ @iwangulenko 23 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @TellYourSonThis @primalpoly @nntaleb

      Seems like Taleb only cares about stuff that matters IN THE REAL WORLD

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    4. Ole-Petter M Hansen‏ @olepett 23 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @iwangulenko @TellYourSonThis and

      Aren't they talking about different things? i: IQ is a great predictor for doing well in life ii: IQ is not a sufficient condition for doing fantastic - other skills matter more (e.g. ambitions, risk willingness, boldness, anti fragility...) Is there conflict betwen i and ii?

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    5. Andrew Wayfarer‏ @Hendand 23 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @olepett @iwangulenko and

      IQ is a good predictor for doing well at “things” (of certain kinds), but not life. There are plenty of high-IQ people who lack in the personal drive to achieve anything. IQ is just icing on the cake, in a pantheon of other needed personal attributes.

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    6. Ole-Petter M Hansen‏ @olepett 23 Dec 2018
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      IIRC: The "things" higher IQ seem to predict include: -income -longevity -health -education Aren't these real things? ...but ofc, statistical significance aside, other factors matter as well.

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    7. MicMars‏ @IAmMicMars 23 Dec 2018
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      No, just as the thermostat isn't the machine changing the temperature in your dwelling.

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    8. Andrew Wayfarer‏ @Hendand 23 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @IAmMicMars @olepett and

      IQ is also very environmentally dependent (consider the rising IQ’s of all world populations over the last century), so it’s more of a proxy that points out other success factors than a predictor in itself alone.

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      Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly 23 Dec 2018
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      Replying to @Hendand @IAmMicMars and

      Height has increased in the last century, but it still predicts success at basketball. Or is it just a 'proxy' for nutrition predicting basketball?

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