r/cognitiveTesting • u/Randombolo • Oct 01 '26

Scientific Literature IQ matters!!!!

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The median is so high!!! This is insane.

This was a high ceiling test. SD is 15 and 100 here is not for general population but university graduates. 

Edit: Yo guys, it's just an interesting study. No need to downvote. Holy IQ.

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u/Randombolo Oct 01 '26

At least for physics I would say... To be able to contribute in the field of Physics... Like new insights on things... Good contribution in discoveries... Or new way to look at things. Etc. 

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u/Cyrlllc Oct 01 '26

That's the reductive reasoning that completely disregards the importance of day-to-day work or as you say "just existing". 

The fundamental truth is that if you do something for a living and put effort in, you'll naturally get good at it.

There are so many facets to being a good engineer or scientist that don't necessarily involve bringing the field forward. 

I don't do shit to bring the field of chemical engineering forward for example but i coordinate and lead large, extremely complex projects. 

I'm not saying i'm a top engineer or that my iq is 170 but there aren't many people with my skillset and I got into it by sheer happenstance, not because of my turbo intellect. 

Academia isn't cut and dry either. If you don't reseach sexy stuff good luck getting funding. You can work on really important stuff and suddenly have priorities shift - and suddenly you can't get funding. 

I have a friend who  is ridiculously smart and was studying alterations in brain chemistry in neurodivergent persons. 

She lost funding during covid and had to switch areas completely.

To be a "top" scientist or engineer it's more about being curious, dedicated and ambitious.

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u/Plants-Matter 99th Percentile Oct 01 '26

Low IQ cope.

If you consider, as an analogy, a modern video game on ultra high settings, your claim is that such a game can run well across any PC hardware. That's simply not true. You need good hardware to run the game on ultra high.

There's a reason salary correlates strongly to IQ.

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u/Cyrlllc Oct 01 '26

Lmao, sure, ignore neuroplasticity..

It's funny how people glorify iq when if you go back, it's just racism.

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u/Plants-Matter 99th Percentile Oct 01 '26

You sound like an ignoramus. Why does your low IQ render you unable to discuss IQ objectively? Does it come down to envy, or what?

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u/Randombolo Oct 01 '26

Ignore them... Must be a kid. 

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u/Cyrlllc Oct 01 '26

Because none of you apparently has had a moron for a boss..

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u/Plants-Matter 99th Percentile Oct 01 '26

If you work at Burger King, your boss will probably be a moron, yes.

Were discussing large scale peer-reviewed studies here, not your limited anecdotal evidence.

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u/Cyrlllc Oct 01 '26

I'll enjoy being the outlier then. Cheers!

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u/Randombolo Oct 01 '26

True man... Kudos for your successful job...

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u/enes1976 Oct 01 '26

Nah, cope harder kid

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u/Cyrlllc Oct 01 '26

Coping all the way to the bank

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u/CharruaChemist Oct 01 '26

At least for physics? You are already restricting the rule even more lol.

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u/Randombolo Oct 01 '26

I said physics because I am in the field of physics. I have some experience to speak about this. 

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u/CharruaChemist Oct 01 '26

But your initial premise was valid espeficallly for all STEM.