Sports and IQ

The high IQ individual holds the same relationship with the average person as does a sports star.

The average person can do nearly everything a sports start can do, except the sports star can do it faster, stronger, or with more finesse. Some of these qualities may come about from training and some from genetics. The same holds for intelligence, the average person can do everything a high IQ individual can do except the high IQ individual can do it faster with more finesse, and just like sports some of this ability may come from training and some from genetics.

The key point here is that despite existence of gifted people, intelligence and IQ are not static.

John G.