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Who are the “high intellectual potentials”? How are they detected? And why does an American company have a global monopoly on IQ tests?
Series on television, specialized schools, best-selling books: the gifted have never been so fashionable! But who really are the “high intellectual potentials”? “Special Envoy” met these people whose intelligence is well above average. Whether they are young students or adults working in a company, why do many of them feel the need to find themselves between HPI.
Are the tests reliable ?
They would be 134,000 in France. How are they detected? Why does an American company have a global monopoly on IQ tests? Whether they are free on the Internet or charged for hundreds of euros in practice, are these tests really reliable?
A report by Valérie Astruc, Francis Simoes, Bertrand Guez, Louis-Juline Pannetier, Théo Gilardet, Marin Sorbet, Raynald Lellouche and Benoît Sauvage broadcast in “Special Envoy” on May 4, 2023.
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