The IQ Scores Of Some Famous Modern Physicists.

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  1. Jimbee68

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    Neil deGrasse Tyson's IQ is 123.

    Bill Nye (the "Science Guy") has an IQ of 130.

    Stephen Hawking's IQ was 160.

    Cosmologist (and contributor to the Science Channel's "How The Universe Works") Hakeem Oluseyi has an IQ of 162.

    Richard Dawkins's IQ is 165.

    Carl Sagan's IQ was 170.

    Alan Turing's IQ was 185.

    Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku's IQ has not been officially disclosed, the prevailing rumor is that his IQ sits between 150 and 160.

    Einstein never took an IQ score test. However, based on his historical records, academics have estimated his score to be around 160

    Enrico Fermi was a renowned physicist, but there is no documented or widely accepted measure of his IQ.
     
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  2. Vessavana

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    I would be somewhat skeptical about internet sourced IQ numbers, specially those above 160 and in general outside measured scaled by the most standard testing.

    Apart from the fact that there is no single standard testing, that the scales on a test get regularly corrected for 100 to be average (so same results in different periods will not give same numbers) and that IQ is not a single measure, there are tests for different types of intelligence that might or might not all be measured on the occasion and the average might or might nor be relevant (verbal intelligence score is probably less relevant for a physicist than spacial and mathematical).

    Even giving someone his IQ score is a questionable practice.

    When scores go above 160 it is often pure conjecture, not actual measurement, but I would guess that most of that internet BS is pulled out of the ass regardless of the specific number.
     

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