IQ

4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Aug 21, 2018 by Tyler Cowen · across every show →

Everything said about IQ, oldest first

Aug 21, 2018 positive
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Cowen: Epistemic modesty delivers higher returns than high IQ
“Having good judgment there is becoming more important than just being like the smartest person or having the highest IQ. So a kind of epistemic modesty, I think, is showing much higher returns than it used to.”
Tyler Cowen Aug 21, 2018 ▶ 22:47 #39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking
Mar 5, 2019
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Marks: Innate intelligence is luck, not personal merit
“What did you do to deserve, develop, or nurture your IQ? You were born with a brain that works better than others. That's luck. And it's totally, it's not merit.”
Howard Marks Mar 5, 2019 ▶ 45:18 #53 Howard Marks: Luck, Risk and Avoiding Losers
Oct 31, 2023
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Valiante: Personality and IQ are largely fixed, while discipline is malleable
“So we look at fixed traits like personality, by and large, you're not changing personality. Things like IQ. I mean, they shift over time. They tend to gradually Move in a direction consistent with, you know, with family sort of IQ, a fixed trait like IQ. Thin…”
Dr. Gio Valiante Oct 31, 2023 ▶ 20:46 Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 1): Discipline and Resilience
Mar 31, 2026 negative
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Liemandt: Traditional Schooling Only Serves High IQ and Conscientious Students
“The first is the way it's structured as a time-based system where you move up every year and you have a teacher in front of a classroom. There's basically, you have two attributes for people who do well in that system. One, It's IQ coded, which is higher IQ be…”
Joe Liemandt Mar 31, 2026 ▶ 2:09 Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
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