Oliver,
Could you please point me in the direction of research on that topic?
Thanks
David
Oliver Sparrow wrote in message
<1pvsosk79uhjqr6nvmlknmsc05nvt376q3 at 4ax.com>...
>"MS" <marshmallow5 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>It sounds like a premature generalization to say that because several
tasks
>>activated one area that it validates a g-factor of intelligence.
>>Indeed. A recent meta-survey suggests that there are three factors which
>drop out of assessments of human capabilities: symbolic intelligence
>(closely linked to G), creative intelligence and practical-social skill.
>The three are orthogonal in the human population: you can be high or low on
>any one without this being a predictor of your position on the others. A
>person in the top 1% of the population on e.g. symbolic intelligence would
>rarely be in the top 1% of the others, and indeed only one person in a
>million of the population could be expected to be in such a situation. This
>may explain much that one observes amongst one's colleagues. :)
>_______________________________
>>Oliver Sparrow
