jcaDolan, what's ur iq?
My psychiatrist asked for permission to get my records from highschool when i got adhd testing done and he told me they had measured me at 140 but in the sections that correlate strongly with things like physics ability i scored higher.
i had friends in hs who went to my college who had perfect 1600 sat scores, and although they were more of a full package because they got 100s in english and history classes (which i didnt because i was only strong in math and science) I was undoubtedly more of a natural in physics than they were. I literally could have taught ap physics when i was 12 thats how juvenile it was for me
one of my hs mates who went to college with me emphasized this bc he majored in physics and on multiple occasions found himself stupidly defending positions that i had the ability to prove were irrational. He basically doubled down on ideas relating to information theory based on the dogma he learned as a physics major and he was unwilling to let go of his worldview even though i was clearly pointing out rational flaws in his thinking.
a 140 iq would generally mean that only 1 in about 260 people on earth are smarter than me, but i dont think thats quite fair bc the only things i really excelled at were math and physics. I think if an iq test was based completely on physics relevant concepts i might be higher than 140.
ive never met a person who found physics as easy as i did.
iq isnt everything though. Alot of high iq ppl are complete degenerates.
**This post was edited on Aug 13th 2020 at 3:32:50pm