Comment by left-struck
1 day ago
I really don’t think IQ has much to do with it. Understanding this stuff is like a skill you practice. Yes, granted, if you had a low IQ your chances of ever understanding it goes down, if you have a high IQ maybe you can gain the prerequisite understanding faster.
A lot of maths is about both being able to wrap your head around hard problems and gaining the prerequisite knowledge to make it easier to do so.
Math is literally the most g-loaded thing there is.
IQ limits your rate of gaining the prerequisite knowledge creating a lifetime ceiling.
For most of their lives, most people have a rate of 0 learning because they aren't even trying to learn it.