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Some Thoughts on the High-IQ “Cognitive Elite”

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Nov 04, 2022
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The Unparalleled Genius of John von Neumann

About 1-in-50 people may pass the Mensa test requirement of having an IQ of 130. But at the third sigma to the right of the mean, it’s 1-in-600 (145 and up). And at the fourth, it’s 1-in-30,000. In Dutch, we call such people hoogbegaafd, which means highly gifted, but I despise this term. The intelligent individual is burdened, not gifted. I prefer the …

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