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[quote=Anonymous]IQ is an accurate test to estimate a latent construct dubbed the "G factor" or general intelligence. This construct has been shown to be very predictive of success in scientific, academic, management, engineering, legal, medical, and other intellectually demanding fields. G and IQ are age-adjusted and are temporally stable (don't vary much as a person ages.) An average IQ at a population level (100) indicates that the individual should not pursue college, and will be much more successful in the trades. The good news is, he will be much happier and wealthier than the 110 IQ kids (1 SD to the right of the mean) who try to be successful in dwindling white collar careers where AI and offshoring are already destroying whole industries. Don't fight genetics; you can't. Just make the best of it. I'm becoming increasingly convinced that you shouldn't bother with college if you're not 120+ (2 SDs to right of mean)... of course, the colleges will happily take anyone's money for four years of football games and partying.[/quote]

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