Originally Posted by ultramarina
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And that there are also adults who were identified at an early age as gifted, based on a high IQ score (which is really nothing more than a very good but not infallible predictor of later gifted development), but who never later blossomed into extraordinary achievers or performers.

Ah. So if we don't "blossom," we aren't smart anymore?
Someone who does well on an IQ test but never achieves anything may have been lucky on the day he took the IQ test and never have been that smart to begin with. He also may have had bad luck later on. Few people would find objectionable the related idea that someone who did poorly on an IQ test but later did brilliant work had his IQ understated by the test.