Lumifer comments on Is IQ what we actually need to know? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 25 February 2014 08:10:40PM 7 points [-]

The first question is, "Who is 'we' and why do we need to know?" Context matters a lot here.

In fact, it's practically all that matters. In some situations yes, IQ is what you actually want to know. In other situations, no, you care more about other things.