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IQ is a trait often worshiped online and for good reason it directly correlates with life outcomes to an extent. These are the average IQ's
for certain groups in the USA
Mean Homeless: 80-83 IQ points
Average Welfare Recipient: 90-92 IQ points
Median American: 97-100 IQ points
Average Self Made Millionaire: 117-118 IQ points
Average Self Made Billionaire: 132-133 IQ points
The data we see here shows a clear and obvious pattern that IQ is a good trait in all metrics. But what is weird is that the jump between the categories slows down rapidly. 133 IQ points is very smart compared to average but if we look at how many billionaires there are in a place like the USA its in the thousands vs the number of people with 130 IQ+ is in the millions.
Wouldn't it make more sense for this trait to be 150 IQ or something astronomically small to reflect how rare billionaires are... Traits like IQ help a lot especially when you are within a SD or average. Every IQ point above 100 relates to something like an extra 5 grand a year. But these traits have their limits. IQ is also often times the bare minimum requirement. If you wanted to be a good basketball player chances are you would need to be 6'2+ but this trait is only the bare minimum to compete everyone you play against on the high levels is also 6'2+. And even if you were insanely tall there is a point where height would begin to hurt you because your joints would not be able to support you enough to play.
Conclusion: Most traits like IQ height or even muscle mass have points of diminishing returns. If you are below average or really close to average these traits will hold you back. The ideal is to be 1 or 2 Standard deviations above the norm. But when you get too far out of boundaries these traits don't exponentially help you the same way. It is always better to be above average just not too an extreme extent in any one trait. Also this was made to say if your 10-15 points above the norm which is the average college student's IQ is not the reason you fail.
for certain groups in the USA
Mean Homeless: 80-83 IQ points
Average Welfare Recipient: 90-92 IQ points
Median American: 97-100 IQ points
Average Self Made Millionaire: 117-118 IQ points
Average Self Made Billionaire: 132-133 IQ points
The data we see here shows a clear and obvious pattern that IQ is a good trait in all metrics. But what is weird is that the jump between the categories slows down rapidly. 133 IQ points is very smart compared to average but if we look at how many billionaires there are in a place like the USA its in the thousands vs the number of people with 130 IQ+ is in the millions.
Wouldn't it make more sense for this trait to be 150 IQ or something astronomically small to reflect how rare billionaires are... Traits like IQ help a lot especially when you are within a SD or average. Every IQ point above 100 relates to something like an extra 5 grand a year. But these traits have their limits. IQ is also often times the bare minimum requirement. If you wanted to be a good basketball player chances are you would need to be 6'2+ but this trait is only the bare minimum to compete everyone you play against on the high levels is also 6'2+. And even if you were insanely tall there is a point where height would begin to hurt you because your joints would not be able to support you enough to play.
Conclusion: Most traits like IQ height or even muscle mass have points of diminishing returns. If you are below average or really close to average these traits will hold you back. The ideal is to be 1 or 2 Standard deviations above the norm. But when you get too far out of boundaries these traits don't exponentially help you the same way. It is always better to be above average just not too an extreme extent in any one trait. Also this was made to say if your 10-15 points above the norm which is the average college student's IQ is not the reason you fail.
The incredible correlation between IQ & income
In this post, I summarize all that I have learned about the actual test scores of different income levels. In particular, I compare actual psychometric data of seven U.S. economic classes: (1) the…
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