Your first paragraph doesn't even begin to address my question. When I was an undergrad struggling with physics classes myself, I might have worshipped high IQ

Your first paragraph doesn't even begin to address my question. When I was an undergrad struggling with physics classes myself, I might have worshipped high IQs like you're doing. Now that I've been in the real world and known many "geniuses" - IQ is just one factor, and far from the most important, in determining who does anything worthwhile. In my experience, the only thing you can confidently say about super math/physics geniuses is that they have "different" social skills, and might be low in empathy.