Look at this guy, blithely inviting a holy war to his doorstep.

The flail.

Always the flail.

Yes, I was involved in a bunch of Reddit communities that were really good.

But it go to the point where it shit the bed; it was time to leave. I was happy to find Lemmy. I haven't been back to Reddit in around 6 months.

I don't do algorithmic social media. So Lemmy is really up my alley.

If I was going to map something like ability in vector space; I would put IQ and EI on orthogonal axis. Each a component of the overall ability vector.

But to this you would have to add (just for mental parts), components of memory (storage and recall), curiosity, how do you measure creativity? The overall vector becomes the unique position in n-space, where n is the number of components you choose to measure.

knowledge (IQ) became much more readily available

Just a note knowledge and IQ are not the same. From psychology today:

IQ tests seek to measures a variety of intellectual skills that include verbal, non-verbal and spatial.

From my reading over the years, IQ tests have been modified many times to try to remove any specific references to knowledge. One example is the removal of the question of "what colour are rubies?" this was because it unfairly penalized poor people who may never have seen a ruby.

I think your musing around different routes to power, is probably not far off base. If you are really high in either IQ or EI you probably have high potential to gain power (just different types).

This discussion has gone off on a wonderful tangent :)

Have to use steel cut oats, rolled oats turn into mush if cooked overnight.

I don't sleep that much. I have the advantage of being a short sleeper, 4-6 hrs per night is normal, I find it very difficult to sleep more than 6 hrs.

I'm usually in bed by 11, and asleep before 12.

I wake before my alarm at 5:30

You could easily argue that high EI has caused more human suffering than anything else.

Being highly charismatic (high EI), means you can get others to follow you. You can manipulate and mislead.

Not every high EI person is morally good.

Specifically on the global warming comment, scientists at the oil companies knew about and wrote reports about the global warming potential in the 1970's, they knew it was bad. Their bosses (theoretically higher EI leaders) kept it quiet...

That orange tinge, it makes me a little unhinged; maybe my views are a little fringe but I just don't like his cringe.

Agreed, there are many types of intelligence. It is not often that you have people who are high in many types.

I don't really agree that EI trumps the others. EI is great and important; especially where managing others. It really depends on the problem you are trying to solve.

I would say having high self awareness (which maybe a type of EI); is super important, knowing what you are and are not good at; will stand you in good stead no matter what you are doing.

Everyone has their unique talents and areas of expertise.

This is a good take.

I know many people who are not as academically smart as I am, but they are capable of doing many things I cannot. I find it weird, they are impressed by me doing things that are hard for them, but dismiss when they do things that are hard for me....humans can be strange creatures.

This is a pretty good take, a lot of this is time. But the aggressively stupid do out themselves pretty quickly.

Interacting with people more, will give you a fuller sense of their personality.

Is libsucker even an insult?

I'm liking "scumwaffle"; as in you "filthy scumwaffle"