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The article says: "there is no evidence to suggest that the sum of a person's curiosity and passion quotients will always exceed their IQ." But surely Friedman is not claiming that they are. He means something like "some combination of curiosity and passion is a better predictor of success than intelligence is." There may or may not be evidence for that, either, but it is a very different claim. Of course, neither claim is precisely expressed by "CP+PQ > IQ," but I presume Friedman only intends that "formula" as a mnemonic. Part of his modus operandi is to come up with catchy phrases. Eclecticos (talk) 03:27, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
If an inequality appears in a separate box, I think it's up to the article's author (or someone) to explain that the inequality is a mnemonic and not literally true! This is why I added the paragraph to explain that "there is no evidence to suggest that the sum of a person's curiosity and passion quotients will always exceed their IQ."
Strictly speaking, the "inequality" is a type of visual pun, where ">" doesn't mean "geeater than" in a numerical sense, but something like "has the potential to produce greater outcomes than." Given how seriously people take mathematical formulas, I think this pun or mnemonic needs some explanation.
I am by no means wedded to the paragraph that I added, but I do think some sort of explanation about the mnemonic nature of the inequality is crucial. A Bloke Wandering (talk) 04:39, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
I think CQ also stands for "creativity quotient," as here: Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, Newsweek cover story. Eclecticos (talk) 04:59, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Two terms invented as part of one informal formula: one ref between the two articles, most of content overlaps. PamD 06:35, 4 August 2016 (UTC)