tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post8583030083394968805..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Chief Executives: brainpower, personality, and heightSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1852909437451537852015-05-22T07:46:24.238-04:002015-05-22T07:46:24.238-04:00Wow | what a wonderful blog it is. To use body bui...Wow | what a wonderful blog it is. To use body buildo also can be a very good alternative to use for height increment. This link can be also helpful to get more info – <br />http://www.bodybuildoindia.coOmi Bakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-66096822133976268182015-05-22T07:45:59.503-04:002015-05-22T07:45:59.503-04:00Wow what an informative blog it is! Really in this...Wow what an informative blog it is! Really in this competitive era to be healthy, fine and having good personality is the blasting need. Step up height increaser indeed helps in it. This link will be much helpful in gaining good height – http://www.stepupheightincreaser.coOmi Bakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-6798140315876719842015-01-14T02:39:37.008-05:002015-01-14T02:39:37.008-05:00I see. My knowledge is based on MDs that have stud...I see. My knowledge is based on MDs that have studied in Sweden, Denmark or Poland. Sorry to hear that the Norwegian has started to discriminate consciously.Patrik1988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-5242773028912880212015-01-13T01:48:53.228-05:002015-01-13T01:48:53.228-05:00Thanks for correcting me; it seems that (at most) ...Thanks for correcting me; it seems that (at most) 1/3 of Swedes get into med-school based on a test now (dunno what it looks like). The rest based on grades or other more nebulous criteria (a fraction are even admitted based on relevant work experience at some unis). Seems like there is some affirmative action for foreigners too, even Norwegians.<br /><br />My source was the association for Endre Bakken Stovnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-48794176178718530292014-10-15T06:27:57.603-04:002014-10-15T06:27:57.603-04:00There is strong consensus that the structured inte...There is strong consensus that the structured interview business people <br />score best at is airy fairy nonsense. Dark Triads are good at playing <br />along, saying the right buzz words etc. But only 115 in IQ - that's <br />gotta hurt.Paradigmo Incognitonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-19917004327374841112014-10-06T23:54:07.025-04:002014-10-06T23:54:07.025-04:00Agree--it's not so much about capitalism, but ...Agree--it's not so much about capitalism, but about having a meritocratic system. China had a vast and extensive system of examinations that selected for the brightest, or at least the most knowledgeable (who, everything else being equal, might tend to be smarter than those who lack knowledge and skills--the poor often had the means to obtain education in ancient China). And no one would say aseussnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-20140568995723526272014-10-06T23:46:14.218-04:002014-10-06T23:46:14.218-04:00The USMLE is a joke--American medical students hav...The USMLE is a joke--American medical students have to pass the first two (most important) parts before they graduate, but then have at least 4 years of residency to actually learn how to practice medicine. It's understood that the important and relevant exams are those for board certification. The lower pass rate for foreign graduates has as much to do with poor language ability as it _may_ aseussnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-19154219584356943712014-10-06T13:31:45.975-04:002014-10-06T13:31:45.975-04:00Although your spelling is vulnerable to criticism,...Although your spelling is vulnerable to criticism, I think your essential point is valid.5371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1507945350528186672014-10-06T12:52:59.117-04:002014-10-06T12:52:59.117-04:00Try to rationalize this finding.
Business and poli...Try to rationalize this finding.<br />Business and politics are about manipulation of mind of average people to buy into their ideas and products. It take one to know one. Dump people understand dump people better since they often reach the same conclusion about many things in the world. So Lower mental ability actually is advantage in the world of business and poltics since their words make AGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-43446717767862400722014-10-06T12:44:34.747-04:002014-10-06T12:44:34.747-04:00Higher standard for US physicians reflect higher q...Higher standard for US physicians reflect higher quality of US medical system. Over 90% US medical graduates pass USMLE while foreign medical graduates pass less than 50% of the same test.AGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-88356888378633425582014-10-06T12:39:22.906-04:002014-10-06T12:39:22.906-04:00Lower left = lower V, lower M (e.g., business, law...Lower left = lower V, lower M (e.g., business, law)<br /><br />LOL. New respect for people in bussiness and law. However, people with low V and low M are running the world from CEO, Politician (most with law degrees). What a sad world?AGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-89733575008388193042014-10-05T06:43:24.072-04:002014-10-05T06:43:24.072-04:00The "This" in the last sentence refers t...The "This" in the last sentence refers to differences in intelligence between doctors in the US and Scandinavia (dunno why Disqus won't let me emend my post).Endre Bakken Stovnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-30346205628134129862014-10-05T05:59:47.150-04:002014-10-05T05:59:47.150-04:00I doubt that capitalism has got much to do with it...I doubt that capitalism has got much to do with it.<br /><br /><br />In Scandinavia, you get into med-school straight from high-school, based on HS grades. HS grades here are on a five/six point scale where the ceiling is low. Furthermore, there is a great difference between HS schools in what it takes to get a good grade. So getting into med school here is probably a question of being very Endre Bakken Stovnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-26953746368416791282014-10-05T03:41:23.882-04:002014-10-05T03:41:23.882-04:00Have you interested yourself in the question wheth...Have you interested yourself in the question whether the brain size of every species triples every 4 million years?5371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-81069182987120153142014-10-05T03:40:19.011-04:002014-10-05T03:40:19.011-04:00Since you've made up all your data, I'm no...Since you've made up all your data, I'm not very surprised that it fits a convenient formula.5371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-85838006918424845822014-10-04T12:50:46.642-04:002014-10-04T12:50:46.642-04:00Performance beyond a certain level in the vast maj...<i>Performance beyond a certain level in the vast majority of fields (and business is certainly one of them) is principally a function of having no cognitive and personal qualities which fall below a (high, but not insanely high) hygene threshold -- and then multiplied by determination, of course.</i><br /><br />This person is probably confusing a low correlation with a threshold effect. The Pumpkinperson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-34800230430700963762014-10-04T12:25:38.975-04:002014-10-04T12:25:38.975-04:00I did attend Merton's class on continuous time...I did attend Merton's class on continuous time finance (option pricing theory) and I also once dated an HBS girl. I could see their campus across the Charles from the window of my Dunster House apartment.steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-13313786591864224482014-10-04T12:21:27.630-04:002014-10-04T12:21:27.630-04:00Ah, thanks. I should've realized it was probab...Ah, thanks. I should've realized it was probably an excerpt from someone else because I was thinking "funny that Steve often gives anecdotes about Caltech but this is the first I've seen him mention going to HBS."Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-11377933962982915052014-10-04T12:08:40.777-04:002014-10-04T12:08:40.777-04:00In the U.S. medical doctors average about IQ 125 a...In the U.S. medical doctors average about IQ 125 and my analysis of Fortune 500 CEOS suggests the same:<br /><br /><br />http://brainsize.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/the-iqs-of-fortune-500-ceos/<br /><br /><br /><br />Both doctors and CEOS are thus probably 10 IQ points smarter in the U.S. and that's probably because IQ and success is more positively correlated in more capitalist economies (the Pumpkinperson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-82776464411147981282014-10-04T12:07:06.263-04:002014-10-04T12:07:06.263-04:00Note I didn't write that excerpt -- I'm no...Note I didn't write that excerpt -- I'm not an HBS grad!<br /><br />But I imagine he may have had IP/patent law in mind.steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-54822717796252887772014-10-04T10:39:09.136-04:002014-10-04T10:39:09.136-04:00Steve, I'm curious which areas of law you rega...Steve, I'm curious which areas of law you regard as rich intellectual pastures?Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-38667672370044678842014-10-04T04:47:33.879-04:002014-10-04T04:47:33.879-04:00Seems a little low but the relative cognitive, non...Seems a little low but the relative cognitive, non-cognitive and height relationships are about what I'd expect. There's some ceiling effect - 16.1% of large company CEOs hit the ceiling. If we use the standard deviations from pg. 39 then we can back out a mean large company CEO cognitive ability of 1.3 SDs from the mean (assuming normality).<br /><br />"The largest deviation from Corneliusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-16416374751446110552014-10-03T16:25:06.697-04:002014-10-03T16:25:06.697-04:00They gave averages for each group on page 10:
The...They gave averages for each group on page 10:<br /><br />The average member of the population has a cognitive ability score of 5.2., a non-cognitive ability score of 5.1, and is 179.1 cm tall.<br /><br />Small-company CEOs thus have about one half of a standard deviation higher cognitive and non-cognitive ability, and about one-fifth of a standard deviation higher height than the population on Richard Seiternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-77364885560626797022014-10-03T15:58:54.324-04:002014-10-03T15:58:54.324-04:00Fascinating information, excellent post.
I suppos...Fascinating information, excellent post. <br />I suppose versatility is the name of the game in business; this likely is the difference between me and my brother. My brother is on track for over 8A* grades including an A*-A at additional maths free standing qualification(FSMQ) at GCSE's (the average medical student at Cambridge has 7A* at GCSE's). I achieved an A* in physics, A in Butchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-55455849960320767392014-10-03T15:14:11.263-04:002014-10-03T15:14:11.263-04:00Great info to have, to be sure.
Though I always w...Great info to have, to be sure.<br /><br />Though I always wonder what the profile of business people would look like if they used the HEXACO instead of the Big Five. Or, at the very least, a measure of the Dark Triad/Tetrad + the Big Five, since the former appears to be supremely relevant to success in the business world. That and peer-rated data, so we can get honest data.JayManhttp://jaymans.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com