Comment by foogazi

5 months ago

> Taking resources away from those who move society forward

Do gifted students move society forward ?

Where is society moving to ?

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polski-g  5 months ago

Generally yes.

Bill Gates will eliminate polio for mankind within his lifetime. He has at least 140IQ.

  • mongol  5 months ago

    I believe most successful people have high IQ. Perhaps not as high as 140, but probably more than people in general realize. That Gates have 140 does not surprise me at all.

  • sangnoir  5 months ago

    There are so many confounding factors are at play that you're ignoring and attributing the achievement to high IQ (and that only).

    The Guinea Worm is on the verge if eradication, mostly on the back of the multi-decade efforts of Jimmy Carter. I don't what his IQ is, but I'll assume it's below 140 and above whatever is the ballpark minimum required to enroll as a Navy Nuke.

    I posit that you don't need to be a genius to eradicate a disease, just drive, a platform and the right resources and/or connections

    • ctoth  5 months ago

      I was curious and so I looked.

      Jimmy Carter: 145.

      Not sure how credible that is but it sure did make me chuckle.

    • roenxi  5 months ago

      You're speculating that a US president has a relatively average intelligence - why are you assuming that? The top job in a democracy is generally one of the most competitive positions in the world and US presidents are typically exceptional in multiple different ways. It'd be really surprising to have a US president with an IQ below something like 120 and I'd personally be assuming >140 for the average. As far as I can see a 140 IQ is around the 0.1-1% mark, it isn't that rare compared to presidents (<0.01%).

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