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Originally Posted by raveneye
I agree that IQ tests correlate with western culture outcomes, but am pointing out that outcomes are not the same as intelligence, by a very long shot. The I in IQ has always been a misnomer. We should change the name to something like “WCOT”, just another acronym like GRE, LSAT, MCAT etc.
And I certainly agree that musical ability won’t predict much in our culture, but that doesn’t mean an Art Tatum isn’t a genius, even if he can’t hold down a job and lives in poverty or has a low IQ.
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I tend to think that there is no such thing as "Big g", no General Intelligence. I think that it is more likely that there are intelligences. People score differently on tests of different primary mental abilities, different primary mental abilities have different heritabilities, people exhibit very specific deficiencies in cognitive functioning, very specific strengths, etc. However, I do think that proponents of 'Big g" and the associated tests have a reasoned argument- many of the things we associate with intelligence are positively correlated with scores on the WAIS.
Regarding genius: I certainly don't think that genius is a score on an IQ test. Most individual differences researchers I know/know of would agree. (In support of your Art Tatum argument). There are plenty of people walking around with very high scores that aren't recognized by "society" as geniuses, and there are plenty of geniuses who probably would not score outrageously high on an IQ test.