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Celebrities With High IQs

wilsonwatson

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None of these celebrities having high IQs really surprised me. They're all either really thoughtful people or they succeeded in an Ivy League school, so it's not surprising they're intelligent. Ke$ha is the one kind of surprising one, but I seem to remember hearing that she's actually very thoughtful and only writes about partying because songs like that make her more money (citation needed, don't blindly believe this).

IQ scores are a general gauge of problem-solving, patience, and certain other cognitive functions, but there is no way to really gauge how "intelligent" someone is. What would that even mean? Someone can learn things really quickly and be good at problem solving, but never succeed in simple tasks that involve applying those thoughts to anything productive because of psychological issues. I know plenty of people who fit that description. Someone can conversely do very well in school and their job, solving problems but never really thinking past what they've been assigned to do. How can you really judge something that people don't even agree on in the first place? It depends on what you value.

By the way: IQ 140 here. As I said though, that doesn't mean much. I'm kind of curious to know other people on this forum's IQ scores if they're known, though. I feel INTPs would have naturally higher scores because of their obsession with patterns, not because they're necessarily more intelligent than other types.
 

Direwolf

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Im intp and my iq is about average of 130 some tests are lower , some higher. Thats about the average. I also second your opinion about ke$ha, who would have thought (without prior knowledge)?
 

Helvete

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high IQ means something. They are supposedly good at what they do which may or may not require high IQ but could help. Only a small percentage of people have high IQ's, which some will be celebrities. So coincidence? Why are people celebrities? They are good or have something unique or valued by others; how much of this can be supported by IQ? How much achieved anyway? What is it from being a celebrity that a high IQ would be drawn to? Maybe it's not for any different reasons lower IQ would. So is it really nature or nurture?

I don't really think about celebrities with high IQ's and when I sort of do it only brings lots of questions I don't really care about.

What do YOU think about celebrities with high IQ's?
 

Cherry Cola

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none of those celebrities are particularly good at what they do, maybe they stupid anyway cause they shouda been scientist or writer or professor or something
 

TBerg

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Great. More hot and smart people to make me feel really special. Especially the ones who speak a bunch of languages.
 

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If they have high iq's they should be successful at what they choose to do and being celebrities is a success in a way.

So it doesn't show anything special, IQ is correlated with success and there is a group of successful people out there with high IQ.
 

computerhxr

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By the way: IQ 140 here. As I said though, that doesn't mean much. I'm kind of curious to know other people on this forum's IQ scores if they're known, though. I feel INTPs would have naturally higher scores because of their obsession with patterns, not because they're necessarily more intelligent than other types.

I'm surprised only 2.5% of the population has an IQ over 130.

My IQ is somewhere in the 99.99th percentile. Is it artificially inflated because I am an INTP? Possibly. Does having a high IQ make me smarter than anyone? No, it does not. Does it feel good having an IQ higher than my friends, when they have high IQ's as well? No, I usually tell them I don't know my IQ, or that it is lower than theirs so that they don't resent me for it.

Knowing my MBTI is very useful. Knowing my IQ has never been useful for any purpose.
 
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