Idiot savants

Jensen One thing we must realize abouty is that it acts as a threshold variable for creativity or super-performance in many other fields. You don t find any outstanding musicians with low g. You may find idiot savants who can play the... 

Idiot savants and otherforms of exceptionality suggest a complex system underlyingg. Idiot savants have long puzzled those interested in intelligence. While there is no generally accepted explanation of savants, the most frequently forwarded explanation is that portions of the system are preserved. Such an explanation is only consistent with an account ofg that proposes multiple cognitive abilities. 

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