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I would be fascinated to know the IQ scores of all the US presidents, but I assume no such dataset exists. Being the president would seem to be a good example
by repolfx 8y ago
I would be fascinated to know the IQ scores of all the US presidents, but I assume no such dataset exists.
Being the president would seem to be a good example of a form of success in which IQ would not be that important relative to other personality attributes, like understanding what people want and how to (re)phrase it well, persistence, bravery, being able to spot strategic mistakes of opponents etc. It's not clear any of these attributes would be classically considered "intelligence" in the IQ sense, but they're all clearly valuable for politicians to have.
- xyzzyz 8y agoYou can estimate that by looking at their SAT/ACT scores (which are intelligence tests to a large degree) and converting the percentile to IQ norming (mean 100, std dev 15). For Obama you get IQ 130, for George W. Bush 123.