tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post128755955649795937..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: A high IQ for a Prez ain't THAT importantRon Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-65796780009971834892009-01-25T23:28:00.000-08:002009-01-25T23:28:00.000-08:00Kennedy's IQ was only 120.Kennedy's IQ was only 120.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-78698222074989916552009-01-21T21:43:00.000-08:002009-01-21T21:43:00.000-08:00Agree with RWF above. HW's scores immediately jump...Agree with RWF above. HW's scores immediately jumped out at me as suspiciously low for the Phi Beta Kappa BA in Econ from Yale.valiance.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02072370158412284072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-34728250040857911822009-01-21T21:38:00.000-08:002009-01-21T21:38:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.valiance.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02072370158412284072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-91073644860245309442009-01-21T10:58:00.000-08:002009-01-21T10:58:00.000-08:00The study is worthless, there;s agood critique of ...The study is worthless, there;s agood critique of it here:<BR/>http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/31513.html<BR/><BR/>Simonton estimate Kennedy's IQ at almost 40 points above what his actual score was. It's liberal wish fulfilment posing as scholarship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-51834486847305550402009-01-20T19:55:00.000-08:002009-01-20T19:55:00.000-08:00It certainly is interesting, Lover, to contemplate...It certainly is interesting, Lover, to contemplate the overlap between EF and IQ. But if you want badly enough to improve chances of life success in children, you will train the executive functions of the frontal lobes which do not typically show up on IQ tests. As I said, that training should be done between the ages of 4 and 6. Who knows (?), future intelligence tests may well incorporate testing procedures that better incorporate important components of EF.<BR/><BR/>The fact that something that is supported by decades of research does not make sense to you, Lover, should be a reason for you to investigate further, not to dismiss it out of hand, like someone with ADHD would do.al finhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739269791915017382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-54359387301104154382009-01-20T14:52:00.000-08:002009-01-20T14:52:00.000-08:00I also want to second (or third for that matter) t...I also want to second (or third for that matter) the fact that the IQ estimates seem way to high for most presidents. However, it shouldn't matter that much since one president will still be in the same IQ ballpark relative to his peers after any adjustments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-7462731102029086322009-01-20T14:21:00.000-08:002009-01-20T14:21:00.000-08:00RE: al fin,That doesn't make sense since executive...RE: al fin,<BR/><BR/>That doesn't make sense since executive function is a contributing factor (like working memory) to performance on IQ tests, aptitude tests, and just about all tests for that matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-8641753629304394352009-01-20T12:44:00.000-08:002009-01-20T12:44:00.000-08:00The estimates seem weak. If you look at the column...The estimates seem weak. If you look at the columns, some are consistently higher than others (the II-C estimates are almost all > 140 which is fairly ridiculous).<BR/>Anyway, with an IQ of maybe 135 being sufficient to win the presidency even in a competitive year and an IQ of 120 probably enough if circumstances favor the ascension of a mediocrity, I think the number of really high numbers on the chart is pretty excessive. I'm not inclined to nitpick individual estimates when the whole enterprise seems so flawed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-63378588941736897392009-01-20T09:16:00.000-08:002009-01-20T09:16:00.000-08:00IQ is just one of the tools necessary for a person...IQ is just one of the tools necessary for a person to have full toolkit. Too many people focus excessively upon just one tool.<BR/><BR/>Executive Function in the frontal lobe is much more important than IQ in terms of life success and competence to achieve. Executive function is trainable between the ages of 4 and 6 years, but after that it becomes more difficult.<BR/><BR/>Think of it as a "window of opportunity", more commonly known as a critical period of development. For the seamless learning of multiple languages, the critical window closes somewhere around the age of ten years or so.<BR/><BR/>Obama is intelligent in a social way. There is no indication that he is competent otherwise.al finhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739269791915017382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-38065554062993834822009-01-20T00:07:00.000-08:002009-01-20T00:07:00.000-08:00How about a chart which shows number of sex partne...How about a chart which shows number of sex partners for each President?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-32255716242776267412009-01-19T22:03:00.000-08:002009-01-19T22:03:00.000-08:00Amend my prior reference from Learned Hand to Dick...Amend my prior reference from Learned Hand to Dickens. Apologies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-70501167780354715202009-01-19T20:13:00.000-08:002009-01-19T20:13:00.000-08:00"Why is Coolidge about the same as W.?"No friggin ..."Why is Coolidge about the same as W.?"<BR/><BR/>No friggin way.<BR/><BR/>Coolidge translated Dante into English.<BR/><BR/>As to IQ and presidential performance,<BR/><BR/>Presidents - and national leaders in general - probably don't need a very high IQ to do well because presidents do not need to micromanage how the country operates in the same way a CEO needs to micromanage a single business.<BR/><BR/>Presidents can just outsource the complex stuff while paying most attention to the big picture.<BR/><BR/>This is why Reagan was a success, he had common sense enough to have sense of the big picture but did not get absorbed with details even though he was quite smart.<BR/><BR/>Bush II was a failure because he wasn't smart and didn't really have a well thought out philosophy. He mostly thought and spoke in slogans, "Democracy Good!" "Tax Cuts Good!"<BR/><BR/>If you don't have a well thought out position and you aren't too smart then you can delegate too much authority and not realize what is going on around you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-23400563665406090052009-01-19T20:10:00.000-08:002009-01-19T20:10:00.000-08:00Kennedy's seems way too high. The assessors may ha...Kennedy's seems way too high. The assessors may have put too much emphasis on his "authorship", as his books were almost certainly ghost-written.zielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669293146969638930noreply@blogger.com