It is worth noting that that paper shows that IQ never stops mattering but it does stop mattering as much after the 130s, and personality traits become much more important, which is also somewhat true for scientific achievement.
Based on that link, I was a little surprised that openness decreases income. Considering its correlation with crystallized knowledge, I would have expected no effect or a positive one.
If you broke it down by occupation, I’d guess the effect is coming from Openness driving people to careers that are paid less in cash and more in novelty or thinking.
lifetime earnings top out around IQ130 IIRC.
A quick search doesn’t support this. That’s from the interesting post here, data from a longitudinal study starting in the 1930s.
It is worth noting that that paper shows that IQ never stops mattering but it does stop mattering as much after the 130s, and personality traits become much more important, which is also somewhat true for scientific achievement.
Based on that link, I was a little surprised that openness decreases income. Considering its correlation with crystallized knowledge, I would have expected no effect or a positive one.
If you broke it down by occupation, I’d guess the effect is coming from Openness driving people to careers that are paid less in cash and more in novelty or thinking.
thanks. +4SD earned 15-20% more. That’s quite a lot.
I’m not suggesting higher intelligence would be harmful to the individual with higher intelligence.