Knowledge decreases weight

[Scythe13]

(2 December 2013, 19:16)NorthernRaider Wrote:

(2 December 2013, 19:03)Timelord Wrote: More knowledge = less kit.
More knowledge = less chitter.

So what would happen if we put Carl Sagan, Sheldon Cooper or Steven Hawking out in the boonies with their massive IQs and only a knife in mid winter?

Having a high IQ and thus being able to process and analyse information is very different from having a specific skill set for a specific situation. That's like saying having a high IQ makes you good at music, when a person's musical capability is not judged by the standard IQ testing system, which is based on patterns and processing styles.

However, if you taught them the basic skills and principles, they would, in theory, be better able to devise ways to survive than a person with average IQ.

Please note IQ, as we know it, does not test a person's hand eye coordination, nor their work ethic, or desire to survive.