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Kraken
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Traditional wisdom suggests that IQ correlates with higher status and earnings because it makes you smarter and thus inherently better at certain jobs. This is often cited as the reason why CEOs and presidents typically have IQs around 130, while janitors and poorfags average around 90.
But this analysis is extremely lawed and fails to understand the real reason why IQ correlates so strongly with status/&wealth.
As we all know, your appearance is fucking everything. Projecting a certain image is often more important than your actual talents. Having a higher IQ helps significantly in this regard:
-Superior vocabulary
-Better grammar
-Ability to string together sentences and words during conversation more quickly
-Generally better social skills
Meanwhile, a person with an IQ of 90 may struggle in these same social situations even if their ideas are just as good. Even if they're saying essentially the same thing, their presentation, and therefore perceived social skill, is inferior. It's not that the higher IQ person is saying anything fundamentally different; they're just presenting their words better, which enhances their charisma and thus perceived 'intelligence'.
The point is that charisma often has little to do with actual job performance. There's a ton of charismatic CEOs and politicians who are laughably ineffective at their jobs, yet they're still able to convince the sheep that they're worth listening to.
Of course, there are certain exceptions where having a higher IQ is genuinely desirable, such as for programmers and physicists. However, the overall correlation between IQ and job qualification is misunderstood and vastly overrated. In most cases, higher IQ correlates with success for reasons that have little or nothing to do with actual job performance.
The fact is, as long as your IQ falls within the median range (94-106), you're not at as significant a disadvantage regarding pure talent as you might think.
Put simply, IQ is often overrated and its true importance exaggerated.
But this analysis is extremely lawed and fails to understand the real reason why IQ correlates so strongly with status/&wealth.
As we all know, your appearance is fucking everything. Projecting a certain image is often more important than your actual talents. Having a higher IQ helps significantly in this regard:
-Superior vocabulary
-Better grammar
-Ability to string together sentences and words during conversation more quickly
-Generally better social skills
Meanwhile, a person with an IQ of 90 may struggle in these same social situations even if their ideas are just as good. Even if they're saying essentially the same thing, their presentation, and therefore perceived social skill, is inferior. It's not that the higher IQ person is saying anything fundamentally different; they're just presenting their words better, which enhances their charisma and thus perceived 'intelligence'.
The point is that charisma often has little to do with actual job performance. There's a ton of charismatic CEOs and politicians who are laughably ineffective at their jobs, yet they're still able to convince the sheep that they're worth listening to.
Of course, there are certain exceptions where having a higher IQ is genuinely desirable, such as for programmers and physicists. However, the overall correlation between IQ and job qualification is misunderstood and vastly overrated. In most cases, higher IQ correlates with success for reasons that have little or nothing to do with actual job performance.
The fact is, as long as your IQ falls within the median range (94-106), you're not at as significant a disadvantage regarding pure talent as you might think.
Put simply, IQ is often overrated and its true importance exaggerated.
