14-09-2014, 10:39 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 3,318
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Re: How "smart" do you have to be?
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Originally Posted by Madaya
Reminds me of the scenario, true, where the USA government, back in 1959 was trying to put together a plan to get up to speed, as the Russians had beat them into space.
President Eisenhower (yup, the supreme commander of Allied Forces in the WWII), in a meeting with his top advisors, was questioning whether the USA's intelligence level was less than the USSR's, why don't we have the brains.
When told, the average intelligence in the USA is IQ 100, he questioned why was it so low. His advisors where at a loss.
Point being, 100 is average IQ - anywhere.
For me, IQ means nothing. Application of what you've got is everything.
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Hence why they Won the space race. Thats what it was all about, the first nation to plant their flag on the moon. Just need a good motivator aka Kennedy.
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