Message from @The Big Oof
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It doesn't really have any information in it of substance
just common sense
"Let us give Terman the benefit of the doubt and post that all 2,000 scientific and technical publications were produced by the 70 who made it into American Men of Science. That implies that, on average, Terman's notable scientists produced about 29 publications by the time they had reached their mid-40s. In contrast, American Nobel laureates in the sciences averaged about 38 publications by the time they were 39 years old, and claimed about 59 publications by their mid-40s. THat amounts to a twofold disparity in output. Hence, Terman's intellectual elite was not of the same caliber as the true scientific elite of the same nation and era."
Another analysis shows that the accomplishments of the "Termites" could have been predicted on their socioeconomic status alone. These were mostly white, middle to upper middle class men with opportunities and resources for success. Some argue that it wasn't even necessary for Terman to analyze the IQ dimension--he could have stopped with SES and call it a day.
Yes,I linked you a neutral article
And you went to the author's note
to disprove my point
For the record, I've never even looked into this study, so I don't know if it's even reliable @SilverLining
and I will not use it as a source
But you did present it as evidence and, from what little time I just spent reading over it, it does not conclude with the same results you claimed it did
it does to a large degree
It kind of doesn't....
It just points out that IQ isn't the end all be all
which is true
Not that it's useless
eh, that IQ isn't the be all end all is what I'm really trying to get at
You said it was terrible and unreliable, but it's getting into semantics at this point
The point is, the study did not conclude IQ wasn't invalid, just that it was far from perfect
oh
that IQ is terrible and unreliable is another point
that there's a minimal, arguably negligible correlation between IQ and success is separated from that
it wasn't negligible as far as this study is concerned, but I've barely look into it so I will not use this as personal proof
it is a fairly old study, so *maybe* it's wrong
you're not... digging into the study, then
one that has been overseen by different people
the point isn't that some people who were termites achieved great things
but rather, that many of those overlooked reached greater heights
On average, they were better off than their peers
and that many of those with termites were...
That does not at all contradict what I just said
well, near average
iirc
On average, they were above average.
Outliers don't really disprove that
it mentioned like...
let me find it
@SilverLining The NYT did mention that C students who were "Termites" did see less success than those who made "As"
"He found that gifted children did not fit the existing stereotypes often associated with them: they were not weak and sickly social misfits, but in fact were generally taller, in better health, better developed physically, and better adapted socially than other children."
physically, yes
they probably were better off
Which actually kinda forwards the well-proven notion that IQ is correlated to nutrition and education
Alright
You're not staying within the boundaries of what is currently being argued