My implicit model is something like “in addition to g factor, there’d turn out to be an ‘s factor’ (i.e. “slow intelligence”) that is a product of both “g” and “general reasoning skills.”
The old posts on mathematical talent by JonahS (1,2,3) seem maybe related to that? Although I took JonahS to be arguing that people like Grothendieck score highly in “ability to find / build really great mental models (albeit not necessarily quickly)”, which is neither g-factor nor skill-at-planning-and-pivoting, I think. I’m not sure though. I wish JonahS had written more.
The old posts on mathematical talent by JonahS (1,2,3) seem maybe related to that? Although I took JonahS to be arguing that people like Grothendieck score highly in “ability to find / build really great mental models (albeit not necessarily quickly)”, which is neither g-factor nor skill-at-planning-and-pivoting, I think. I’m not sure though. I wish JonahS had written more.