Presidential IQs

[George K]

[Doctor Phibes]

How does one estimate an IQ test result without somebody doing an IQ test and publishing the result?

Anybody here smart enough to answer that question?

[Klaus]

Are those estimates any better than just random guesses?

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Presidential IQs:

How does one estimate an IQ test result without somebody doing an IQ test and publishing the result?

[Doctor Phibes]

Predictably uninformed and partisan replies. Do you understand what these IQ scores mean?

I think they might mean he's a bit of a twat.

Independent and data-driven. Cognitive-decoupling radical centrist. Monitoring hyperpartisan thinking, blank slatism, culture and culture wars, and race.

OK, sorry, my mistake. He's not a bit of a twat.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Presidential IQs:

Predictably uninformed and partisan replies. Do you understand what these IQ scores mean?

I think they might mean he's a bit of a twat.

Independent and data-driven. Cognitive-decoupling radical centrist. Monitoring hyperpartisan thinking, blank slatism, culture and culture wars, and race.

OK, sorry, my mistake. He's not a bit of a twat.

Actually, the guy you're talking about just retweeted it from another source. Here's the original:

[Renauda]

My understanding is that IQ measures literacy and numerical comprehension. No surprise then if people such as Adam’s and Jefferson rate high. The education of their day whether by church administered schools or private tutor, was focussed on literacy and mathematics.

[Copper]

Eisenhower, Washington, A Johnson, Jackson, Taft, Taylor, Grant, I guess winning wars wasn't part of the calculation.

Garfield, Arthur, Pierce, Harrison and Hayes have the highest scores for generals, am I missing someone?