Ever since my brother Charles was diagnosed to be a gifted child all he

自從我弟弟查爾斯被診斷出是個天才兒童之後

talked about were IQ and intelligence research. W high IQ apparently strongly

談到的是智商和智力研究。W高智商顯然強烈

predicts good grades, a good career, and even health and mortality and stuff. His

預測了好成績，好事業，甚至健康和死亡什麼的。他的

favorite story is Kim Ung-Yong a Korean with an official IQ of 210. Just six

最喜歡的故事是金宇勇一個官方智商210的韓國人。僅僅六歲

months old he was already speaking fluent Korean and at age 3 wrote essays

幾個月大的時候就能說一口流利的韓語，3歲的時候就能寫文章了。

in German and English. Then he would hug Charles and look at me with this

用德語和英語。然後他就會抱著查爾斯，用這種眼神看著我。

question in his face. I hated that I wondered if I could reach my little

他臉上的問題。我恨恨地想，我不知道能不能夠到我那小小的

brother in anything? When I was young me and my dad were best buddies.

兄弟在什麼地方？小時候，我和我爸是最好的哥們兒。

He never even cared much about IQ or G or whatever. When my brother started

他甚至從來都不太在意智商、G值什麼的。當我弟弟開始

reading at just 2 years old everything changed. Suddenly I was forgotten and

讀書時只有2歲，一切都變了。突然間，我被遺忘了

soon after I was the slow one. Once when I got a C in math he didn't even look at

不久後，我就是那個慢的人。有一次我的數學得了C，他連看都不看一眼

my paper and just told Charles that an ape is believed to have an IQ of 40. I

我的論文，只是告訴查爾斯，一個猿人被認為有一個40的智商。I

hated his sarcasm. Once at dinner when he started talking about intelligence or "G"

討厭他的諷刺。有一次在吃飯的時候，當他開始談論智力或 "G"

he'd say - G stands for general intelligence and scientists say it

他會說--G代表一般的智力，科學家說它是

exists because apparently most IQ tests correlate - whatever - he was talking

存在，因為顯然大多數智商測試相關 - 什麼 - 他說的是。

about it and then drew up this graph on a piece of paper saying: "look boy this is

然後在一張紙上畫了這個圖說，"看，孩子，這是

the distribution of intelligence of all people in town 0.1% of people will have

全鎮人的智力分佈 0.1%的人將擁有

an IQ of 55 or below, 2% have an IQ between 55 to 70, 14% between 70 and 85,

智商在55或以下，2%的人智商在55至70之間，14%的人在70至85之間。

34% will score between 85 and the average which is set at a hundred.

34%的人會在85分和平均分之間，平均分定在100分。

Thirty-four have an IQ between 100 and 115 and 14% between 115 to 132.

34人的智商在100到115之間，14%在115到132之間。

2% have an IQ higher than 130 and only 0.1% will have an IQ of a genius of 145 or

2%的人智商高於130，只有0.1%的人會有145以上的天才智商。

above, like your little brother." I told him I'm not interested. I guess I

上面，像你的小弟弟一樣。"我告訴他我不感興趣。我想我

shouldn't have. He exploded "Not interested? Do you know what this all means

不該有的。他爆發了 "不感興趣？你知道這一切意味著什麼嗎？

boy?" He turned the paper around and started all over: "It means that if you

小夥子？"他把紙轉了過來，從頭開始。 "這意味著，如果你

take 1,000 people then one has some form of mental

一千個人中就有一個人有精神疾病

retardation, which means trouble living alone. 20 will have difficulty reading

遲鈍，這意味著難以獨自生活。20人會有閱讀困難

the map. 140 can perform simple tasks at work but cannot qualify to become a

的地圖。140可以在工作中完成簡單的任務，但不能有資格成為一名。

soldier in the US Army. 340 probably finished high school and another 340

美軍的阿兵哥。340人可能完成了高中學業，另外340人

will go to college. Maybe 140 can do a Ph.D. and later work as surgeons. 20 are

會上大學。也許140人可以讀博士，以後做外科醫生。20個是

capable of producing a significant scientific work and only one will make

能夠做出重大科學作品，只有一個人能夠做出。

it into an Ivy League college like MIT where the average IQ is 145. Your little

進入像麻省理工學院這樣的常春藤大學，平均智商是145。你的小

brother got an IQ higher than that!" A few weeks later was career day at my

弟弟的智商比這還高！"幾周後是職業日，在我的

school. Some people in suits showed up and told us about a new form of

學校。一些西裝革履的人出現了，並告訴我們一種新的形式。

cognitive assessment we could be doing which would help us find the right job.

我們可以進行認知評估，這將有助於我們找到合適的工作。

The technical term is the Wechsler IQ score. When I heard the words IQ I got

專業術語是韋氏智商評分。當我聽到IQ這兩個字的時候，我就

completely sweaty hands my heart started racing. This could be the moment of truth.

完全出汗的手，我的心臟開始加速。這可能是真理的時刻。

Then one woman started speaking. She told us that we are now going to take a test

然後一個女人開始說話。她告訴我們，我們現在要參加一個考試

and just 1 week later we all get the results with some specific ideas about

而就在1周後，我們都得到了結果，有了一些具體的想法，關於

our future career path. She said it takes only 90 minutes and measures our

我們未來的職業道路。她說，它只需要90分鐘，並測量我們的

intelligence in the following four areas: perceptual reasoning, verbal

在以下四個方面的智力：知覺推理、言語

comprehension, working memory and processing speed. The assessment was

理解力、工作記憶力和處理速度。評估的內容是

voluntary and my friend instantly stood up to leave the class, showing what he

自願，我的朋友立刻站起來離開了班級，顯示出他的。

thought about this whole thing. My heart still racing I wasn't sure what

想到這整個事情。我的心還在跳動，我不知道該怎麼做

to do and kept seated. Our teacher then handed out some questions, when she

要做，並一直坐著。然後我們的老師發了一些題，當她

passed by my table she simply said: "you gonna do fine here". I don't think

經過我的桌子，她只是說，"你在這裡會做得很好"。我不認為

she realized this but I was so happy to hear her say that! Maybe I'm not all that

她意識到這一點，但我很高興聽到她這樣說!也許我不是那麼

bad at these stupid IQ tests? Maybe it's a day that I can actually show my dad

在這些愚蠢的智商測試中很糟糕？也許有一天，我可以真正展示我的爸爸。

who I really am? What shall I do? I was so ready to show my dad that I'm no idiot, I

我到底是誰？我該怎麼辦呢？我已經做好了準備，要讓我爸知道我不是傻子，我。

decided to stay. I turned the first page over it read the

決定留下來。我翻開第一頁，上面寫著

following: perceptual reasoning is the ability to think and reason with visual

以下：感性推理是指用視覺進行思考和推理的能力。

information. It is the ability to see what is being asked and to organize

資訊的能力。它是看清所問內容的能力，並能組織

information in our heads through images. The first question was: When folded into

通過影像在我們的腦海中傳遞信息。第一個問題是。當摺疊成

a cube, which of the following corners would touch corner A? D, B, E or C? I tried

一個立方體，以下哪個角會觸及角A？ D、B、E還是C？我試過

to fold the cube in my head and - yeah it worked!

在我的腦海中摺疊立方體，然後--是的，它成功了!

It must be "D". The second section was about working memory: our ability to keep

一定是 "D"。第二部分是關於工作記憶：我們保持

several chunks of information in our mind simultaneously. One of the questions

在我們的腦海中同時出現幾個資訊塊。其中一個問題是

was: what is the next number in the series: 4, 12, 6, 9, 8, 6 ?

是：下一個數字是什麼系列。4, 12, 6, 9, 8, 6 ?

There were four options: 6, 5, 10 or 12

有四個選項。6、5、10或12

The trick here was to put all the

這裡的技巧是把所有的

digits in my head and look for a pattern: 4 X 6 X 8 X which means the next would

在我的腦海中尋找一個模式：4 X 6 X 8 X，這意味著下一個將是。

be 10! The third section was verbal comprehension, which measures our ability

是10!第三部分是言語理解，衡量我們的能力的是

to access vocabulary, express ourselves in a meaningful manner and apply

詞彙，有意義地表達自己的觀點，並應用於以下方面

reasoning skills to information presented verbally. In the first

推理能力到口頭呈現的資訊。在第一種情況下

question it said: what is the difference between the words "refuted" an "irrefutable"?

它說的問題："駁斥 "和 "不可辯駁 "這兩個詞有什麼區別？

Do they have similar meanings, have contradicting meanings or mean neither

它們是否有相似的含義，是否有矛盾的含義，或者兩者都沒有含義。

the same nor the opposite? They must have contradicting meanings! The fourth

相同也不相反？它們的含義一定是矛盾的!第四種

section was about processing speed: the pace at which we take in new information

部分是關於處理速度：我們接受新資訊的速度。

and make sense of it in order to prepare a response. One of the questions asked

並理清思路，以便準備對策。其中一個問題是

was: what is the 12th letter of the alphabet is it: T, L, R or B? I realized

是：英文字母表的第12個字母是什麼呢。T, L, R還是B?我意識到

I had to rule out all the options that didn't look right,

我不得不排除所有看起來不合適的選項。

counting would have taken way too long, L is the right answer! I had completed all

數數的時間太長了，L是正確的答案!我已經完成了所有的

of the 50 questions in time and I was very relieved. In the end, the woman said:

的50道題，我很欣慰。最後，該女子說。

"A lot of research over the last century went into the IQ test we had just taken

"上個世紀的很多研究，都用在了我們剛才的智商測試上了

and there is convincing evidence that our intelligence is mainly a product of

而且有令人信服的證據表明，我們的智力主要是一個產品的

our genes. There is an estimate of a heritability range from

我們的基因。據估計，遺傳性範圍從

50% to 90% although the environment also matters,"

50%到90%，雖然環境也很重要，"

she continued: "especially negative influences during your childhood like

她繼續說，"特別是在你的童年時期的消極影響，如

infectious disease, malnutrition, air pollution, or led in the paint of your

傳染病、營養不良、空氣汙染，或你的油漆中含有鉛。

walls at home. These things can reduce your IQ forever." She explained that it's

家裡的牆壁。這些東西會永遠降低你的智商。"她解釋說，這是

because during the prenatal period and early years of life a child's brain

因為在產前和出生後的幾年裡，孩子的腦部

consumes a huge part of the body's energy to grow, and if the body was under

消耗了身體大量的能量來生長，如果身體在下

attack it cannot support the brain's growth to its full potential. In other

攻擊，它不能支持大腦的生長，以充分發揮其潛力。在其他

words you were born with a pretty fixed IQ. Good parents and schools can keep the

話說你天生智商就很固定。好的父母和學校可以讓你的

IQ at its genetically predefined level and maybe increase it a bit, negative

智商在其基因預設的水準上，也許會提高一點，負的

influences, however, can surely reduce it a lot. "I am just saying this" she closed

影響，但是，肯定可以減少很多。"我只是說說而已 "她閉

"because if you are getting your results next week and you are not happy with

"因為如果你得到你的結果 下週，你不滿意，

your score or our recommendation, then know, that there is little you can do

你的分數或我們的建議，然後知道，有一點你可以做的

about that. Even if you practice for years or continue school indefinitely,

關於這一點。即使你修行多年或無限期地繼續上學。

it's almost impossible to improve your score by more than 10 points. Just think

幾乎不可能提高10分以上的分數。想想看

about that before you open that envelope. You don't have to." When the envelope was

在你打開那個信封之前，關於那個。你不必這樣做。" 當信封被

handed to me a week later I got excited to open it. I took a deep breath, but

一週後遞給我，我興奮地打開它。我深吸了一口氣，但

before I ripped the cover apart I halted- do I really want this? Why do I care so

在我撕開蓋子之前，我停了下來--我真的想要這個嗎？為什麼我這麼在意

much? Do I really want to compete with my brother? And if so what does this prove?

多嗎？我真的要和哥哥競爭嗎？如果是，這又證明了什麼？

There are so many aspects of my life that matter more than my measured

在我的生活中，有很多方面比我的測量更重要。

intelligence. I'm probably no genius but I know I did well. But more importantly I

智慧。我可能不是天才，但我知道我做得很好。但更重要的是，我

know that I don't need to prove anything to anyone! I decided not to open the

知道我不需要向任何人證明什麼!我決定不打開

envelope and I loved this new idea of myself - free from these limitations!

包絡，我喜歡這種新的自己的想法--擺脫這些限制!

I felt like I had grown up. Now when I heard my father speak all proud about

我覺得自己已經長大了。 現在，當我聽到父親驕傲地說起... ...

Charles, I just smiled. I realized that it's not that he loved him more, no my

查爾斯，我只是笑了笑。我意識到，不是他更愛他，不是我的。

brother just gave my dad the chance to get attention, to be someone. He's the dad

哥哥只是給了我爸爸一個機會，讓他得到關注，成為一個人。他是爸爸

of a genius and not just another middle manager at the bank on middle street.

而不是中街銀行的另一箇中層經理。

A few years later I dropped out of college and started my own company and

幾年後，我從大學退學，成立了自己的公司，並。

soon after fell in love with a wonderful woman and also started a family. My

不久後就和一個優秀的女人相愛了，也組建了家庭。我的

brother is now a professor at a famous university, but never found the right

哥哥現在是名牌大學的教授，但一直沒有找到合適的人選。

girl and like many very smart people suffers from depressions.

女孩，和很多很聰明的人一樣，患有抑鬱症。

My dad doesn't care so much about IQ anymore, he's now a proud grandfather.

我爸爸已經不那麼在乎智商了，他現在是個驕傲的爺爺。

They say it takes intelligence to know how to do things right but wisdom to do

有人說，知道如何做正確的事情是需要智慧的，但要做的是智慧的事情

the right thing. Leaving that envelope closed was the best decision of my life!

正確的事情。關上那個信封是我一生中最正確的決定!

Here are five questions from a real IQ test, you've got five seconds each. When

這裡有五道真實的智商測試題，每道題你有五秒鐘的時間。當...

you are done post your answers in the comments: Good luck!

你做了在評論中發佈你的答案。祝你們好運！

1. A package of gift cards has a length of eight centimeters a width of four

1.一包禮品卡的長度為8釐米，寬度為4釐米。

centimeters and a volume of 64 centimeters cubed. What is the height of

釐米，體積為64釐米的立方體。那麼它的高度是多少呢？

the box?

盒子？

2. Some Bargles are Chongos and some Chongos are Munhattsens. Are

2.有些Bargles是Chongos，有些Chongos是Munhattsens。是

some Bargles definitely Munhattsens? Yes or No?

有些巴格爾絕對是蒙哈頓？是或不是？

3. Max needed to get seven

3.Max需要得到7個

new doors from the home improvement store for his house. His car could only

他的房子從家裝店買了新門。他的車只能

hold two doors at once. How many times did max have to visit the

一下子拿住兩扇門Max要去多少次？

store? 2, 4, 7, 8 or 9?

店？2、4、7、8或9?

4. Art is to wall as cup is to: handle, coffee, cupboard, rim, nail?

4.藝術之於牆，就像杯子之於：把手、咖啡、櫃子、邊框、釘子？

5. what is the missing number in the series: 1, 16, 81 blank 625, 1296?

5.系列中缺少的數字是什麼。1, 16, 81 空625, 1296?

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