I mean you dont have to be smart to be successful. My question was about things that society deems wrong.
Like joining a gang ...
like I grew up in a strange place and a strange time .... looking back even did bad stuff ... but the smart ones fixed it and didnt get caught and the not so smart ones couldnt handle things ... either got caught ... or did really bad things ... or in some way were way worse off ... now I am not sure about IQ on these but they just seemed not to smart.
I also know a few under achievers ....
actually a correlation that I noticed ... and I am not sure if facts back it up ...but children of successful people seem to rebel against being successful. I think the people that do the best are ones that come from some sort of disorder that makes them tough and work hard and have dreams and NEED to escape from where they are at. Many people that had an easy childhood seem to take life easy.
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Originally Posted by mugaliens
The Valedictorian of my graduating class in high school flunked out of college. They let him back in and he finished his degree (barely).
As far as the definition of intelligence goes, I believe current IQ tests aren't very good. Depending on which one I've taken, there's a 45-point spread in what they report.
I believe both aptitudes (innate abilities) and experience are equally important, if not more important, than raw IQ. Some of my childhood friends who had IQs of around 100 have faired far better than me over time. And one, that valedictorian I mentioned, who had an IQ in excess of 150, hasn't faired very well at all.
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