For Academics yes IQ scores are important,
but for life it is important to have high EQ (Emotional Intelligence Score) -
Robots can do well in IQs but can they be good humans - well I doubt cus they cannot have EQs.
But for overall success in life - it is important to have high HQ (Happiness Quotient) ... that is when u really start living....
On a separate note -
@trafalgar - I noticed that you are not voting for witnesses... any personal fight? For the love of Steemit, It is time to vote for witnesses and to start with, you can consider my witness as one of your picks.
I'm remaining witness neutral for now, don't have the time to pick out the competent ones, nor the time to find someone else impartial, trustworthy and to whom I can delegate this duty
Ya, though my EQ score is low af lol
High IQ is compensating for your EQ.... well do consider my witness if your ideals allow ... I am from India and running a witness thread since last month... not sure if I fall in your competent criteria...
The importance of EQ is interesting especially because it is underestimated. Many tend to underestimate EQ because it goes into the category of soft values and also is more hard to measure than IQ.
Again it comes down to the question of if the mathematicians are superior to the ones coming with a background of social sciences etc.
But if you look at countries where there also is a focus on EQ then you will see that they are doing well. They are complete because they understood that in order to have a complete society you need to benefit from all sort of intelligence, which means both EQ and IQ.
In Scandinavia EQ is considered important, and these countries are after all doing quite well.