October, 2008

Thresholds: Who Needs Them?

by Bryan Caplan
The Conversation
October 20th, 2008

I’m slightly puzzled by Murray’s analogy that “IQ is to success in life (or in college) as weight is to an offensive tackle in the NFL.”  If Murray’s only point is that there is some IQ threshold below which it is nearly impossible to complete college, I agree.  But the college threshold is vastly below [...]

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by Charles Murray
The Conversation
October 20th, 2008

It should go without saying that the IQ equivalent of 300 pounds for theoretical physicists is different than for, say, public policy analysts. But there is an equivalent for success in every job—and for success in every college major. And, yes, it does of course have fuzzy borders. There are still a few 288-pound offensive [...]

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