Uh, there is? IQ matters for a lot of complicated jobs, so much so that I tend to assume whenever there is something complicated at play, there will be a selection effects towards greater intelligence. Now the results are obviously very limited, but they matter in real life.
The table we quote suggests that CEOs are something like only one standard deviation above the mean. This is not surprising: at least my common sense suggests that scientists and mathematicians should have on average greater skills of the type measured by IQ than CEOs, despite the latter’s decisions being more far reaching and their salary’s being higher.
Uh, there is? IQ matters for a lot of complicated jobs, so much so that I tend to assume whenever there is something complicated at play, there will be a selection effects towards greater intelligence. Now the results are obviously very limited, but they matter in real life.
Here’s a link to why I think IQ is important:
https://www.gwern.net/docs/iq/ses/index
The table we quote suggests that CEOs are something like only one standard deviation above the mean. This is not surprising: at least my common sense suggests that scientists and mathematicians should have on average greater skills of the type measured by IQ than CEOs, despite the latter’s decisions being more far reaching and their salary’s being higher.