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Where did Genuis go?

Name: Where did Genuis go?
Uploaded: 2025-03-22T08:38:13Z
Channel: Blair Singer
Description: Blair Singer delivers a short talk referencing George Land’s book Breakpoint and Beyond and a longitudinal study that measured “genius” in the same…

22 Mar 2025

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Blair Singer delivers a short talk referencing George Land’s book Breakpoint and Beyond and a longitudinal study that measured “genius” in the same cohort over time. Reported results in this excerpt: 98% of 3–5 year olds ranked as genius, 32% at about age ~8–10(?), 10% at about age 13–15, and 2% by age 21. The speaker asks the audience to consider what changed to produce this decline.

I'm going to pose a question to you that I want you to think about. I want you to comment back to me what your answer is. In a great book that I read called Breakpoint and Beyond by George Land, he talks about a longitudinal study where they measured genius, you know, the genius that we feel that we all have inside of ourselves. And what he did is they did a longitudinal study meaning that they tested the same tests to the same people over a period of time. Well, the first group they tested scored 98% genius. But what you need to know is These people were three to five year old kindergarteners, 98% of them ranked genius. They did it again, same group five years later, guess what, 32% ranked as genius five years later at about age 13 to 15, 10% genius. And guess what, by the time they were 21, only 2% genius. Now what is it that they all have.