From: Mike Linksvayer (ml@justintime.com)
Date: Tue Nov 24 1998 - 19:06:34 MST
Hal Finney wrote:
> Years ago I saw a list of estimated IQs of various historical figures,
> mostly 20th-century, I think. James Joyce was at the top, with an
> estimated IQ of 200.
I've seen such lists from time to time. If I recall correcly, Goethe
tops the lists I've seen with 200+. I did a quick search for pages
mentioning Goethe, Einstein and IQ and found "Estimated IQs of the
greatest geniuses" at <http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-80790/Index.htm>.
I'm reminded of these lists whenever I realize that a person I'm
dealing with (presumably of average intelligence) just doesn't
get something in the way I do with a measly ~140 IQ. I wonder about
things that I just don't get that someone with a 180 IQ could. I'm
not fixated on IQ by a long shot, but I am quite sure that I am
missing out -- and so is someone with a 180 IQ, just to a slightly
lesser extent. I want a Jupiter brain so I can think wonderful,
beautiful, amazing thoughts. I don't want to colonize the universe,
I just want an intellectual high.
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