> That said, merely being in the top 1% of intelligence doesn't seem to be worthy of the genius title. Especially considering that the population average in ma

> That said, merely being in the top 1% of intelligence doesn't seem to be worthy of the genius title. Especially considering that the population average in many places and times is far below the current population averages normed in the USA and UK and Western Europe. If you asked how many people throughout history or globally would be in the top 1% of the USA/UK/WE population, the answer will be much smaller than a billion. (Thin tails strike again.)