>>12086525I do not believe this. IQ literature also doesn't coincide with this, corroborated by prevalence of Dunning-Kruger syndrome.
Low IQ people often have very high opinions of their abilities (wrongly), so their failure to make novel discoveries or inventions isn't a result of insecurities, but rather genuine inability. For people below an IQ of 85, to train them in a novel task takes twice as long as training someone with an IQ of 90, which takes 50% longer than training someone with an IQ of 95, which takes 50% longer than someone with an IQ of 100. To achieve the same level of competency. If you had unlimited time and resources, you could probably condition someone with a low IQ to make novel discoveries and inventions, but in the absence of those conditions, it's not worth it since you can find someone to make the same discoveries faster and more cheaply.
