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In Feynman's case it seems quite plausible that the 125 is not an accurate report of a rigorous testing environment. He is certainly the type of fellow who wou
by Evbn 14y ago
In Feynman's case it seems quite plausible that the 125 is not an accurate report of a rigorous testing environment.
He is certainly the type of fellow who would intentionally misreport his score for personal/philosophical/fun reasons, or not care enough to remember the number correctly decades later.
- btilly 14y agoWhy do people keep trying to argue that an IQ of 125 is not reasonable for someone like Feynman? The 125 figure might or might not be exactly correct, but it is reasonable given other data we have about him. For instance, according to James Gleick's biography, Feynman was the only person to ever get a perfect score on the math and physics graduate entrance exams to Princeton. At the same time he scored below average on the verbal and history tests. (Note that the "average" at Princeton would be well above average in the general population.) Feynman was an amazing genius. I have the deepest respect for him. That fact notwithstanding, his genius apparently did not evenly extend to all types of intellectual abilities. If so, it is unsurprising that he would merely score very highly on an IQ test.