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?

And what, except that warm and fuzzy feeling, would the smart people gain from all of that? Low-IQ people aren't all in all impeding the high-IQ people, are they? There's no shortage of food, and intelligent/educated people on average get more money. Smart people are a lot better of now than they would be if we reduced the population by 90% by whatever method.

As have been mentioned, high intelligence is not directly associated with skill in farming, design, humor, and a zillion other things. Many intelligent people enjoy, say, art, or food, made by unintelligent people. If you don't find people that do those things good conversation partners then don't talk to them, but there's no rational reason to wish them away.

Take >>38
Why would you want to live in that wonderful nation of overqualifiedness? How would it be any better than a smart-people-only city, or just you moving together with a couple of smart friends?

Psychopaths typically have above-average IQ, so you'd get a much higher concentration of those.

As for the implications for 4chan...