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Taleb’s essay on IQ is a good read. IQ tests are a good measure of defining thresholds (extremes) , but noisy measure overall.

Brig, Soren and Reidar- your high IQ makes you capable of doing anything, but does not guarantee success. Courage and kindness are more important character traits. Love papa.

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Notice the noise: the top 25% of janitors have higher IQ than the bottom 25% of college professors, even counting the circularity. The circularity bias shows most strikingly with MDs as medical schools require a higher SAT score.