DanArmak comments on Innate Mathematical Ability - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_Miller 18 February 2015 03:57:31PM 5 points [-]

Furthermore, if not for people with unusually high intelligence, there would have been no ... industrial revolution

Is this true? Certainly you needed lots of people with IQ>100, but would the industrial revolution have happened if, say, 130 was the highest possible human IQ?

Comment author: DanArmak 18 February 2015 08:09:00PM 0 points [-]

And if you believe in the Flynn effect, and assuming it operated for at least a while before people started measuring IQ, the IQ 130 people of the Industrial Revolution would have a much lower measured IQ today.

Comment author: Houshalter 02 March 2015 10:47:39PM 4 points [-]

Does the Flynn effect affect the number of geniuses, or just the average IQ?

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