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Nikola Tesla
Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th
Century
Copyright © 2013 by Sean Patrick
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Written by Sean Patrick
First Edition
The Great Mystery of Genius
“Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered—either by themselves or by others.”
-Mark Twain
If I could write one sentence that would magically increase your IQ by thirty points, would you be interested in reading that sentence?
Probably. But why? What would be in it for you? Do you think it would help you make more money? Make a name for yourself? Find love, happiness, or fulfillment?
I’ve asked many people these questions and their answers are invariable. “Of course it would.” The cultural
correlation is undeniable: we’ve been indoctrinated to believe that the higher the IQ, the more likely one is to succeed in life. Hence, we assume that the scientists that win Nobel Prizes, the businesspeople that go from rags to millions, the authors that write runaway bestsellers, register in the highest ranges of IQ simply because they’re enjoying sweet successes.
Well, a tremendous amount of research has been done into the scientific
correlation between IQ and real-life success, and a very different picture has emerged.
IQ and success are related...to a point. Sure, someone with an IQ of 150 (a “genius” by all normal standards) is going to do much better in life than someone with an IQ of 80 (nearly “mentally disabled”). Similarly, a person with an IQ of 130 (“near genius”) has a significant upper hand in life when compared to a person with an IQ of 100 (“average”).
But here’s the catch: the relation between IQ and success follows the law of diminishing returns. That is, when you compare two people of relatively high IQs, you can no longer predict success by IQ alone. A scientist with an IQ of 130 is just as likely to rise to the top of his discipline as one with an IQ of 180.
Dr. Liam Hudson, a British psychologist that headed up Cambridge’s Research Unit of Intellectual Development in the sixties, compared IQ to basketball. If you’re five foot five, your prospects of becoming even an NBA bench warmer are slim-to-none. The fact is if you’re less than six feet tall, you can pretty much forget about your dreams to chal ............

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