/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9382854
Did that hit too close to home?

The IQ debate is really pointless to be honest. No one on this board even cares about IQ, what they really care about is how IQ effects them personally, "me,me, and me" attitude so to say. Why are you on such a crusade about IQ anyway, OP?

Let me talk about the relation of IQ and Mathematics. Having a high IQ in Mathematics allows one to see low level patterns quicker and thus apply their internalized definitions to get the answer. This is why a high IQ individual should be able to ace exams with very little revision, since questions on math exams are rarely ever deep and penetrating. A high IQ individual who seems to effortlessly pass his math exams with very little studying is just performing a kind of symbol pushing within a system; hence, such a person would flounder when asked to apply his knowledge outside of such a constrained system. From personal experience, it seems like there is another element one needs in order to come up with a key insight involving a non trivial research problem in Mathematics. If anyone wants intuition regarding what I'm talking about here, I would suggest reading about Alexander Grothendeick.

>>9338428
He is a psychiatrist, he already surpasses a dumb nigga like you in credentials.