Time Constraints and the Depth of Intelligence: Lack of Ecological Validity and the Genius as a "Black Swan"

Current intelligence research arguably overlooks the critical discrepancy between the time
scale of problem-solving in the real world (days to years) and that of intelligence testing
(minutes to hours). This paper presents the case of physicist Richard Feynman (IQ 126) as
a definitive ”Black Swan,” demonstrating that existing psychometrics based on the Cattell-
Horn-Carroll (CHC) model fail to measure the ”depth” of crystallized intelligence (Gc). Ex-
panding on Kahneman’s dual-process theory, we argue that the rapid switching between
System 1 and System 2 observed in expert brains is underpinned by a ”System 3 (Matura-
tion)” process—a neural reorganization dependent on REM sleep and systems consolida-
tion. Consequently, we posit that any assessment lacking an extended temporal axis lacks
ecological validity, and that true structural complexity is mathematically impossible to mea-
sure within a single diurnal cycle (Q.E.D.).