Puberty blockers given to children may lower their IQs

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[–]Wanderingthehalls 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Jesus. I tested as having 155 when I was a teenager and was invited for more involved testing because 155 was the highest result possible on the test I did. But I couldn't travel to the city where the testing was. For some reason I had it in my head that 155 was the top cenitle.

I really feel massively fucking unaccomplished now.

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

I really feel massively fucking unaccomplished now.

There is very little correlation between success (however you measure it, but especially financial success) and IQ scores.

What little correlation there is comes almost entirely from the low end of IQ. Sub 80 and especially sub 70 IQers are very, very unaccomplished underachievers. Everyone from 90 IQ on up is barely better than randomly correlated with success.

(By memory, it works out something like about 10% of employment/job "success" can be attributed to differences in IQ, and a bit less for income or wealth. A conscientious worker with IQ 90 will do a better job than a flakey IQ 150.)