PlagueOfLocust on 26 September 2007
| Lingyis said: IQ tests are extremely poor indicators of future success. people who get stuck thinking they're smarter than others will become failures. work ethics is much, much, much more important. there's a threshold of intelligence you need, of course. a person with an 80 IQ probably just won't outdo a person with a 120 IQ under normal circumstances. but a 120 IQ vs a 140 IQ... it comes down to work ethics, hardiness, will and desire to learn and improve, etc. trust me on this--everybody around me should most likely have IQ > 120, and beyond that point, success is all about how you manage the other aspects. |
Here, here. Well said.
Edit - Note the quote below says that our *choices* make us - not merely our IQ's.
"Whenever you find a man who says he doesn't believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later." -C.S. Lewis
"We all make choices... but in the end, our choices... make us." -Andrew Ryan, Bioshock
Prediction: Wii passes 360 in US between July - September 2008. (Wii supply will be the issue to watch, and barring any freak incidents between now and then as well.) - 6/5/08; Wow, came true even earlier. Wii is a monster.
