<p>How DO you get information about people’s IQ’s in daily life before you decide to hire them as your (doctor, lawyer, whatever)? Or their SAT’s, for that matter. Even where someone went to college is only an imperfect proxy, since plenty of smart people went to “lesser” colleges for a multitude of reasons – finances, family background, scholarships, etc. Or just not growing up in backgrounds where such things were discussed. </p>
<p>Can’t you meet with someone and evaluate pretty quickly whether they are bright or not? Most normal people are able to, without needing IQ, SAT, GPA or college data to make that determination. Maybe that requires a certain type of smarts that some people don’t have?</p>