Vitaliy wrote:
> Jake Anderson wrote:
>   
>> Above average certainly, probably nothing spectacular though. I'd guess
>> 120 mark.
>>     
>
> How do you figure?
>   
Just a feeling I have, A bunch of friends of mine all did IQ tests and 
shared our results, so I have a bit of a basis of comparison. It is 
always something interesting to me what a "smarter" person does in a 
given situation. As far as IQ tests go, it seems to mean the ability to 
extrapolate a given data set further than a "less smart" person. However 
most of the "smarter" people by IQ seem to lack "mechanical aptitude". A 
gut feel for how something in the real world is going to work that lets 
you solve a real world problem.
I wasn't the smartest out of the group of friends, the last test I did 
that had some merit put me at 128. Some of the other guys were 140 or so 
and when they explained how they got the questions I didn't I could 
really see where those extra 20 points went.
None of them can weld worth a damn though and ask them to build a robot 
and they would be horribly lost. Set them a problem on paper (a drum 
spinning at 3000rpm hits a 13kg steel box at velocity Y how big a 
bearing does it need) and they will solve it in minutes.

>   
>> There's no measure of creativity or determination really
>> though, I think that is mainly what makes people successful in this way.
>> Anybody can come up with a good idea, its putting in the hard yards to
>> make it a viable product that makes the difference.
>>     
>
> Indeed. Or lots of luck. :)
>   
Luck is a large element in being the "spectacular winner". I bet there's 
hundreds of bill gates out there who aren't bazillionares. I doubt many 
of them are poor though.
>   
>> When I look at the businesses I have been involved with, (not to blow my
>> own horn) but with one or 2 exceptions I'm probably 10-15 points above
>> the CEO's. (more in some cases lol). But they are the ones with the
>> $400k a year salary. Who is the smart one there?
>>     
>
> How do you determine what a person's IQ is?
>   
Just a gut feel, see above for reasoning.
>> This guy has done
>> everything i want to do, except he made millions of dollars first. See
>> that's my mistake ;->
>>     
>
> Sadly, he is getting divorced. Money can't buy everything.
>   
Yeah but its probably allot easier to have it than not.
>   
>> an "old" adage.
>> How do you become a new space millionaire?
>> Start of as an internet billionaire.
>>     
>
> He's got money, now he wants glory. :) Or a chance to make a difference 
> while doing something "cool".
>
> Vitaliy 
>
>   
Who doesn't ;->

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