Re: No Genius Left Behind

Bob LeChevalier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> >The IQ-160's are the folks who are going to make the Nobel Prize
> >winning breakthroughs that seriously improve society: Cure cancer,
> >make fusion power work, stop the OzoneHole and GlobalWarming,
> >save species extinction, reclaim toxic waste, improve crop yields,
> >to name a few.  
> 
> Any evidence that Nobel prize winners are generally IQ 160 types, as
> opposed to IQ 120 types who worked harder than usual and got lucky?

I'm more interested in "Motivational Quotient" or MQ, rather than
IQ.  That is what separates Nobel prize winners and other genii
from ordinary folk.  Richard Feyman supposedly had an average IQ,
but he worked like a demon to become a top physicist.

> Can a single Nobel prize be earned without an army of more ordinary
> people growing the food he eats, building the lab equipment, educating
> his children, and taking out the trash he generates?  
> 
> I think not.

I agree.  That's why we need to give everyone their chance, and not
force them all to be the same.  Unfortunately, too many educational
authorities see a 6 year old child with an "unhealthy" interest in
science as a monster, and they forcibly "broaden his mind", and in
the process ruin his scientific talents.

> Are they not just as necessary as he is?
> 
> I think so.

Yes, they are both necessary.  A genius, or star athlete, or
astronaut, or hotshot pilot all need a "support crew".