Geoffrey MillerVerified account

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

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?

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.

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.

No, just as the thermostat isn't the machine changing the temperature in your dwelling.

The other error is that, yes, a person with an IQ of 120 will likely do better in life than a person with an IQ of 80, but an IQ of 160 is unlikely to contribute as dramatically to quality of life. Usually people who disagree with @nntaleb miss his point entirely.

If you want some actual research on what people with IQs around 160 accomplish, read this https://my.vanderbilt.edu/smpy/files/2013/02/Article-PS-Makel-et-al-2016-II.pdf …

This really wasn’t as impressive as I expected. Sounded like a typical slice of upper middle class society in nyc