People good at math = smart ones?

Seriously now.

The only intelligent people I know are the ones that are good in math. Every professor I had in my life, either in anything math-related or not, was (I eventually got to know) good in math.

So this brings me one old idea, that isn't as wrong as people thought. IQ tests really tell how intelligent someone is, it doesn't matter what other people say about the existence of other "intelligences", it's bullshit. The only intelligent conversations I ever had were with people with high IQ. So fuck the other ones.

Do you people agree?


PS: What do you guys think about this idea: an alien invasion that tests everyone's IQ and kills everyone below 120?

>>1
>The only intelligent people I know are the ones that are good in math.

Obviously, IwiiPa/x, because in all your replies you define intelligence to be proficiency in math.   Then when you ask if people agree, you tell them that your definition of intelligence is infallible and that they are idiots for suggesting otherwise.  As >>3 points out, a more universal and encompassing definition of "intelligence" is:

"1) Most importantly, it's ones ability to reason and problem solve.

2) Secondly, it's a persons ability to remember and learn."

To these points I would add:

"3) A person's ability to generate novel ideas."

What about businessmen, investors, chemists, biologists, doctors, lawyers, other such professions requiring a high degree of study, and even comedians? Though not necessarily mathematical nature, these fields inspire creativity and novelty and this has been repeatedly demonstrated for millenia.  Not every important discovery or creation in civilization has been the result of pure mathematics or physics, (although much of it has), so attributing intelligence only to the mathemeticians is not in accordance with those three points listed above.

(also don't care if this is troll thread, pure mathematicians need to get out of the clouds and realize they aren' the smartest out there or else they would be paid more than 60,000 per year.)