Fair question. I'm just in contention with them. I might be cleverer than they are or I might have a better natural understanding of the subject than they do. After all, no-one knows how the brain works, do they. We don't even really understand yet what it does.
But it isn't important, is it? What is important (arguably) is understanding and coming to understand more about how the mind works. If we ever want to develop artificial intelligence, that would be essential.
We're all entitled to argue for what we believe is true, irrespective of those who don't understand but merely learn things, whatever their qualifications. It's what makes humanity so unpredictable and, arguably, great. I wouldn't presume to understand more quantum physics than a quantum physicist or to speak better Russian than someone who studied that language. I can't speak any Russian at all. Niet. But psychology is not the same.
I would certainly agree with the bulk of that
Many prominent phycologists, such as the professor Jordan Peterson, have stated that if you have an IQ of 140 - 145, you can be the best or most prominent individual in your entire field>>
Yeah, that's quite true. Being prominent in a professional field would require basic intelligence but there are many other factors in play. Willingness to learn and to work, interpersonal skills, memory .... all sorts of things are required, tied together with intellectual skills or ability. I knew a pathologist who fitted that bill before he died early from cancer. He wasn't a genius .... he was clever. My father was considered foremost in his own field. He was a quantity surveyor. Prominent people in their fields aren't necessarily geniuses. My grandfather was thought of as an excellent fitter and my wife's father was a sheet metal worker. 20 years before I met my wife I was interested in train spotting. I was invited aboard a Napier Deltic and shown the engine room by the driver. Rather thrilling because of the high pitched whine the Deltic makes as the revs increase. The driver pointed to some ducting and cowling on the exhaust and maybe the intake. He told me this engine was a prototype and somewhere, down near Manchester, there was a genius who had put it together without any drawings. That turned out to be my wife's dad.
That is all sincerely very interesting, buy I must rebuttal haha. I would argue that being the MOST prominent in a professional field takes much more than a basic intelligence level, and many of the traits you listed as substitutes for high intelligence, or at least other factors that are at play, are directly tied in to intelligence, such as memory, interpersonal skills, etc. Also, wanted to apologize for the double teaming, I swear it's unintentional haha - I'm just really enjoying where this conversation is going, as well as the points that you're making
I agree. This is the most interesting thread I've read so far.