>Feynman has a verified IQ of 125
>Feynman couldn't get into MENSA (IQ too low)
>Feynman did amazing work in physics despite his low IQ
>Most people here on Veeky Forums are verified smarter than Feynman
Why aren't most people on Veeky Forums doing great things in math & physics despite being smarter than Feynman?
Feynman is PROOF you can have a low IQ and do amazing work.
Because we're on Veeky Forums shitposting.
Feynman could have been here if the internet was around then, shitposting with us.
But Feynman had a low IQ and was successful. People on Veeky Forums are smarter than Feynman and not successful. Feynman messed around in his life too and still found such success. Don't think posting on Veeky Forums and wasting time is the sole factor.
"I suspect that this test emphasized verbal, as opposed to mathematical, ability. Feynman received the highest score in the United States by a large margin on the notoriously difficult Putnam mathematics competition exam... He also had the highest scores on record on the math/physics graduate admission exams at Princeton... Feynman's cognitive abilities might have been a bit lopsided... I recall looking at excerpts from a notebook Feynman kept while an undergraduate... [it] contained a number of misspellings and grammatical errors. I doubt Feynman cared very much about such things."
- wikipedia.
It is possible he wan't serious about an IQ test and just skipped many questions. When I was at school I remember getting bored after like 3 minutes and started putting random answers(I was a child and didn't even know about IQ). If someone made me take an IQ test again right now I woldn't be trying to do my best, it's really boring and has no impact(I mean I won't get any reward for scoring high)
>People on Veeky Forums are smarter than Feynman
actually believing this
The other factor is the people visiting here. They typically are underachievers and self loathing. They aren't successful because they haven't applied themselves.
Feynman did whilst also drinking and sexing his way through problems.
IQ test weigh verbal + quantitive. If he scored high on the quantitive part but low on the verbal part then the overall IQ of 125 is accurate.
Feynman wasn't smart enough to get into MENSA. Remember that.
"Years later he declined to join Mensa International, saying that his IQ was too low."
- wikipedia.
Apparently, he was offered a place...
Honorary place user.