he wouldn't be inventing electric cars tomorrow

what would he invent?

and his opportunity to utilise that IQ would be limited

The three sisters?

yeah, that's my point

again

but it's still present

im not saying farmers are stupid

he'd still be smarter than a dumb farmer

im saying that farmers have less opportunities to invent things than students or people in a city

his farm would be better, more productive

maybe

Farmers arent stupid

agree

hence I don't think being a farmer somehow caps your IQ

like, do you seriously think you're smarter than your tribal ancestors from 10,000 years ago?

Yeah but IQ isn't just something you're born with

IQ is a mixture of things

I think there is an argument to be made that being totally removed from modern society with no exposure to spatial tarks might make you more likely to perform poorly on some IQ tasks

Yeah : >

cuz IQ isn't "natural brainpower"

well yeah, IQ is at most 80% genetic. probably 60%

it is though

IQ is a proxy for general intelligence

is that why it's considered obsolete?

IQ is a very specific type of intelligence

there are no theoretical physicists that score an IQ of 80

literaly 0

yeah because only theoretical physicists are the only smart people

grit and determination and hard work decide how successful you are, but when it comes to theoretical physics, you need an IQ of 160 to get in the door

if you're not an engineer or a mathemetician, you are retarded

you cuold give me 1000 years and I would never produce valuable work in theoretical physics

I'm just not smart enough

again

but I am an effective engineer

you need a specific type of intelligence

but also only average

intelligence isn't a monolith

there are WAY smarter people than me in my field

and they completey eclipse me effortlessly

It requires different intelligences to be an engineer, scientist, businessman, etc.