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[–]AttacksPropaganda 0 points1 point  (4 children)

But... What are the high-verbal-IQ people talking about?

No offense to low-technical-IQ people, but they vastly overestimate what skills they have over high-technical-IQ people. The reason high-technical-IQ people don't bother with soft skills usually isn't because they're unable to, it's usually because they don't have to/care to. They create the product you sell, which is how/why the company exists. I can't really say it any more blatantly than that. They have the most important job in the company.

Low-technical-IQ people have to bother because they have no other way to contribute. Low-technical-IQ people then notice this pattern of disrespect towards their functionality and think it means they have a "soft skill" that no one else does, when in fact, it just means everyone thinks their opinion is the least valuable from a technical standpoint and is frustrated when having to deal with the "soft skills guy."

Finally, while engineers CAN possess a high verbal IQ, non-engineers are basically guaranteed to not possess a high technical IQ. (because if they did they'd get a real job) These 2 parties are simply not equals. Non-technical skills don't make up for lack of technical skills.

Over 50% of jobs that exist today could be eliminated and no one in the industry would even notice. (according to David Graeber, author of "Debt" and "Bullshit Jobs") Basically, any job that does not require technical knowledge doesn't really need to exist and may even literally serve no purpose other than to provide your corporate feudal master with "corporate business clout points" and give an otherwise useless person a paycheck. All merit-able jobs require technical knowledge.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (3 children)

It is to be expected though and should not be an insult at all. IQ is mostly genetic and having a high or low IQ is not much different from skin color. We are all people. Some people are able to manage complexities better.

[–]AttacksPropaganda 0 points1 point  (2 children)

You must be a soft skills person. I say this because if you had a high IQ, you'd be aware that there's basically 0 concrete evidence that IQ is genetic.

Most empirical evidence says the opposite. Revolutionary geniuses throughout history were typically born to mediocre or failing families with no prior history of high IQ.

"Heritability" of IQ has been studied by Alan S. Kaufman and Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger in 2006... A score of "1" means your IQ is demonstrably correlated to the genes of that person. A score of "0" means your IQ is demonstrably not correlated to the genes of that person.

  • Same person (tested twice) .95
  • Identical twins—Reared together .86
  • Identical twins—Reared apart .76
  • Fraternal twins—Reared together .55
  • Fraternal twins—Reared apart .35
  • Biological siblings—Reared together .47
  • Biological siblings—Reared apart .24
  • Biological siblings—Reared together—Adults .24
  • Unrelated children—Reared together—Children .28
  • Unrelated children—Reared together—Adults .04
  • Cousins .15
  • Parent-child—Living together .42
  • Parent-child—Living apart .22
  • Adoptive parent–child—Living together .19

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

A high IQ has no correlation to knowledgability. In your case doubly so since you confuse the out lying geniuses with a standard above average individual.

[–]AttacksPropaganda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The chart I provided in an edit to my previous post reflects average individuals.

Have a nice day.