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Old 08-27-2003   #7
Dravyk
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IQ is the intelligence potential.

Long story but short version is on high school paper one day, for some reason I forget at the moment, news paper editor guy had a meeting, and during it he told everyone's IQs. (He had access to them.)

Same editor guy was smartest guy in school with many many awards ands scholarships (and also lacked in many social skills). He had the lowest IQ in the room of 25 students. He applied himself more (and his parents made him), ergo, brilliant, honors student, awards, but the lack of social skills.

So you can have a large IQ and not go your full potential. Or you can have a smaller one and work it (again, something must give if you do) to it's fullest.

So yeah, they are born with the potential. How much of it will they use of it (and at what lost in other ways) is the question.
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