/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.16243920]

Does I.Q. predict stuff like sports performance in soccer or heavy machinery operating as well?

[Anonymous No.16243970]

There's something called spatial awareness and it is related to how high of an IQ someone has.

[Anonymous No.16244034]

>>16243970
Why are Brazilians good at soccer then?
Why are Aboriginal Australians good at Australian football then?
Why do Kenyans win every single marathon?

These people are traditionally seen as low IQ, yet they dominate their respective sports. There has to be something else going on

[Anonymous No.16244044]

>>16243920
Supposedly competence in any thing correlates with competencies in all others, so people figured out that there's some underlying factor largely unrelated to education and upbringing that explains these correlations. That factor is called G, and IQ is the best estimate anyone has for it. So yes, if you're better than most at soccer, you're probably better than most at operating heavy machinery too.

[Anonymous No.16244052]

>>16244044
You make it seem more mysterious than it needs to be. For example: some nervous systems are better at imitating which applies to a broad set of skills. Another example: muscles respond with more, less or no adaptation at all to a particular stimulus which is a (dis)advantage in any kind of physical activity. The only mysterious G is in the butt of a man who doesn't want to stimulate his prostate.

[Anonymous No.16244112]

>>16243920
All I know is that IQ is inversely correlated with reaction time, i.e. the higher your IQ the faster you react to things. That may help in terms of some aspects, but physical fitness probably plays a larger role in a sport like soccer which is more about endurance.

[Anonymous No.16244123]

So you are the sexologist

[Anonymous No.16244467]

>>16244034
Top athletes are outliers in any population.