Study tracks 1,650 mathematically gifted children over 4 decades: 4.1% earned tenure at major universities; 2.3% were top executives at major companies; 2.4% top attorneys; authored 85 books; 7572 articles; 681 patents; secured $358m in grants gwern.net/docs/iq/smpy/2…
Annals of psychometry: IQs of eminent scientists infoproc.blogspot.com/2008/07/annals…
High IQ provides a significant advantage in science.
High IQ provides a significant advantage in science.
"In the extreme right tail of the talent distribution, small differences in talent are associated with sizeable differences in long-term achievements, including getting a PhD, number of mathematics publications and cites, and being awarded a Fields medal." voxeu.org/article/invisi…
Low IQ as a predictor of unsuccessful educational and occupational achievement: A register-based study of 1,098,742 men in Denmark 1968–2016. gwern.net/docs/iq/2018-h… 
Intelligence and criminal behavior: Lower levels of intelligence are associated with greater levels of offending. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Examined a total birth cohort of Finnish males born in 1987
Examined a total birth cohort of Finnish males born in 1987
National average IQ, a robust predictor of a nation's economic complexity link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Countries with high-intellectual quotient populations produce and export more sophisticated/complex products.
Countries with high-intellectual quotient populations produce and export more sophisticated/complex products.
Higher IQ at age 11 predicts lower mortality 68 years later from all major causes of death (N = 65,765) bmj.com/content/357/bm…
IQ genetics predict education, longevity, retirement wealth, stock investments, risk-taking, and rationality …cholaswpapageorge.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/genes_…
For both sexes, IQ at age 10 predicts later financial well-being better than self-esteem, locus of control, or parental social status (N = 4,790) mdpi.com/2079-3200/5/2/…
"Until we accept that people with low IQ exist, and that the ramifications of their condition are indeed severe, how can we even begin to discuss what might be done to alleviate their suffering?" quillette.com/2018/08/25/the…
Beyond the Threshold Hypothesis: Even Among the Gifted and Top Math/Science Graduate Students, Cognitive Abilities, Vocational Interests, and Lifestyle Preferences Matter for Career Choice, Performance, and Persistence
“Anybody who can go down 3000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well... Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program, for God’s sake!” ― Joe Biden
Biden needs to read this post by @JamesPsychol: unz.com/jthompson/the-…
Biden needs to read this post by @JamesPsychol: unz.com/jthompson/the-…
@JamesPsychol Meta-analyses of hundreds of studies have demonstrated that IQ is predictive of life success across many domains. ideasanddata.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/nas…
The Idiocy of the Average - and Why It Matters unz.com/akarlin/stupid…
The gloomy prospect of lower IQs for civilization. Flynn 1980 p. 28.
Source: arthurjensen.net/wp-content/upl…
Source: arthurjensen.net/wp-content/upl…
Cognitive ability of top 5% more important for country wealth than mean cognitive ability: researchgate.net/publication/51…
