[jamesseda]

How can you contradict that the mechanic is better at analyzing car problems and riddles, while being worse at IQ tests?

[crystalis]

> high-IQ soldiers (and mechanics and carpenters) do better, on average, than their low-IQ counterparts.

Note that 'on average'.

[TeHCrAzY]

You are mistaking knowledge and experience for intelligence.

[jamesseda]

What Is Intelligence, Anyway?

[TeHCrAzY]

I don't know, but I see it as distinctly different from knowledge/experience. ie. A surgeon would be much more likely to be able to learn to be a mechanic, than vice versa.

[ars]

A measure of how quickly (and how well) you can gain Knowledge and Experience.