Steve Wozniak: Creativity in the 21st Century

[@danielmichalski94]

8 years have passed and still I find myself listening to this interview. Great conversation.

[@michaellee5084]

how can you not like this guy.

[@rabidbigdog]

5:40 is Woz

[@DupczacyBawol]

What we hear at background (people eating?) is very annoying. But thank you for the video.

[@MM-rr1kp]

wtf is someone emptyig the dishwasher the whole time

[@JB-qt3wo]

Steve’s a little over this lady’s head but that’s OK i’m sure he’d be over my head too.

[@EbayUsedGoods]

43:15 "deeper and deeper" office space hypnotist quote haha

[@anthonyrosamilia3498]

200 + iq? That would make Steve Wozniak one of the smartest people ever to live.

[@___xyz___]

Not exactly. The problems given to adults border on impossible to solve, and that's intentional, because if someone could solve all the problems, then the test would no longer accurately measure the upper limit. IQ tests for children differ from those made for adults. They border instead on what is assumed is impossible for a _child_ of a particular age to solve. But children are very different. Just like some gradeschoolers grow really tall, but then stall completely in their teens, a child's intellect also varies very much from their peers. It is possible that someone, like Wozniak as a child, developed very early mentally, and rose far above their classmates for a few years, solving if not all the most challenging problems of an IQ test. Not all IQ tests for children have the probability of this factored in, intentionally, because by pressing several very challenging (or very simple) problems to the test, they are sacrificing the accuracy of measured IQ of the median. Most children are themselves impatient and are not gonna sit around answering weird questions all day. Thus, the probability that a child score a really high IQ is much greater. Still, it's also entirely possible that Wozniak's IQ of >200 was accurate for his age group (judging by his feats I wouldn't be surprised of that myself). Like I said, child IQ changes a lot, and even if that was the case, he would probably have stabilised at ~160 by the time he started Apple.