Gary
Posts:
73
Registered:
9/6/07
|
|
Re: Evidence based on intersection of two sets of rare cases
Posted:
Nov 12, 2012 2:27 AM
|
|
On Monday, November 12, 2012 1:15:47 AM UTC+2, Herman Rubin wrote:
> On 2012-11-11, Gary wrote:
>
> > Terman's longitudinal study of about 1000 people with very high
>
> IQs actually shows that none of them (for example) obtained a Nobel
>
> prize. See, for example:
>
>
>
> >
>
> http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beautiful-minds/200909/the-truth-about-the
>
> -termites
>
>
>
> > So we see see two sets of rare cases (Nobel prize winners and very
>
> high IQ individuals) but no intersection of these two sets. Does this
>
> observation suggest that very high IQ is likely to mean that a person
>
> is less likely to win a Nobel prize?
>
>
>
> Albert Einstein had a very high IQ and won a Nobel prize.
>
Einstein was not in Terman's sample. Was his IQ enough to have got him included in the Terman sample?
Lance
|
|
