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ParanoidObsessive posted...

IQ is actually kind of a poor indicator of intelligence in a lot of ways, because it really only measures one type of intelligence, while there are actually multiple variations. Even in my own example, I'd say my verbal and logical aptitudes tend to pull my score up, while my math and visualization weaknesses pull it down.

Yes and no. IQ is arguably a better measurement of stupidity than "intelligence" in the D&D sense of the word. A high IQ can only tell you so much, but a low IQ (especially a very low IQ) strongly correlates with a lifetime of struggling to tie your shoes and shit in the toilet. And while I do believe in the theory of multiple intelligences to a point, and genius does tend to be unbalanced (especially in males), people with higher IQs have a tendency to outperform people with lower IQs across all domains. So yes, there are multiple types of intelligence, but they don't have a lot of room to vary independently. Or to look at it another way, if multiple intelligences varied independently, one would expect to see greater unbalances and maybe more idiot savants, and we don't.


Sahuagin posted...

Linear Algebra comes up near constantly if you do 3d game programming

Confirmed. Programming in general relies in some pretty algebraic thinking.
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