My queries
Question 1
Can anyone, regardless of genetics, get a top 99.99 percentile score in, say, the NEET or JEE (Indian hyper competitive scientific entrance examinations for medicine and engineering)?
Upon objective analysis, I have seen that these examinations impose exceptionally high demands on working memory, executive function, and cognitive fluid intelligence. The examinations require you to function as a human calculator, performing multi step calculations and intense analysis, often 5-6 steps of advanced scientific reasoning and mathematical calculation, without a calculator. NEET is 180 marks, 180 minutes. Each question is 4 marks, negative marking applies- scored out of 720.
Is the narrative that anyone - regardless of genetics- can obtain an exceptionally high score (e.g.…