IQ of your favorite artists

evaluate the IQ of your favorite prog artists:

ian anderson: 138

frank zappa - 140

peter gabriel - 120

phil collins - 110

steve hackett - 115

eddie jobson - 135

geddy lee - 130

neil peart - 125

alex lifeson - 120

fish - 125

annie haslam - 110

kate bush - 125

anthony phillips - 120

tony banks - 120

mike ruthetrford - 115

jon anderson - 115

rick wakeman - 125

martin orford - 145

 

 

Edited by greenback

tuxon wrote: Still no match for mine, but it doesn't surprise me really, I wouldn't expect some demented old tart to come up with something these people came up with.

tuxon, IQ is like people convinced they hit a golf ball 300 yards: when it is time to measure the distance, the pretenders are suddenly silent since the actual measurement is 250 yards!

I think IQ is more or less important: it is rather what you realize that is important! Isaac Newton "only" had 130 ; his contribution to science progress is extraordinary. By the way 130 is VERY high and powerful, especially if you use it efficiently, like he did!

By the way, you don't know what is intelligence until you experiment the engineer's job, believe me!

 

Arsillus wrote: Neil Peart is like a genius.

So what does that make Stephen Hawking?

IQ tests measure only one thing accurately, and that's the ability to take IQ tests. The 5 members of IQ would probably get the highest scores, for what it's worth.

Syzygy wrote: Arsillus wrote: Neil Peart is like a genius. So what does that make Stephen Hawking? IQ tests measure only one thing accurately, and that's the ability to take IQ tests. The 5 members of IQ would probably get the highest scores, for what it's worth.

That makes Stephen Hawking a freaking super-genius.

Which reminds me of an observation I read somewhere recently - when people talk about about David Beckham, they usually say he's a great footballer but a bit thick. Nobody ever says that Stephen Hawking is dead brainy but he's useless at scoring goals. It just goes to show that there's one law for theoretical physicists and another for England football captains.

There are probably plenty of intelligent people who recieved crappy IQ scores, and there are plenty of dipsh1ts who recieved high IQ scores.

Oh, I'm just bitter because I scored a 12.

Just kidding! I've never even taken those tests. I'm 16, for crying out loud.

I suppose it would all depend on how you measure intelligence. Who really knows what true intelligence is, anyway? Humans created the word "intelligent", so people are either smart or stupid based on our standards alone. People who think they know everything probably don't know squat in the big scheme of things. Socrates once said something like "the best knowledge to have is to know that you know nothing".

We may never find out what true "knowledge" is.

Edited by nousommedusolei

Kate Bush's IQ should definitely be higher - what is genius level?