I think we have defeated both Taleb’s argument and his motives for it. And his s

I think we have defeated both Taleb’s argument and his motives for it. And his stubborn attempts to repeat it are embarrassing. While it is true that logical capacity degrades non linearly with measured IQ, (frighteningly so) and marginal difference in output, especially income, decreases above 140, the harsh reality is that I can, we can, easily tell the difference between one another over 140, with my favorite examples being Terrance Tao, Magnus Carlsen, Ed Witten and Noam Chomsky. Each of whom possesses extraordinary abilities across the intelligence spectrum, that I can understand but not achieve.

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Source date (UTC): 2025-05-13 05:13:46 UTC

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