The writer Hsiao Yeh believes that the EQ fad has stimulated people to think, and to consider different, unexplored possibilities for humanity. However, "In Taiwan, education easily leans toward extremes. Nowadays it seems like we're throwing out the IQ myth and sweeping in the EQ myth."
作家小野即認為，EQ 啟發了人們思考、探討人類其他潛能的可能性，但是，「台灣的教育容易走極端，如今看起來像是從 IQ 神話，擺盪到 EQ 神話。」