为什么课堂上最聪明的人不是最成功的？
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Why isn''t the smartest person in the classroom the most successful one?
为什么课堂上最聪明的人不是最成功的？
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然而，尽管这些企业家才智逼人，但还有一些人在学习成绩上的排名更靠前。
传记作家马克 · 莱博维奇在《新帝国主义者: 五个焦躁不安的孩子是如何长大并最终统治世界的》一书第78页描述了杰夫 · 贝索斯生命中一个转变职业的时刻，报道说：
在他大一的一个晚上，杰夫正在为量子力学课上一个必须完成的偏微分方程而苦恼，在经历了几个小时的挫折之后，他和他的学习伙伴来到一个同学的宿舍，那个同学看了一眼公式，说了一句: “余弦。”
“ 在我们表达了一些怀疑之后,”(杰夫)说，“他接着画了三页方程式，并表明它是余弦。”这让我们意识到：有些人的大脑能够以一种非常优雅的方式处理抽象概念，而他[杰夫]不是其中之一，他说: “这事最初对我来说是毁灭性，非常、非常、非常令人不安。”
Brendan Kelly, Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics and Author of "Intelligence"
The answer to this question depends upon your definition of success. A famous postcard circulated in the early part of the last century carried the caption, “If you’re so damn smart, why ain’t you rich.” Implicit in this question was the assumption that success is synonymous with the accumulation of wealth. It is probably true that the smartest person in the classroom does not ultimately become the richest, and there are reasons for this that I will address later in this response. First, I’ll address the converse question: “Were today’s richest people the smartest people in the classroom?” The following table (pilfered from my book on Intelligence and IQ) shows that the ten richest people in the world, as identified by CEOWORLD Magazine on February 28, 2020, had high or very high IQ’s and in most cases, high SAT scores.
Yet, as brilliant as these entrepreneurs are, there are others who register higher on the “book smarts” scale. Biographer Mark Leibovich, (The New Imperialists: How Five Restless Kids Grew Up to Virtually Rule the World. p. 78) describing a career-changing moment in the life of Jeff Bezos, reports:
One night during his freshman year, [Jeff] was struggling over a partial differential equation he had to complete for a quantum mechanics class. After a few hours of frustration, he and his study partner visited the dorm room of a classmate, who glanced at the equation and said, “Cosine.”
“After we expressed some incredulousness,” [Jeff] says, “he proceeded to draw three pages of equations that flowed through and showed that it was cosine.” It led to a realization: There were people whose brains were wired to process abstract concepts in a very graceful way, and he [Jeff] was not one of those people. “It was initially devastating,” he says, “very, very, troubling.”
布兰登·凯利，纯数学博士，《智力》一的作者
这个问题的答案取决于你对成功的定义。
上世纪早期流传着一张著名的卡片，上面写着: “如果你这么聪明，为什么你不富有呢?”这个问题隐含着这样一个假设: 成功就是财富的积累。
课堂上最聪明的人最终不会成为最富有的人，这可能是真的，这里有一些原因，我将在后面的回答中解释。
首先，我要回答一个相反的问题: “今天最富有的人是课堂上最聪明的人吗?”
下面的表格( 从我的《智力与智商》一书中搬来的 ) 显示，世界上最富有的十个人，正如《世界经济论坛》杂志在2020年2月28日确定的那样，智商都很高或者非常高，而且在大多数情况下，他们的 SAT 成绩也很高。
The answer to this question depends upon your definition of success. A famous postcard circulated in the early part of the last century carried the caption, “If you’re so damn smart, why ain’t you rich.” Implicit in this question was the assumption that success is synonymous with the accumulation of wealth. It is probably true that the smartest person in the classroom does not ultimately become the richest, and there are reasons for this that I will address later in this response. First, I’ll address the converse question: “Were today’s richest people the smartest people in the classroom?” The following table (pilfered from my book on Intelligence and IQ) shows that the ten richest people in the world, as identified by CEOWORLD Magazine on February 28, 2020, had high or very high IQ’s and in most cases, high SAT scores.
Yet, as brilliant as these entrepreneurs are, there are others who register higher on the “book smarts” scale. Biographer Mark Leibovich, (The New Imperialists: How Five Restless Kids Grew Up to Virtually Rule the World. p. 78) describing a career-changing moment in the life of Jeff Bezos, reports:
One night during his freshman year, [Jeff] was struggling over a partial differential equation he had to complete for a quantum mechanics class. After a few hours of frustration, he and his study partner visited the dorm room of a classmate, who glanced at the equation and said, “Cosine.”
“After we expressed some incredulousness,” [Jeff] says, “he proceeded to draw three pages of equations that flowed through and showed that it was cosine.” It led to a realization: There were people whose brains were wired to process abstract concepts in a very graceful way, and he [Jeff] was not one of those people. “It was initially devastating,” he says, “very, very, troubling.”
布兰登·凯利，纯数学博士，《智力》一的作者
这个问题的答案取决于你对成功的定义。
上世纪早期流传着一张著名的卡片，上面写着: “如果你这么聪明，为什么你不富有呢?”这个问题隐含着这样一个假设: 成功就是财富的积累。
课堂上最聪明的人最终不会成为最富有的人，这可能是真的，这里有一些原因，我将在后面的回答中解释。
首先，我要回答一个相反的问题: “今天最富有的人是课堂上最聪明的人吗?”
下面的表格( 从我的《智力与智商》一书中搬来的 ) 显示，世界上最富有的十个人，正如《世界经济论坛》杂志在2020年2月28日确定的那样，智商都很高或者非常高，而且在大多数情况下，他们的 SAT 成绩也很高。
然而，尽管这些企业家才智逼人，但还有一些人在学习成绩上的排名更靠前。
传记作家马克 · 莱博维奇在《新帝国主义者: 五个焦躁不安的孩子是如何长大并最终统治世界的》一书第78页描述了杰夫 · 贝索斯生命中一个转变职业的时刻，报道说：
在他大一的一个晚上，杰夫正在为量子力学课上一个必须完成的偏微分方程而苦恼，在经历了几个小时的挫折之后，他和他的学习伙伴来到一个同学的宿舍，那个同学看了一眼公式，说了一句: “余弦。”
“ 在我们表达了一些怀疑之后,”(杰夫)说，“他接着画了三页方程式，并表明它是余弦。”这让我们意识到：有些人的大脑能够以一种非常优雅的方式处理抽象概念，而他[杰夫]不是其中之一，他说: “这事最初对我来说是毁灭性，非常、非常、非常令人不安。”
In Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire, Gates’ biographers James Wallace and Jim Erickson describe his ruminations as he contemplated his future:
At Lakeside, [High School] Gates had been the best student in the school at math. Even at Harvard, he was one of the top math students. But he was not the best. … “I met several people in the math department who were quite a bit better than I was at math. It changed my view about going into math. You can persevere in the field of math and make incredible breakthroughs, but it probably discouraged me. It made the odds much longer that I could do some world-class thing. I had to really think about it. Hey, I’m going to sit in a room, staring at a wall for five years, and even if I come up with something, who knows. So it made me think about whether math was something I wanted to do or not.”
These insights into the psyches of Bezos and Gates reveal the intensity of the competitive spirit felt by those Hi-Q people at the top of the scale. Like Professor Lambeau in the movie, Good Will Hunting, they are not focussed on the 99.999% of the people below them in IQ, but on the 0.001% above them. Yet, if these household-name superstar billionaires, are driven out of academe by people who are more gifted in analytical thinking, where are the people at the top of the Hi-Q heap?
Many of the smartest people in the classroom do not identify success in terms of accumulated wealth; they are responding to a different calling. My research has led me to explore the goals and destinations of this distinguished demographic and I’ll report on their fascinating individual success stories in a future post. As Thoreau observed, “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
《 硬盘驱动器：比尔·盖茨与微软帝国的建立 》一书中，盖茨的传记作者詹姆斯华莱士和吉姆·埃里克森描述了他对自己未来的思考:
在湖畔高中，盖茨曾是学校里数学最好的学生，即使在哈佛，他也是数学最好的学生之一，但他不是最好的。
“我在数学系遇到几个人，他们的数学比我好多了，它改变了我对数学的看法。你可以在数学领域坚持不懈，取得不可思议的突破，但这可能让我泄气，它让我能做一些世界级的事情的几率大大增加，我得好好想想。嘿，我要坐在一个房间里，盯着一面墙五年，还不知道我能想出了什么，谁知道呢，因此，这让我不得不思考，数学到底是不是我想做的事。”
这些对贝佐斯和盖茨心理的洞察揭示了那些处于顶端的高智商人士所感受到的竞争精神的强度，就像电影《心灵捕手》中的蓝波教授一样，他们关注的不是智商低于99.999% 的人，而是智商高于他们0.001% 的人。
然而，如果这些家喻户晓的超级亿万富翁，被那些在分析思维方面更有天赋的人踢出了学术界，那么高智商群体的顶级人物在哪里呢？课堂上许多最聪明的人并不以积累财富来认定成功，他们在响应另一种召唤。
我的研究引导我去探索这个杰出人群的目标和目的地，我将在未来的帖子中报道他们个人的成功故事。
正如梭罗所说: “如果一个人没有跟上同伴的步伐，也许是因为他听到了不同的鼓点，那就让他跟随他所听到的音乐起舞，不管这音乐声有多小，多远。”
At Lakeside, [High School] Gates had been the best student in the school at math. Even at Harvard, he was one of the top math students. But he was not the best. … “I met several people in the math department who were quite a bit better than I was at math. It changed my view about going into math. You can persevere in the field of math and make incredible breakthroughs, but it probably discouraged me. It made the odds much longer that I could do some world-class thing. I had to really think about it. Hey, I’m going to sit in a room, staring at a wall for five years, and even if I come up with something, who knows. So it made me think about whether math was something I wanted to do or not.”
These insights into the psyches of Bezos and Gates reveal the intensity of the competitive spirit felt by those Hi-Q people at the top of the scale. Like Professor Lambeau in the movie, Good Will Hunting, they are not focussed on the 99.999% of the people below them in IQ, but on the 0.001% above them. Yet, if these household-name superstar billionaires, are driven out of academe by people who are more gifted in analytical thinking, where are the people at the top of the Hi-Q heap?
Many of the smartest people in the classroom do not identify success in terms of accumulated wealth; they are responding to a different calling. My research has led me to explore the goals and destinations of this distinguished demographic and I’ll report on their fascinating individual success stories in a future post. As Thoreau observed, “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
《 硬盘驱动器：比尔·盖茨与微软帝国的建立 》一书中，盖茨的传记作者詹姆斯华莱士和吉姆·埃里克森描述了他对自己未来的思考:
在湖畔高中，盖茨曾是学校里数学最好的学生，即使在哈佛，他也是数学最好的学生之一，但他不是最好的。
“我在数学系遇到几个人，他们的数学比我好多了，它改变了我对数学的看法。你可以在数学领域坚持不懈，取得不可思议的突破，但这可能让我泄气，它让我能做一些世界级的事情的几率大大增加，我得好好想想。嘿，我要坐在一个房间里，盯着一面墙五年，还不知道我能想出了什么，谁知道呢，因此，这让我不得不思考，数学到底是不是我想做的事。”
这些对贝佐斯和盖茨心理的洞察揭示了那些处于顶端的高智商人士所感受到的竞争精神的强度，就像电影《心灵捕手》中的蓝波教授一样，他们关注的不是智商低于99.999% 的人，而是智商高于他们0.001% 的人。
然而，如果这些家喻户晓的超级亿万富翁，被那些在分析思维方面更有天赋的人踢出了学术界，那么高智商群体的顶级人物在哪里呢？课堂上许多最聪明的人并不以积累财富来认定成功，他们在响应另一种召唤。
我的研究引导我去探索这个杰出人群的目标和目的地，我将在未来的帖子中报道他们个人的成功故事。
正如梭罗所说: “如果一个人没有跟上同伴的步伐，也许是因为他听到了不同的鼓点，那就让他跟随他所听到的音乐起舞，不管这音乐声有多小，多远。”
Jack Fish, Food Taster at Castle Lager
Because academic intelligence alone doesn't necessarily translate to success in life. In most cases an intelligent A-student will go look for a comfy and well paying job after graduating. But how you define success is what constitutes success from your point of view. An intelligent person who settles in a well paying job they studied for is successful from a professional point of view, if he is able to live a decent lifestyle and meet his needs. Not everybody wants to be an entrepreneur, venture capitalist or startup founder. Some people just feel comfortable and secure in their jobs, they don't want the hassle of running a company or business.
In high school, most of the guys with creative and innovative ideas were not A-students. It was the typical flexible and liberal minded guy (D, C or B student). These guys were more exploring and up to date with trends. It seemed like most A-students didn't care about anything except focussing on their exam scores. There is some prestige in being an A-student and they were more interested in maintaining it. They had some kind of traditional mindset. Also, most of their talk revolved around respected and high paying professions they would pursue after school.
因为仅有学识上的聪明并不一定能转化为生活上的成功。在大多数情况下，一个聪明的A类学生毕业后会去找一份舒适的高薪工作，但从你的角度来看，如何定义成功，一个聪明的人如果安于自己所学的高薪工作，从专业的角度来说，如果他能够过上体面的生活，满足自己的需求，那就是成功的，不是每个人都想成为企业家、风险投资家或创业者，有些人只是感觉自己的工作很舒服，很有安全感就好，他们不想为经营一家公司或企业而烦恼。
在高中的时候，那些有创意和创新想法的家伙大多不是A类学生，而是典型的头脑灵活自由的家伙（D、C或B类学生）。
这些家伙更多的是探索和紧跟潮流，似乎大多数A学生除了关注自己的考试成绩外，什么都不关心。
作为A类学生，优等生有一定的威望，他们更注重维护威望，他们有某种传统的思维方式，另外，他们的话题大多围绕着上学后要从事的受人尊敬的高薪职业。
Because academic intelligence alone doesn't necessarily translate to success in life. In most cases an intelligent A-student will go look for a comfy and well paying job after graduating. But how you define success is what constitutes success from your point of view. An intelligent person who settles in a well paying job they studied for is successful from a professional point of view, if he is able to live a decent lifestyle and meet his needs. Not everybody wants to be an entrepreneur, venture capitalist or startup founder. Some people just feel comfortable and secure in their jobs, they don't want the hassle of running a company or business.
In high school, most of the guys with creative and innovative ideas were not A-students. It was the typical flexible and liberal minded guy (D, C or B student). These guys were more exploring and up to date with trends. It seemed like most A-students didn't care about anything except focussing on their exam scores. There is some prestige in being an A-student and they were more interested in maintaining it. They had some kind of traditional mindset. Also, most of their talk revolved around respected and high paying professions they would pursue after school.
因为仅有学识上的聪明并不一定能转化为生活上的成功。在大多数情况下，一个聪明的A类学生毕业后会去找一份舒适的高薪工作，但从你的角度来看，如何定义成功，一个聪明的人如果安于自己所学的高薪工作，从专业的角度来说，如果他能够过上体面的生活，满足自己的需求，那就是成功的，不是每个人都想成为企业家、风险投资家或创业者，有些人只是感觉自己的工作很舒服，很有安全感就好，他们不想为经营一家公司或企业而烦恼。
在高中的时候，那些有创意和创新想法的家伙大多不是A类学生，而是典型的头脑灵活自由的家伙（D、C或B类学生）。
这些家伙更多的是探索和紧跟潮流，似乎大多数A学生除了关注自己的考试成绩外，什么都不关心。
作为A类学生，优等生有一定的威望，他们更注重维护威望，他们有某种传统的思维方式，另外，他们的话题大多围绕着上学后要从事的受人尊敬的高薪职业。
The B, C and D students had some exciting discussions around practical projects, movies, the cool things and items they saw somewhere, meeting for a weekend event and some interesting arguments about which is the better car between a BMW and Jaguar, who is the best athlete or footballer, who would win between Batman and Spiderman, who is richer between so and so. The arguments would go on and on for hours, each party explaining their points. It was fun. These guys were also experimental, the type of teenagers who already know the taste of whiskey, marijuana and so on.
As you can see D,C and B students immersed themselves in life, reality and social scene much earlier than A students. They didn't spend time trying to solve quadratic equations or researching homework like A-students. A-students had a boring life - the routine was familiar - eat, sleep, study, do homework and some household chores.
At junior high school, we did practical projects for annual contests. Before we were streamed into classes based on intellectual ability, I was in a mixed class with A, B, C, D and E students. Our class was tasked with coming up with a practical project for competing with other classes. Naturally, as an A-student, my teacher and classmates always expected something from me. I came up with the idea of building a steam-powered rocket car. I built a fancy good looking car powered by a perfume bottle rocket. However, although everyone was amazed at the car, it couldn't go far enough. It was my team mates ( D and C students) who made it fly a much longer distance. We had to reduce its weight and do away with aesthetic design.
B、C、D三类学生则围绕着实践项目、电影、在某地看到的酷炫的东西和物品、周末聚会活动以及宝马和捷豹哪个车更好、谁是最好的运动员或足球运动员、蝙蝠侠和蜘蛛人谁会赢、某某同学谁更有钱等一些有趣的讨论，争论会持续好几个小时，每一方都在解释自己的观点，这很有趣，这些人也是实验型的，是那种已经知道威士忌、大麻等味道的少年。
如你所见，D、C、B学生比A类学生更早地沉浸在生活、现实和社会场景中，他们不像A类学生那样花时间去解二次方程或研究功课，A同学的生活很枯燥——日常事务都是我们熟悉的——吃饭、睡觉、学习、做作业和一些家务。
初中的时候，我们每年都要做实践项目参加比赛，在我们按智力分班之前，我和A、B、C、D、E的学生在一个混合班，我们班的任务是拿出一个实践项目与其他班级竞争，当然，作为一个A班的学生，老师和同学对我总是有所期待，我想出了一个主意，就是造一辆蒸汽动力的火箭车，我以香水瓶火箭为动力，造了一辆漂亮好看的汽车，然而，虽然大家都对这辆车感到惊奇，但它却走不了多远，是我的队友（D和C同学）让它跑得更远，我们不得不减轻它的重量，并取消美学设计。
As you can see D,C and B students immersed themselves in life, reality and social scene much earlier than A students. They didn't spend time trying to solve quadratic equations or researching homework like A-students. A-students had a boring life - the routine was familiar - eat, sleep, study, do homework and some household chores.
At junior high school, we did practical projects for annual contests. Before we were streamed into classes based on intellectual ability, I was in a mixed class with A, B, C, D and E students. Our class was tasked with coming up with a practical project for competing with other classes. Naturally, as an A-student, my teacher and classmates always expected something from me. I came up with the idea of building a steam-powered rocket car. I built a fancy good looking car powered by a perfume bottle rocket. However, although everyone was amazed at the car, it couldn't go far enough. It was my team mates ( D and C students) who made it fly a much longer distance. We had to reduce its weight and do away with aesthetic design.
B、C、D三类学生则围绕着实践项目、电影、在某地看到的酷炫的东西和物品、周末聚会活动以及宝马和捷豹哪个车更好、谁是最好的运动员或足球运动员、蝙蝠侠和蜘蛛人谁会赢、某某同学谁更有钱等一些有趣的讨论，争论会持续好几个小时，每一方都在解释自己的观点，这很有趣，这些人也是实验型的，是那种已经知道威士忌、大麻等味道的少年。
如你所见，D、C、B学生比A类学生更早地沉浸在生活、现实和社会场景中，他们不像A类学生那样花时间去解二次方程或研究功课，A同学的生活很枯燥——日常事务都是我们熟悉的——吃饭、睡觉、学习、做作业和一些家务。
初中的时候，我们每年都要做实践项目参加比赛，在我们按智力分班之前，我和A、B、C、D、E的学生在一个混合班，我们班的任务是拿出一个实践项目与其他班级竞争，当然，作为一个A班的学生，老师和同学对我总是有所期待，我想出了一个主意，就是造一辆蒸汽动力的火箭车，我以香水瓶火箭为动力，造了一辆漂亮好看的汽车，然而，虽然大家都对这辆车感到惊奇，但它却走不了多远，是我的队友（D和C同学）让它跑得更远，我们不得不减轻它的重量，并取消美学设计。
David Orozco, Entrepreneur and Full-Stack Developer at Idea-hub.net (2020-present)
Thanks to social networks, I can easily know what most of my former classmates do today. I can tell you that almost all (if not all) of the smartest guys in the classroom (including those that were smart but did not have good grades) are doing well. They work as engineers, programmers, or in the financial sector. In other words, I would imagine that they don’t have much problems paying their bills and can afford a confortable life.
Of course, they are not the most successful of my classmates, at least when we use wealth as an approximation of success (as many people do). The wealthiest ones have either inherited their wealth from their parents, took an entrepreneurial path and succeeded, or chose very risky professions and were good enough to do well (one became a famous singer and another one an awards’ winning body builder). In other words, one’s professional path has great influence on one’s potential wealth. Artists, entrepreneurs and athletes take great risks, but can win big time. Even better if you have rich parents… You just have to diversify your investments and keep the expenses within your budget.
That being said, I wouldn’t dare to call the smartest guys unsuccessful. Many of them have happy families, live a confortable life, travel a lot, enjoy what they do for a living, etc. Suppossing this is the case, why would these guys risk all that by quitting their jobs and founding a start-up? In my opinion, they are already doing pretty well.
David Orozco，创业者，Idea-hub.net全栈开发者(2020年至今)
多亏了社交网络，我可以很容易地知道我以前的大多数同学今天在做什么。
我可以告诉你，几乎所有(如果不是全部的话)在课堂上最聪明的人(包括那些聪明但成绩不好的人)都做得很好。
他们从事工程师、程序员或金融行业的工作，换句话说，我可以想象，他们在支付账单方面没有太多问题，而且能够过上舒适的生活。
当然，他们不是我的同学中最成功的，至少当我们把财富作为成功的近似值时可以这么说( 许多人都是这么看的 )。
最富有的人要么是从父母那里继承了财富，要么是走上了创业之路并取得成功，要么是选择了风险很高的职业，并且做得足够好(一个成为著名歌手，另一个成为获奖健美运动员)。
换句话说，一个人的职业道路对他的潜在财富有很大的影响，艺术家、企业家和运动员承担着巨大的风险，但他们可以赢得大奖。
如果你的父母很有钱，那就更好了...... 你只需要使你的投资多样化，并且把支出控制在预算之内。
也就是说，我不敢说最聪明的人不成功，他们中的许多人有幸福的家庭，过着舒适的生活，经常旅行，享受他们的生活等等。
如果是这样的话，为什么这些家伙要冒着这么大的风险辞职创业？在我看来，他们已经做得很好了。
Thanks to social networks, I can easily know what most of my former classmates do today. I can tell you that almost all (if not all) of the smartest guys in the classroom (including those that were smart but did not have good grades) are doing well. They work as engineers, programmers, or in the financial sector. In other words, I would imagine that they don’t have much problems paying their bills and can afford a confortable life.
Of course, they are not the most successful of my classmates, at least when we use wealth as an approximation of success (as many people do). The wealthiest ones have either inherited their wealth from their parents, took an entrepreneurial path and succeeded, or chose very risky professions and were good enough to do well (one became a famous singer and another one an awards’ winning body builder). In other words, one’s professional path has great influence on one’s potential wealth. Artists, entrepreneurs and athletes take great risks, but can win big time. Even better if you have rich parents… You just have to diversify your investments and keep the expenses within your budget.
That being said, I wouldn’t dare to call the smartest guys unsuccessful. Many of them have happy families, live a confortable life, travel a lot, enjoy what they do for a living, etc. Suppossing this is the case, why would these guys risk all that by quitting their jobs and founding a start-up? In my opinion, they are already doing pretty well.
David Orozco，创业者，Idea-hub.net全栈开发者(2020年至今)
多亏了社交网络，我可以很容易地知道我以前的大多数同学今天在做什么。
我可以告诉你，几乎所有(如果不是全部的话)在课堂上最聪明的人(包括那些聪明但成绩不好的人)都做得很好。
他们从事工程师、程序员或金融行业的工作，换句话说，我可以想象，他们在支付账单方面没有太多问题，而且能够过上舒适的生活。
当然，他们不是我的同学中最成功的，至少当我们把财富作为成功的近似值时可以这么说( 许多人都是这么看的 )。
最富有的人要么是从父母那里继承了财富，要么是走上了创业之路并取得成功，要么是选择了风险很高的职业，并且做得足够好(一个成为著名歌手，另一个成为获奖健美运动员)。
换句话说，一个人的职业道路对他的潜在财富有很大的影响，艺术家、企业家和运动员承担着巨大的风险，但他们可以赢得大奖。
如果你的父母很有钱，那就更好了...... 你只需要使你的投资多样化，并且把支出控制在预算之内。
也就是说，我不敢说最聪明的人不成功，他们中的许多人有幸福的家庭，过着舒适的生活，经常旅行，享受他们的生活等等。
如果是这样的话，为什么这些家伙要冒着这么大的风险辞职创业？在我看来，他们已经做得很好了。
Brian White, Scientist
The wording of your question is absolute. Nothing that we know about human intelligence, education, or behavior is known as an absolute. We understand these and all other biological sciences by statistical analysis of measurements.
Statistically, the smartest person in the classroom has a better chance of being the most successful than does anyone else, even if that edge is small. If you compare two people who have different IQs (say 10 points) and compare their activities through a year, you will statistically find somewhat more errors made by the lower IQ person; the brighter person will make fewer good choices of things that matter; they will generally get through that year with a net better outcome than the lower IQ person. Over time the differences in error rates and good choices accumulate, such that there is a statistical advantage for the brighter person. This is not deterministic. It is, however, robust at the group level.
This paper is directly related to how life is constantly presenting us with test items:
Everyday Life as an Intelligence Test: Effects of Intelligence and Intelligence Context (1997). ROBERT A. GORDON INTELLIGENCE 24(1)203-3.
The paper can be found (not behind a pay wall) on the web.
At every level of intelligence, higher IQ correlates positively with multiple meaningful measures of achievement and quality of life.
Brian White，科学家
你问题的措辞绝对化了。我们所知道的关于人类智力、教育或行为的一切都不是绝对的，我们通过测量的统计分析来理解这些和所有其他生物科学。
从统计学上看，课堂上最聪明的人比其他人有更大的机会成为最成功的人，即使这种优势很小。
如果你比较两个智商不同的人（比如说10分），比较他们一年的活动，从统计学上看，你会发现智商较低的人所犯的错误有些多，智商高的人在重要的事情上做出的好的选择较少，在这一年里他们一般会比智商较低的人更好，随着时间的推移，错误率和好的选择的差异会累积起来，这样聪明的人就会有统计上的优势，当然这不是决定性的，然而，它在群体水平上是稳健的。
《 日常生活是一种智力测试，智力和智力环境的影响》（1997年）ROBERT A. GORDON INTELLIGENCE 24（1）203-3
这篇论文直接探讨了生活如何不断地向我们呈现测试项目，这篇论文可以在网络上找到（无需付费）。
在每一个智力水平上，较高的智商与多种有意义的成就和生活质量的测量结果呈正相关。
The wording of your question is absolute. Nothing that we know about human intelligence, education, or behavior is known as an absolute. We understand these and all other biological sciences by statistical analysis of measurements.
Statistically, the smartest person in the classroom has a better chance of being the most successful than does anyone else, even if that edge is small. If you compare two people who have different IQs (say 10 points) and compare their activities through a year, you will statistically find somewhat more errors made by the lower IQ person; the brighter person will make fewer good choices of things that matter; they will generally get through that year with a net better outcome than the lower IQ person. Over time the differences in error rates and good choices accumulate, such that there is a statistical advantage for the brighter person. This is not deterministic. It is, however, robust at the group level.
This paper is directly related to how life is constantly presenting us with test items:
Everyday Life as an Intelligence Test: Effects of Intelligence and Intelligence Context (1997). ROBERT A. GORDON INTELLIGENCE 24(1)203-3.
The paper can be found (not behind a pay wall) on the web.
At every level of intelligence, higher IQ correlates positively with multiple meaningful measures of achievement and quality of life.
Brian White，科学家
你问题的措辞绝对化了。我们所知道的关于人类智力、教育或行为的一切都不是绝对的，我们通过测量的统计分析来理解这些和所有其他生物科学。
从统计学上看，课堂上最聪明的人比其他人有更大的机会成为最成功的人，即使这种优势很小。
如果你比较两个智商不同的人（比如说10分），比较他们一年的活动，从统计学上看，你会发现智商较低的人所犯的错误有些多，智商高的人在重要的事情上做出的好的选择较少，在这一年里他们一般会比智商较低的人更好，随着时间的推移，错误率和好的选择的差异会累积起来，这样聪明的人就会有统计上的优势，当然这不是决定性的，然而，它在群体水平上是稳健的。
《 日常生活是一种智力测试，智力和智力环境的影响》（1997年）ROBERT A. GORDON INTELLIGENCE 24（1）203-3
这篇论文直接探讨了生活如何不断地向我们呈现测试项目，这篇论文可以在网络上找到（无需付费）。
在每一个智力水平上，较高的智商与多种有意义的成就和生活质量的测量结果呈正相关。
Bradford McCormick, Made Redundant 15 June 2018 at Self-Employment (2018-present)
This is an old question with, I think, a pretty well agreed upon answer: The ability to provide correct answers on school tests has little to do with anything in real life, beyond proving that if you hire the person they can probably dress respectably, obey orders and sit in a desk chair for a protracted period of time.
In my school there was a smart boy — who committed suicide in the 9th grade. He apparently couldn’t take the pressure. I myself have not done well in life, but I have a very nice Yale diploma.
So what matters? Things like having a daddy with money who is not cruel about how he treats his son (I knew one of those). Going to a school which encourages student self-esteem and initiative. I graduated 1st in class for the 4 years of high school from a “prep” school with no self-esteem and no expectation that I could ever amount to anything (I did not want to come back from ‘Nam in a body bag, however). Some young persons, I think, are just genetically lucky. Summer interning in a successful company and not just delivering mail to employees’ desk in-boxes but actually having some business responsibility can help. Here’s one: I know a man who dropped out of college after one year and his parents may not have had a 7th grade education. But he is now a high-power government computer consultant. His parents could as well have given birth to a Martian as far as being able to help him in life → except for one big thing: They said to him and they meant it:
“Tom, do what you believe is right. You will make mistakes. We stand behind you.”
这是一个老问题，我认为，有一个相当一致的答案：
在学校测试中提供正确答案的能力与现实生活中的任何事情都没有什么关系，除了证明如果你雇佣的这个人，他们可能会穿着体面 服从命令，并长时间坐在办公桌前。
在我的学校里有一个聪明的男孩，他在九年级时自杀了，他显然承受不了压力，我自己的生活并不好，我自己的生活也不怎么样，但我有一个非常亮眼的耶鲁文凭。
那么什么才是最重要的呢？
比如有一个有钱的父亲，他对待自己的儿子并不残忍 ( 我就知道其中一个 )，去一所鼓励学生自尊和主动性的学校。
我从一所 "预科 "学校毕业，高中4年都是班级第一名，但毫无自尊可言，也没有期望我能有所作为（不过，我可不想从越南回来时是装进尸袋的 ）。
我想，有些年轻人，只是天生的、基因上的幸运，在一家成功的公司实习一个夏天，不仅仅是把邮件送到员工的办公桌收件箱，而是真正承担一些商业责任。
我认识一个人，他大学一年后就辍学了，他的父母可能连七年级的教育都没有接受过，但他现在是一名高级政府计算机顾问，他的父母也可以生一个火星人，只要能在生活中帮助他→除了一件大事: 他们对他说，他们是认真的:
“汤姆，做你认为正确的事，你会犯错误，我们支持你。”
This is an old question with, I think, a pretty well agreed upon answer: The ability to provide correct answers on school tests has little to do with anything in real life, beyond proving that if you hire the person they can probably dress respectably, obey orders and sit in a desk chair for a protracted period of time.
In my school there was a smart boy — who committed suicide in the 9th grade. He apparently couldn’t take the pressure. I myself have not done well in life, but I have a very nice Yale diploma.
So what matters? Things like having a daddy with money who is not cruel about how he treats his son (I knew one of those). Going to a school which encourages student self-esteem and initiative. I graduated 1st in class for the 4 years of high school from a “prep” school with no self-esteem and no expectation that I could ever amount to anything (I did not want to come back from ‘Nam in a body bag, however). Some young persons, I think, are just genetically lucky. Summer interning in a successful company and not just delivering mail to employees’ desk in-boxes but actually having some business responsibility can help. Here’s one: I know a man who dropped out of college after one year and his parents may not have had a 7th grade education. But he is now a high-power government computer consultant. His parents could as well have given birth to a Martian as far as being able to help him in life → except for one big thing: They said to him and they meant it:
“Tom, do what you believe is right. You will make mistakes. We stand behind you.”
这是一个老问题，我认为，有一个相当一致的答案：
在学校测试中提供正确答案的能力与现实生活中的任何事情都没有什么关系，除了证明如果你雇佣的这个人，他们可能会穿着体面 服从命令，并长时间坐在办公桌前。
在我的学校里有一个聪明的男孩，他在九年级时自杀了，他显然承受不了压力，我自己的生活并不好，我自己的生活也不怎么样，但我有一个非常亮眼的耶鲁文凭。
那么什么才是最重要的呢？
比如有一个有钱的父亲，他对待自己的儿子并不残忍 ( 我就知道其中一个 )，去一所鼓励学生自尊和主动性的学校。
我从一所 "预科 "学校毕业，高中4年都是班级第一名，但毫无自尊可言，也没有期望我能有所作为（不过，我可不想从越南回来时是装进尸袋的 ）。
我想，有些年轻人，只是天生的、基因上的幸运，在一家成功的公司实习一个夏天，不仅仅是把邮件送到员工的办公桌收件箱，而是真正承担一些商业责任。
我认识一个人，他大学一年后就辍学了，他的父母可能连七年级的教育都没有接受过，但他现在是一名高级政府计算机顾问，他的父母也可以生一个火星人，只要能在生活中帮助他→除了一件大事: 他们对他说，他们是认真的:
“汤姆，做你认为正确的事，你会犯错误，我们支持你。”
Joe Fiore
You ask, “Why isn't the smartest person in the classroom the most successful one?” There is definitely truth to what you state. The main reason the smartest person is not the most successful one is because high intelligence does not always translate into monetary success. I’ve written about a similar issue previously. To be successful in business and especially financially, intelligence is only one part of the equation. Borrowing from my previous writings, emotional intelligence is necessary in understand and recognize their own emotions, as well as recognizing the emotions of others. High emotional intelligence allows you to manage your own emotions, while concurrently understanding what motivates others. Empathy, awareness and social skills will facilitate higher levels of emotional intelligence. As you better understand your emotions, you will become more perceptive of the emotions of others and will better understand how other people might feel. To be really successful in life you usually need strong interpersonal and interactive skills, as well as understanding and reading other people's motives, wants and desires. Therefore, intelligence will only take you so far in the realms of business or achieving monetary success. Being the smartest person in the classroom does not necessarily make you the most successful one.
你会问，“为什么课堂上最聪明的人不是最成功的?”你所说的绝对是事实。
最聪明的人不是最成功的人的主要原因是，高智商并不总是转化为金钱上的成功。
我以前也写过类似的文章，要想在商业上取得成功，尤其是财务上的成功，智力只是其中的一部分。
套用我以前写的文章：情商在理解和认识自己的情绪以及认识他人的情绪中是必要的。
高情商可以让你管理自己的情绪，同时理解别人的动机，同理心、意识和社交技能将促进更高水平的情商。
当你更好地了解自己的情绪时，你就会更加了解别人的情绪，也会更好地理解别人的感受。
要想在生活中获得真正的成功，你通常需要很强的人际交往和互动技巧，以及理解和解读他人的动机、欲望和愿望。
在商业领域或获得金钱上的成功方面，智商只能带你走一部分路，成为课堂上最聪明的人并不一定使你成为最成功的人。
You ask, “Why isn't the smartest person in the classroom the most successful one?” There is definitely truth to what you state. The main reason the smartest person is not the most successful one is because high intelligence does not always translate into monetary success. I’ve written about a similar issue previously. To be successful in business and especially financially, intelligence is only one part of the equation. Borrowing from my previous writings, emotional intelligence is necessary in understand and recognize their own emotions, as well as recognizing the emotions of others. High emotional intelligence allows you to manage your own emotions, while concurrently understanding what motivates others. Empathy, awareness and social skills will facilitate higher levels of emotional intelligence. As you better understand your emotions, you will become more perceptive of the emotions of others and will better understand how other people might feel. To be really successful in life you usually need strong interpersonal and interactive skills, as well as understanding and reading other people's motives, wants and desires. Therefore, intelligence will only take you so far in the realms of business or achieving monetary success. Being the smartest person in the classroom does not necessarily make you the most successful one.
你会问，“为什么课堂上最聪明的人不是最成功的?”你所说的绝对是事实。
最聪明的人不是最成功的人的主要原因是，高智商并不总是转化为金钱上的成功。
我以前也写过类似的文章，要想在商业上取得成功，尤其是财务上的成功，智力只是其中的一部分。
套用我以前写的文章：情商在理解和认识自己的情绪以及认识他人的情绪中是必要的。
高情商可以让你管理自己的情绪，同时理解别人的动机，同理心、意识和社交技能将促进更高水平的情商。
当你更好地了解自己的情绪时，你就会更加了解别人的情绪，也会更好地理解别人的感受。
要想在生活中获得真正的成功，你通常需要很强的人际交往和互动技巧，以及理解和解读他人的动机、欲望和愿望。
在商业领域或获得金钱上的成功方面，智商只能带你走一部分路，成为课堂上最聪明的人并不一定使你成为最成功的人。
David De Silva
Well, while the higher rate of neurosis and overthinking are common (and true) answers, I think another thing is that smart people have a harder time seeing the status quo definition of success as successful. They may see 25 year olds starting a family as someone following a societal scxt, while a more average intelligence person might be jealous of that person’s “success”. Smart people sometimes have a hard time figuring out what ultimately would make them happy, the rabble have an easy time as they just follow what others told them leads to a happy life, the smart person many times has a difficult time seeing the world in that kind of black and white way.
好吧，虽然神经衰弱和过度思考的比例较高是常见的（也是真实的）答案，但我认为另一个是，聪明人很难把成功的现状定义为成功。
他们可能会把25岁的人成家立业看成是一个遵循社会剧本的人，而一个智力比较一般的人可能会嫉妒那个人的 "成功"。
聪明的人有时很难弄清楚什么最终会让他们快乐，普通人很容易，因为他们只是按照别人告诉他们的东西去找寻快乐的生活，聪明的人很多时候很难用那种黑白分明的方式看世界。
Well, while the higher rate of neurosis and overthinking are common (and true) answers, I think another thing is that smart people have a harder time seeing the status quo definition of success as successful. They may see 25 year olds starting a family as someone following a societal scxt, while a more average intelligence person might be jealous of that person’s “success”. Smart people sometimes have a hard time figuring out what ultimately would make them happy, the rabble have an easy time as they just follow what others told them leads to a happy life, the smart person many times has a difficult time seeing the world in that kind of black and white way.
好吧，虽然神经衰弱和过度思考的比例较高是常见的（也是真实的）答案，但我认为另一个是，聪明人很难把成功的现状定义为成功。
他们可能会把25岁的人成家立业看成是一个遵循社会剧本的人，而一个智力比较一般的人可能会嫉妒那个人的 "成功"。
聪明的人有时很难弄清楚什么最终会让他们快乐，普通人很容易，因为他们只是按照别人告诉他们的东西去找寻快乐的生活，聪明的人很多时候很难用那种黑白分明的方式看世界。
Kathleen Listman, Instructional Designer
Whether of not the smartest person in the classroom is successful depends on how you define smart and success. If the smartest person is making the highest grades, that smart person is statistically likely to make more money and live longer than the other students.
However, the smartest person may not be the one with the highest grades if the smartest person is actually smarter than the teacher. The difficulty there is the tendency of humans to accept people that are noticeably different than them.
课堂上最聪明的人是否成功取决于你如何定义聪明和成功，如果最聪明的人成绩最好，那么从统计学上来说，聪明的人比其他学生更有可能赚更多的钱，活得更长。
然而，如果最聪明的人实际上比老师更聪明，那么最聪明的人可能不是得分最高的人，这里的困难在于人们倾向于接受与自己明显不同的人。
Whether of not the smartest person in the classroom is successful depends on how you define smart and success. If the smartest person is making the highest grades, that smart person is statistically likely to make more money and live longer than the other students.
However, the smartest person may not be the one with the highest grades if the smartest person is actually smarter than the teacher. The difficulty there is the tendency of humans to accept people that are noticeably different than them.
课堂上最聪明的人是否成功取决于你如何定义聪明和成功，如果最聪明的人成绩最好，那么从统计学上来说，聪明的人比其他学生更有可能赚更多的钱，活得更长。
然而，如果最聪明的人实际上比老师更聪明，那么最聪明的人可能不是得分最高的人，这里的困难在于人们倾向于接受与自己明显不同的人。
Ravi Shankara, Scientist-C at Central Silk Board (1990-present)
Can intelligence be measured by success?
As for measuring the intelligence of a person, various tests are available. Formal exams in schools and IQ tests help determine the intelligence level of a person. ... In conclusion, success of a person is the indicator of his hard work and resilience and not intelligence.
Our natural ability and talents clearly play a role in how well we perform in any walk of life; be it school or sport. Some are dealt a kinder hand than others in the lottery of life.
However, by focusing on the skills, habits and behaviours that are within one’s control, it maximises the likelihood of fulfilling one’s potential. Nothing guarantees success, but by having a positive mindset, using effective learning strategies and using feedback wisely, all students can flourish.
So both are similarly dissimilar.
智力可以用成功来衡量吗？
衡量一个人的智力，有各种测试，学校的正式考试和智商测试有助于确定一个人的智力水平......总而言之，总而言之，一个人的成功是他努力工作和适应能力的指标，而不是智力的指标。
我们的天赋能力和才能显然对我们在任何生活领域的表现起着重要作用，无论是学校还是体育，人生就像买彩票，总有些人在生活中得到的要比其他人好。
然而，通过专注于自己可以控制的技能、习惯和行为，可以最大限度地发挥一个人的潜力。
没有什么能保证成功，但只要拥有积极的心态，运用有效的学习策略，合理利用反馈，所有的学生都能茁壮成长。
这两者有相似之处。
Can intelligence be measured by success?
As for measuring the intelligence of a person, various tests are available. Formal exams in schools and IQ tests help determine the intelligence level of a person. ... In conclusion, success of a person is the indicator of his hard work and resilience and not intelligence.
Our natural ability and talents clearly play a role in how well we perform in any walk of life; be it school or sport. Some are dealt a kinder hand than others in the lottery of life.
However, by focusing on the skills, habits and behaviours that are within one’s control, it maximises the likelihood of fulfilling one’s potential. Nothing guarantees success, but by having a positive mindset, using effective learning strategies and using feedback wisely, all students can flourish.
So both are similarly dissimilar.
智力可以用成功来衡量吗？
衡量一个人的智力，有各种测试，学校的正式考试和智商测试有助于确定一个人的智力水平......总而言之，总而言之，一个人的成功是他努力工作和适应能力的指标，而不是智力的指标。
我们的天赋能力和才能显然对我们在任何生活领域的表现起着重要作用，无论是学校还是体育，人生就像买彩票，总有些人在生活中得到的要比其他人好。
然而，通过专注于自己可以控制的技能、习惯和行为，可以最大限度地发挥一个人的潜力。
没有什么能保证成功，但只要拥有积极的心态，运用有效的学习策略，合理利用反馈，所有的学生都能茁壮成长。
这两者有相似之处。
John Gerndt , former Teacher (1984-2010)
You are going to find that highly intelligent people define things themselves. Your own definition may or may not match that highly intelligent person even if you and they are of equal intelligence. A classroom is an artificial structure where a teacher and their administration assess and grade individuals. Don’t put too much emphasis on public definitions of progress and success. It does however take a strong character to define ones own goals outside of those with public support. It takes wisdom to know when to break away and when to follow the heard.
你会发现高智商的人会自己定义事物，你的定义可能与那个高智商的人匹配，也可能不匹配，即使你和他们智商相当。
课程是一种人为的结构，教师和管理人员对个人进行评估和分级。
不要过分强调进步和成功的公共定义，然而，除了那些得到公众支持的目标之外，确定自己的目标确实需要一个坚强的性格，知道什么时候脱离，什么时候该跟随所听到的，这需要智慧。
You are going to find that highly intelligent people define things themselves. Your own definition may or may not match that highly intelligent person even if you and they are of equal intelligence. A classroom is an artificial structure where a teacher and their administration assess and grade individuals. Don’t put too much emphasis on public definitions of progress and success. It does however take a strong character to define ones own goals outside of those with public support. It takes wisdom to know when to break away and when to follow the heard.
你会发现高智商的人会自己定义事物，你的定义可能与那个高智商的人匹配，也可能不匹配，即使你和他们智商相当。
课程是一种人为的结构，教师和管理人员对个人进行评估和分级。
不要过分强调进步和成功的公共定义，然而，除了那些得到公众支持的目标之外，确定自己的目标确实需要一个坚强的性格，知道什么时候脱离，什么时候该跟随所听到的，这需要智慧。
Alex Ti, B. Sc. Chemistry, Simón Bolívar University
According to Lieberman is his book “the molecule of more” achievement is closely correlated to dopamine, this neurotransmitter drives almost every living being forward, it the molecule that makes us want more.
intelligence is not even proven what causes it, might be mor number of neurons, more density of them, more interconnections, other genes, etc
so being intelligent doesn’t mean you’ll be driven to wealth, which is what almost all of us use as a measure of success
根据利伯曼的书《想要更多的分子》，成就与多巴胺密切相关，这种神经递质驱动着几乎所有生物前进，它是让我们想要更多的分子。
智力甚至还没有被证明是什么导致了它，可能是更多的神经元，更打的密度，更多的相互联系，其他基因，等等。
所以聪明并不意味着你会被驱动去获得财富，而财富是几乎所有人用来衡量成功的标准。
According to Lieberman is his book “the molecule of more” achievement is closely correlated to dopamine, this neurotransmitter drives almost every living being forward, it the molecule that makes us want more.
intelligence is not even proven what causes it, might be mor number of neurons, more density of them, more interconnections, other genes, etc
so being intelligent doesn’t mean you’ll be driven to wealth, which is what almost all of us use as a measure of success
根据利伯曼的书《想要更多的分子》，成就与多巴胺密切相关，这种神经递质驱动着几乎所有生物前进，它是让我们想要更多的分子。
智力甚至还没有被证明是什么导致了它，可能是更多的神经元，更打的密度，更多的相互联系，其他基因，等等。
所以聪明并不意味着你会被驱动去获得财富，而财富是几乎所有人用来衡量成功的标准。
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