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When you think about IQ, you might think about scientists like Einstein,
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or about nerds who'd rather read an academic paper than talk to another human being.
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But I'm going to tell you about some of the strangest things that have been found to correlate with IQ,
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including in our own giant IQ study involving over 3 ,000 people and in the work of other researchers.
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So what is IQ?
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Well, it's a standardized score that's designed to test cognitive ability, essentially what intelligence tasks measured in a lab have in common.
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So if you give people a wide range of intelligence tasks, let's say logic puzzles, math,
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spelling, vocabulary, and then you calculate a score that best predicts your performance at all of these different tasks, that's a measure of IQ.
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It doesn't necessarily predict how good you are socially or morally
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or whether you're good at the sort of things that hunter -gatherers tended to be good at.
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Now as we all know, a formless void serves the mechanics of destiny and interdependence is an unparalleled element of all experience.
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But what I just said is total pseudo -profound bullshit.
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And fascinatingly, in our study, when we gave people statements like these and asked them to rate how profound they are,
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higher IQ people tend to rate them as less profound.
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In other words, they seemed better at calling out bullshit.
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Perhaps this is because people with higher IQs are less likely to assume
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that just because they don't understand something that it's actually meaningful.
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If you watch intellectuals on podcasts, you'll actually see this quite a bit.
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They'll say something that sounds profound, but doesn't really have any meaning.
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And the audience, not understanding it, assumes that it must be really deep and gives them the benefit of the doubt.
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When you hear things like this, I recommend deep diving and saying, well, what does this mean really?
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As the second child born in my family, I find this next one especially interesting.
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IQ is actually associated with being the firstborn child.
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It's debated why this is, but one theory is that it has to do with parental investment.
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If you only have one child, you can devote more time to raising them.
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And time -use surveys suggest that this might actually be the case, that parents put more time into raising their firstborn child.
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So perhaps this extra parental investment leads a child to have higher IQ over time.
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We're not talking about a huge difference here, we're just talking about a few IQ points, but it's interesting that there's a difference at all.
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Next, I want to tell you about one of the funniest correlations we found in our giant study of IQ.
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Who do you think has higher IQs on average?
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People who believe they can figure out solutions to societal problems, or people who believe they can't figure out solutions to societal problems?
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Well, it turns out in our study, people who believe they can't figure out solutions to societal problems actually tended to have higher IQs,
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perhaps because they were more aware of how incredibly difficult it is to figure out those kinds of solutions.
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You might think that the explanation for this is the Dunning -Kruger effect.
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People sometimes mistakenly think that the Dunning -Kruger effect is that lower -skilled people think that they're better than higher -skilled people,
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but that's actually not what it is.
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The Dunning -Kruger effect says that lower -skilled people tend to overestimate their ability,
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not that they tend to think their ability is higher than higher -skilled people.
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So this is different than the Dunning -Kruger effect.
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There's a stereotype that nerdy people are more intelligent and more likely to wear glasses.
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And many people believe that wearing glasses gives you an air of being intelligent.
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Fascinatingly though, when a study tested this idea by showing faces of people either with glasses or without,
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people did not perceive them as being more intelligent when they had glasses.
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But, perhaps surprisingly, there actually is a link between IQ and nearsightedness.
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In other words, people who wear glasses probably are a little bit higher IQ on average.
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Why on earth would there be a link between IQ and nearsightedness though?
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Well, there's a couple different theories.
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One theory is that nearsightedness is actually linked to the amount of light exposure you get when you're young.
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So if higher IQ children are more likely to stay indoors rather than spending outdoor time playing,
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this could actually possibly explain why they tend to be more nearsighted.
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Another theory is that nearsightedness is linked to close -up work such as reading or studying.
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If that's the case, that could also help explain why higher IQ children tend to be more nearsighted.
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So far, the correlations we've talked about might be interesting, but they're not useful.
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So are there useful IQ correlations that can help us guide how to live our lives?
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Well, there are actual useful IQ links that can guide our choices.
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One is toxins, such as lead poisoning, especially in children, which have been linked to lower IQs.
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Two, sleep apnea.
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If you wake up not feeling rested and you snore really loudly,
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you may want to get checked out by a doctor because sleep apnea is actually treatable.
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Three is high blood pressure especially as an older adult.
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High blood pressure is linked to a reduction in IQ over time.
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The fourth perhaps most surprisingly is adult hearing loss.
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When older adults lose their hearing it tends to precede reductions in IQ.
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We don't know for sure that it's causal
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but I think it's worth being aware of and treating your hearing loss is good for other reasons as well.
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There's also the other category, which are positive choices that are linked to higher IQ.
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That includes getting proper nutrition, especially as a child.
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It also includes boring but incredibly important things like having a healthy diet and exercising regularly.
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As a caveat here, we can't always be certain about the causal role that these things play.
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For instance, it's known that worse childhood nutrition is linked to lower IQ, but that could be because of other factors.
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Like maybe childhood poverty is linked both to worse nutrition and to lower IQ.
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All of that being said, I think for a number of these, we have pretty good reason to think that there is a causal role,
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especially things like head trauma and high blood pressure.
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However, the most important thing to know about cognitive ability, in my opinion, is
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that you can get better at absolutely any task you choose simply by practicing it and getting good feedback.
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You don't need to improve your IQ in order to get better at anything you care about.
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Someone who's diligently studied math for 10 years is absolutely going
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to blow out of the water at math someone who has 10 IQ points higher who hasn't studied math at all.
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What about beliefs?
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Are there any interesting correlations between IQ and what people believe?
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Well, fascinatingly, higher IQ people tend to be less religious.
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It's not known why this is.
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There's different theories.
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Most people in the world are born into a religion and most people stay with whatever religion they're born into.
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So it's possible that what's going on here is
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that higher IQ people are simply more likely to question whatever belief system they're born into.
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It's also interesting that higher IQ people tend to be more likely to support the free speech of people they disagree with.
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Even if they oppose what a group stands for, whether it's Christian fundamentalists or neo -Nazis,
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they're more likely to express support for that group being able to express their opinions, hold public demonstrations, and be involved in public debates.
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what about things that you'd expect to be correlated with iq
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but actually aren't well one of the strangest is that you think
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that people with higher iqs would tend to be happier
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because they tend to be wealthier they tend to be better at getting certain types of jobs
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and in theory they should be able to problem solve better in their lives
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but in fact there is no link between iq and life satisfaction
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or happiness this is a genuine mystery that nobody has really resolved.
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If IQ is about being able to use your mind to effectively achieve goals,
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then why does it fail at getting people the thing that almost everyone wants?
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But this shows very clearly that IQ is very far from giving you everything you want in life.
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It doesn't even give you happiness.
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A lot of people also expect that IQ is linked to conscientiousness or diligence or hard work or being organized.
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But actually, studies tend to find that has either no correlation or a very small negative correlation.
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It might be the case that people who are more conscientious tend to seem smarter.
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Maybe they're more diligent about studying.
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Maybe they have more knowledge.
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Maybe they're more likely to stay in school, but they don't actually have higher IQs.
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Those that say IQ is meaningless are actually just scientifically wrong.
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It predicts lots of interesting things, but IQ is also very far from everything that matters it can't even predict how happy you are.
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If you're interested in using psychology to improve your life, I'd love it if you check out my new book, The 12 Levers.
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My co -author and I deep dive on over 100 self -improvement books and over 20 types of therapy.
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And every time they give a method or technique, we extracted it.
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And through analyzing that, we came to a surprising conclusion.
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And in the book, The 12
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节口语课以视频“The Strangest Things that Correlate with IQ”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：higher, tend, linked, likely。 这段视频共有 117 个句子、1672 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 8:41。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 193 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 83% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中 15 个值得学习的单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| correlation 名词 | /ˌkɔɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ | 相关性 |
| skill 名词 | /skɪl/ | 技巧, 技能 |
| predict 动词 | /pɹɪˈdɪkt/ | 預言 /预言 |
| intelligent 形容词 | /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/ | 聰明 /聪明, 聰慧 /聪慧 |
| dive 动词 | /daɪv/ | 潛水 /潜水 |
| nutrition 名词 | /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/ | 營養 /营养 |
| belief 名词 | /bɪˈliːf/ | 相信, 信心 |
| happiness 名词 | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | 幸福, 快樂 /快乐 |
| reduction 名词 | /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/ | 還原 /还原, 還原作用 /还原作用 |
| psychology 名词 | /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | 心理學 /心理学 |
| cognitive 形容词 | /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ | 認知的 /认知的 |
| surprisingly 副词 | /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/ | 竟, 竟然 |
| necessarily 副词 | /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/ | 必然地, 必定地 |
| technique 名词 | /tɛkˈniːk/ | 技術 /技术, 技巧 |
| element 名词 | /ˈɛləmənt/ | 要素 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| figure out 动词 | 弄清楚 | |
| check out 动词 | 退房 | |
| wake up 动词 | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | 醒, 醒來 /醒来 |
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | have been found · is actually associated · is actually linked |
| 定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物 | People who believe · people who wear · children, which have |
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | have been found · we've talked · have been linked |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 32 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 they're, can't, don't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: math /mæθ/, wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: correlation /ˌkɔɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, nutrition /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/, reduction /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, exposure /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: correlation /ˌkɔɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: dive /daɪv/, cognitive /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/, poverty /ˈpɑːvɚti/, solve /sɒlv/, involve /ɪnˈvɑlv/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: math /mæθ/, predict /pɹɪˈdɪkt/, profound /pɹəˈfaʊnd/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, dive /daɪv/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: correlation /ˌkɔɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/, parental /pəˈɹɛn.təl/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/
如何用这段视频练习
- 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 correlation, skill, predict 这类单词。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。