Theodore Schwartz: evaluation

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…How much does IQ matter? I don’t think raw IQ matters that much. At the end of the book, I quote this article that came out in the British Medical Journal that looked at the IQs of neurosurgeons, rocket scientists, and average professionals and essentially found that they were all about the same. I don’t think that raw IQ is what makes a great neurosurgeon. It is psychologically very demanding because you are taking care of people at a moment in their lives that is the most critical, where they’re in most need of help, and they basically hand over to you their most prized possession for four hours, six hours. You have to be on you’re A game every time you’re under the microscope doing neurosurgery because one false move, one damaged blood vessel, one damaged nerve, and that individual that you’re taking care of may never walk again. They may never see again. They may never wake up from that operation. You don’t want to take that lightly. It’s an enormous responsibility. So, you want to make sure you choose people who are going to be completely dedicated to the task. Just as you had to learn standing for so many hours in a row, did you have to learn concentration or did it just come to you naturally?…

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