11 Uncomfortable Facts About How IQ Affects Your Life

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* IQ is strongly correlated to educational, professional, economic and social success or failure.

* People in the 75 to 90 range are 88 times likelier to drop out of high school, seven times more likely to go to prison, and five times more likely to live in poverty than those with an IQ over 110.

* For each one-point increase in a country’s average IQ, the per capita GDP was $229 higher, and can go up to $468 higher for each additional point

* If you have an IQ of at least 115, you can do any job

* Creative potential can be revealed in an IQ test. As argued by Dr. Scott Kaufman, “thoughtful reasoning, divergent production, pattern detection, learning” are all part of the creative process, and are measured in an IQ test.

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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