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[–]proc0 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I think you're misunderstanding the point of the article. People with high IQ can easily be stupid when it comes to things like high level societal patterns. You're probably talking about how it has been discredited to push an agenda, which I agree, but this isn't about completely disqualifying it.

IQ can be a valid metric and at the same time it's not the most accurte marker of intelligence. In other words, it's more accurate to say low IQ people are dumb, and not as accurate to say high IQ is smart. Of course, it does correlate, but the test doesn't track wisdom, awareness of world events, perception of reality, as a few examples, and probably more.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Social intelligence correlates to high IQ as well.

Humans got big brains to cope with complex social interactions, that's what our intelligence is for. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/arts/people-argue-just-to-win-scholars-assert.html

Emotional intelligence is a dead weight. It makes you blend in with everyone else to be liked and gives you no advantage. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140930125543-69244073-emotional-intelligence-is-overrated/

[–]Tiwaking 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Emotional Intelligence is psuedoscientific nonsense