As a doctor myself, i'm surprised physicians scored so high on average on IQ tests compared to other professions. I see most doctors as hard workers rather than intellectually brilliant. I see mathematicians/ physicists as those who are intellectually gifted for the most part.
Thank you!!! I share the same sentiments. I've just been accepted to MS. And so far, in undergrad, biology and even O Chem was not hard for me. Biology to me was mostly learning facts and there were 1 or 2 applied questions. I went to a community college before being transferred to a University college. I majored in Physics, Biology, and chemistry. Let me tell you, physics was way harder than biology & chemistry (And biology had way more notes than the other two). I had to study and practice hours in Physics just to fully understand the concept. When I transferred to University college, I majored in Biology only going forward. Let me tell you 😂😂 going forward everything was a breeze 😂 because coming off of physics, everything was just memorizing in bio and one or 2 applied questions. The only course in Bio ,which was somewhat difficult, was Biochemistry, and that was fun for me. I know MS is a different beast by itself 😂 I would say that for some reason smart people choose Medicine but it definitely doesn't require you to be crazy smart.
I too believe that we are more of hard workers than anything else actually , I thought that the video would say surprisingly doctors were of average IQ and that would not be surprising to me at all :D . I think engineering students , Physicists are a lot smarter and they don't need to sit all the time we spend on studying and yet they excel.
@@manartalha6142 yeah I agree, people in medicine work really really hard and the motivation I see in students, it's like wow they can keep this up for 4 straight years. One thing I have to hand to medicine, is the volume of information. While I do believe Physicists and Engineers are smart, there is no "easy shortcuts" to remembering all the info. ,In medicine, in such a small space of time. Like you can be really smart and grasp concepts fast, but the human brain is simply not able to pact the vast amount of info. "In let's say, a week before the set exam" 😂 Like you still have to study a lot.
@@adaezenjoku7527 what he says is that not all doctors are smart but many smart people choose medicine. So there are more smart people in medicine but doctors are not necessarily smart.
smart people choose medicine, and admissions committees choose people with a lot of sheet folding, regardless of whether they're gonna stop the bleeding when the times comes.
I don't think I have the highest IQ. I can't just cram information overnight and gets As on tests like some people do. I have worked hard my whole life, and I am proud of that.
@Christicus 101 I'm similiar in the sense that I remember stuff from way back but I definitely need a trigger. When Conor Mcgregror broke his shin bone last saturday, I suddenly thought of fatigue failure (material science).
@Christicus 101 I think the reason why you remember things very far into the past is because your brain has had a lot of time to process the information. Maybe learning new information put things together for you.
My dad is an anesthesiologist and he told me once “I’m not the smartest person in the world, but in medical school I had the ability to just keep my nose to my books and study really hard, and that’s how I became a doctor.” I think it’s more about hard work and medicine is almost more like a trade than an intellectual pursuit. With that being said, my grandfather was a general surgeon and he was an absolute genius. He read probably tons of books and extremely quickly, and had an eidetic memory. He knew everything about science, history, etc. he was just overall very very smart.
That opener is great 😂👍 I’m in med school and I think the majority of us are annoyed by people who do too much but there’s a fear of getting dragged through the mud if you speak up. Love to see someone with a platform calling it like it is
And unfortunately, that fear becomes a conditioned behavior that persists beyond school when you're working in your own practice. Instead of being in fear of the instructor you're now in fear of the public or your colleagues or medical board etc.
No, the time it takes to accomplish something is indeed an important consideration before making major decisions. For instance, while doctors continue to study well into their late 20s and perhaps early 30s (I am aware, however, you are still considered a doctor at this stage and still receive an income and work in a hospital, but you are still “studying”), most other people will have finished long before. Time, thus, is important to put into consideration. People choose medicine IN SPITE of the time it takes, not DISREGARDING it.
@@tariqsaleh618 No, I disagree. It's never too late to go for your dreams. I am in my third gap year, and because of the specialty that I am interested in, I will not be finished with residency until I am 35. I really don't care because I love learning and I know that this is what I want to do, REGARDLESS of how much time it takes. So yes, never give up on a dream because it takes time. Success, after all, is not about the destination but the journey, the climb, the effort, the struggle and the time. ✌🏾
Tylan Jamison , I don’t disagree with much of what you said. I personally am interested in a speciality which , by the time i’m a consultant, I will be well over my 30’s. I have, however, thought about it and put the “time” into consideration before making my decision. My point is do not fall into the trap of following whatever dream you have and disregard the time in the process. DO put time into consideration, and make your judgment after thinking well. We always hear about those who have succeeded by following their dreams, but seldom hear about those who failed to fulfill their dreams after perhaps poor and impractical decisions. We do live, after all, in a practical world..
haha these videos are great! you have an incredibly wide spectrum of ideas and skills, i am very glad youre taking advantage of them, its not only "so you want to be"'s (even though i love them), its so much more, your blend of wittiness with everything else is great, love it, keep up the amazing work Dr. !
Dude, I’ve always loved your channel. But after that intro, that feeling is now validated LOL. It resonates because a whole bunch of us are scared to speak common sense at our universities.
I wonder how the average IQ of data scientists, programmers and other individuals in the IT field would compare to this list. I feel like they may rank pretty high because the majority of their work is logic and pattern based which is one of the main things the IQ test tests.
Well pattern based beaches are their in medical like radiology, pathology etc... Logic based branch like medicine, surgery etc.. So doesn't make much difference because iq test don't test you for adv maths but simple questions which are logical....
I'm so glad you made this video...especially for us, the younger generation. We struggle with comparison and depression because we think we dumb....😢 Even though we are not really that bad...
@@jesse045 I would wonder who they were asking, what type of physicians/surgeons? are these numbers self reported? Did people with average IQs choose not to participate? And possibly age as well. It would be interesting to now the average IQ of medical students as well
Really appreciate how your video also mentioned the relation of IQ to happiness and wealth. As a person with superior IQ, external expectations led me to a highly stimulating profession which I ended up hating and I am looking to shift careers. So here I am with high IQ with mental health problems and no money
on the IQ correlating with wealth bit, I think it's important to see whether the wealth was self-accumulated or passed to the person. Say a self-made billionaire's wealth is obviously of different quality to a trust fund kid born into wealth.
Luckily, this problem is moderated by the fact that both intelligence and wealth inheritance are genetic. Also, one of the leading theories for the development of higher IQ in humans (particularly human groups that evolved farther from the equator) is that general intelligence assists in forethought and preparation, which is essential in colder climates.
I’m a professional archaeologist, comparative historical linguist, and classical philologist. I took a PhD in Egyptology, know a half dozen ancient languages and an equal number of modern ones, specialized in ancient organic residue analysis, archaeological theory, and Bronze Age Near Eastern interconnections, directed vast field work projects throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and beyond, taught and published widely, served as scholar-in-residence in a number of internationally renowned academic institutions, curated collections in four leading museums in Greece, France, the U.K., and the U.S., served on the executive and editorial boards in a number of prestigious learned societies, and have consistently attained high scores (ranging from the ninety-sixth to the ninety-eighth percentile) in a series of government administered cognitive tests. Still, my two closest childhood friends - both of whom became practicing physicians and are now eminent neuroscientists and cognitive specialists - continually assure me that I’m spectacularly stupid, chiefly on account of the fact that I never attended medical school, but also because I’m largely ignorant of pop culture trivia and hopelessly inept in the use of social media platforms.
How did you get the 132 IQ number? Reading that article it looks like the average for physicians is 121, and the 132 is the cutoff for the 90th percentile
I find studies on IQ fascinating, what I found really interesting in this video is that the IQ scores of occupations are different from the IQs by degree of study. I would've predicted that Physicists, Mathematicians, Philosophers and Engineers would be at the top of the list. The smartest person I met was a Physicist/Engineer, but admittedly he might not be representative of a "normal" engineer lets say. My intelligent friend never took an IQ test. Also is a nurse, or a pharmacist researcher/ professor, in the professor/researcher category or the nurses or pharmacists category?
To study medicine you don't need to be smart, you just have to sit your ass on the chair and study like your life depends on it. Here I am, 4/6 years of med school done, and I don't consider myself smarter than average. My secret (actually not a secret at all) is working hard.
Hi Dr. Jubbal. I really appreciate the content you have been putting out lately. I was wondering if you could make a video on your thoughts on a universal healthcare system and how that would affect the medical profession.
Yep, being overly smart can be a downfall. Had a mentor in real estate tell me the richest guys in the field are average intelligence, the ones that don't do well are the smart ones (they overthink the selling formula).
IQ is by very far the best predictor of lifetime success. 2nd place is conscientiousness, which is a 3x weaker predictor than IQ. If you discover how to increase IQ, Nobel prize for you
Stimulate your mind from a young age and don't stop doing it. Play chess, pick up a stimulating hobby like reading or playing an instrument, engage in mentally demanding work. Stay away from mindless pleasures like excessive TV or video games. The brain is like a muscle; the more you work it the stronger you become.
@@charlesb1602 From my understanding, there are currently no reliable/replicable studies that have been able to prove you can increase your IQ. IQ seems to be almost entirely genetic, based on current evidence. Thoughts?
@@charlesb1602 video games actually increases focus, pattern recognition, strategy making, decision making much more... Their are many games I can name which will make you think every minute...
Video idea: could you make a video about the transition from being a resident and doing your fellowship to an official attending physician. I feel a lot of us know about the medical process of schooling, residency, and fellowship, however, not what comes after you’re done with all that. Like what does it mean to be now an attending physician-if the person decides to go down that path. Can the now attending physician stay in the same hospital do they have to change hospitals? How are their duties different from when they were senior residence and doing their fellowship? Stuff like that:-) thanks you for your content!
I love the savage comments you have been making recently. Its time that youtubers and common people alike start calling out some of the stupidity of super wokesness thats going on in recent years.
When I got a psych eval and my IQ was revealed to be 121, I felt deeply disappointed that I fell significantly short of intellectual giftedness. But I’ve come to terms with my limitations and can live with myself, even though I’m middle-of-the-road.
I’m so jealous… I have the IQ of 140. Might sound really cool? Huh. But I also have ✨ADHD✨ I literally get bored watching movies, or even learning something. And the worst part is ✨If I don’t catch on to something immediately I drop it✨😍 So to paint a picture of me, I’m a sad sensitive, nervous wreck who gets bored from doing literally anything. I can’t play video games without listening to music while at the same time creating story’s in my head. (My hobby’s are) Writing, Reading, drawing, Baking, gaming, studying, crafting, world building, and story telling, culture studies, and Linguistics! And there’s not enough time on earth to be good at all. And I equally love them all ✨I’m a Jack of all trades master of none✨ And it hurts so bad… I’m really envious of truly smart people like you. 😅
I think there is more nuance to be taken into account with IQ in this arena. For example, physicians and surgeons from Columbia, Harvard, UC San Diego, etc are likely to have higher average IQs than Physicians and Surgeons at a very low ranked Medical School. This goes into the "sorting effect" described in this video. Along with this, from my personal experience, strategy and work ethic can bridge the gap for those who are not quite as 'fluidly intelligent" as others. However, one certainly needs to be high in fluid intelligence to have a shot in medicine. There is some older research on experts in Chess (early 2000s) where they did find links between higher IQs and higher ranks, but total storage in Long Term Memory/Schemas were found to be more predictive. If I could find the article, I would - but I've tried looking for it without success (I am sure it was probably Ericcson). What do you think of these points? Specifically, what do you think about techniques, study strategies, and work ethic bridging the gap for those who are not as high in fluid IQ - this seems to be one of the goals of your work and channel.
I think what he should clarify in the video is that smart people choose Medicine and they have a better shot at getting into medicine; however, medicine doesn't necessarily require you to be smart in my opinion. I think being hardworking, lots of motivation, and practicing helps you succeed more. This however is opinion based 😂 and not backed by credible sources. Simply put, just my observation.
@@AJXO-30 I would be really interested to see if there is any data/research on the interplay between fluid IQ, study strategies, metacognition, time spent studying, etc. I'm sure the military has some studies on the effects of military training varying by IQ range, but I have not been able to find any on the internet.
@@AJXO-30 I would be really interested to see if there is any data/research on the interplay between fluid IQ, study strategies, metacognition, time spent studying, etc. I'm sure the military has some studies on the effects of military training varying by IQ range, but I have not been able to find any on the internet.
This is true but remember in the video the variance is small. So getting into medical school is all-around hard, but the elite institutions are by the far the hardest. However, getting a PhD has a large variance. Because overall it isn't nearly as hard to get into a graduate program than medical school. However, the elite institutions are extremely hard to get into.
The question isn’t whether the work is intellectually challenging, but rather whether the people doing the work are intelligent. That’s fairly easy to answer by thinking back to your high school and asking what profession the smartest students in your class chose. It’s usually medicine, sometimes law, occasionally dentistry, but seldom physics or mathematics. People who choose physics usually enjoy it and have some aptitude for it, but they’re almost never the people who ace every subject and end up on the podium as the valedictorian. People just assume physicists must be intelligent because the work the do appears more abstract and intellectual than something like medicine. But that poor hospital intern you see working his guts out on a 36 hour shift in the inpatient ward - that person is going to have a higher intelligence on average than your average college physics lecturer.
Nah do real estate. I know a seller who is a millionare. He said to me: the most successful one are the dumb ones that follow the formula to selling, the smart ones don't do as well because they think they can do better...
An iq of 132 on the Simon-Binet scale qualifies a person for mensa membership and somehow that is the average iq among physicians lol. Something isn't adding up here.
These people aren’t going to like you very much. You’re destroying the illusion! Go into any hospital and what do you see covering the walls. Huge photos of nurses and doctors. Isn’t that called self aggrandizement? Isn’t that exactly what’s going on here? And then you’re constantly bombarded by surveys asking how incredibly pleased you are. It cuts down on the lawsuits. I have a relative who’s an RN and director of a nicu. She’s the biggest liar and phony in the world! She will spout HUGE amounts of BS just to make sure that the doctors don’t get sued. A baby dies because someone screwed up? No problem... I’ve put out this fire 🔥 thousands of times! I’ll cry crocodile 🐊 tears 😭 or quote some BS platitudes or use some illogical tautologies to protect the people with the longest lab coats. After all I’ll do anything if you pay me. Doesn’t that sound like some other people we know who work at the hospital?
Of course doctors are smart, but many don't smartly understand that their patients aren't necessarily intellectually inept in comparison & consequently shouldn't be spoken down to.
I honestly believe that being a doctor has nothing to do with having a high IQ. Not every doctor is necessarily smart; in a way that any average person can be a doctor if they put the needed effort into it. Its much more about hardworking and commitment rather than smartness and intelligence.
Informative video. The numbers for IQs were a little higher than reality if they are supposed to be averages. People are smart in different ways so it depends on the nature of the problems being solved and how well people integrate ideas from different sources to help them have insights, and that's not one and the same with the intelligence that gets tested on IQ tests.
This is a very old study from the USA. The IQs of all students have decreased since then. Almost 50% of all people study in many western countries. the average iq of students thus cant be higher than 75% percentile if you assume that only the smarter half of the people studies (which isnt true so it will be probably around 70% percentile). I would guess that the iq of physicians wont be higher than 120 in the usa. in other countries it might be even much lower. in the usa its higher because the usa attracts smart people from all over the world for financial reasons.
i’m curious, did these professionals prepare for the test, or took it first time? with practice and understanding of the strategies and concepts, any of these tests can be improved on. Are these results based on their first attempt?
That's pretty dumb... Considering iq test is based on simple questions rather than adv maths and physics problems... So anyone can give iq test.. Which means some doctors can actually have an iq more than 160 and some maths guys can be just average... Their was a video in which the military guy scored higher iq than a scientist... Iq varies... Smart people can be in any field ... They are not bound to be in only physics and maths...
You think that the wealthiest are incredibly intelligent. Look up on halo effect. Basically if you see one attribute of a person that you consider to be very positive, in this case wealth, you paint all his other attributes with the same positivity, even if you don't know anything about it. A real life example of this, is that they took a pretty teacher and an ugly teacher, both with the same skill level at teaching, and got her to teach a class to the same group of students. The students then rated the teacher in many attributes, like ability to teach, etc. The students rated all the attributes of the pretty teacher as being higher than the ugly teacher. Another bias, is that to the victor goes the spoils, or the rich can control the narrative. Everytime a rich person goes to a talk show, or does some talk, he can control what gets asked of him. He can buy anyone that knows his wrong doings to keep quiet. He can sue anyone that does something to offend him. Also, bill gates just copied xerox. Zuckerberg just stole the idea from other students. Also, bezzos, and other billionaires are getting tax break after tax break. If they were from any other country that wasn't the US, they wouldn't get that rich.
I don't like to be comparitive, but the linkage of being a doctor and assuming you're super brainy because of that linkage, is what's being hinted at here needs to be addressed. Life saving skills are not beyond anyones remit, not psychologically smart but compassionate. I see a compassionate life saver in the field, in the casualty dept. Smart means well-rounded, impressionable person, outside from behind the desk you hide. Doctors asimilate huge amouts of info to make them docs, doesn't make them world-ready smart though.
This is all wrong about the assumptions that doctors are corazón got smart people. An example of this could be both my parents; both are very successful physicians; my father is a vascular surgeon and my mother is a pathologist working in private and I can assure you that they are both not very smart. Yes, they are smart at what they do and that is from studying, but IQ wise, they are average. I was not born smart like my brother who luckily was, but I still have better grades than him with a underweighted 4.0 gpa in hs taking honors and AP from studying and persevering. You can still be average and be a doctor.
@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 I never wanted it to be that way lol. I wanted to be a doctor so bad since high school but was told no. Law was more of a second interest and being a lawyer was something the pre-high school me wanted to be but my passion was deeply medicine. Long story short I ended up in law school and realized I didn't have my parents holding me back anymore to pursue medicine so after graduation I pursued a post bac.
Nope. Read their med school diplomas. It’s part of the grand illusion. The surgeons look down on the physicians just as the doctors look down on the general public. It’s easily explained since surgeons make tons more than ordinary physicians! Oops 😬 I meant to say that surgeons are so much smarter than physicians.
2:30 that's a very high estimate... where's the engineer and computer programmer? I really doubt the pharmacist(120) and nurses(117), that's too high for an average...
How do I put this… my IQ is high, but I have ADHD, and people take that as stupidness :/. I’ll just put it out here My IQ is 140… but I can’t stick myself to one thing :(, because after I know enough, I get bored… I’m also a highly sensitive person, so when people tell me that I’m stupid and aimless… I take it to heart :(. I have to many things I want to do, when my time on earth is so limited… I’ve wanted to be a Pulmonologist since I was 12. But I know I’ll fail, and everyone will be so disappointed in me… 😮💨
Nowadays I don't place value on the words "smart" or "intelligent." Supposedly, IQ tests test one's intelligence. But it shouldn't even exist. It's attempting to do the impossible, because there is no way to test "intelligence", or at least not how IQ tests do. First off, it's thought there's different types of intelligence. Meanwhile IQ tests rank people based on their ability to look at patterns and stuff. So is the only intelligence to be able to solve puzzles? And even if the score should have value, anyone can prepare for it, just like any test. The reason chess players score high on IQ tests is because they spend all their time analyzing patters! If everyone did the same, everyone would have high IQ scores. So does that mean with practice/experiences, anyone can be "IQ smart"? Or what? Because I think IQ tests claim to measure some intelligence that was there the whole time. Something you were born with and can change. "If you're dumb now, you'll be dumb forever." Thankfully, one's IQ score doesn't mean anything. Plus it's impossible and valueless to determine if someone is "more intelligent" than someone else. It just adds to individual arrogance and public sadness. What you can really measure, and what is really valuable, is knowledge and creativity. And anyone can achieve those things with practice. No baby will be able to solve 1 + 2. Everyone starts with zero, and from there you learn. It's important to notice this because we call studious students who have learned more "geniuses" and in turn think less of ourselves. There are no limits people. Only the ones you set yourself. Although I'd like to think we all have the same potential, there are people who could have certain advantages, like better memory or creativity from the start. But you can achieve the same things over time. And even if we have different potentials, there's no way to measure it. Just do what you love.
Sorry man but that's life. They already have these "IQ tests" in the form of MCAT, GRE, SAT, ASVAB etc. You can study for some of them, but having an innate intelligence gives you a large edge.
@@0doublezero0 it sounds like you don't know what you're talking about. IQ tests like I said claim to measure "intelligence". That's why they ask pattern and tricky questions, not when Portugal's constitution was written. Meanwhile tests like the MCAT, DCAT and SAT are knowledge tests that are used for admissions meant to asses one's ***knowledge*** on matters. That's why there's study guides and courses, so you memorize the content. That's knowledge. Not intelligence. There's a difference. But what I was focusing on was the emotional outcomes. When someone gets a low score in those standardized tests, they know and expected to because they didn't study. After studying they do much better. Whereas intelligence tests put a label on you, and claim they're very reliable and no matter how much you prepare you'll get the same score (which is dumb because you can prepare and practice analyzing patterns). Either way, you should've known the first part if you ever took a test in school.
“There are no limits people.” - Can I teach a chicken calculus? There are genetic limitations in our ability to have children, excel in athletics, socialize, utilize our senses. How could evolution have permitted a perfectly equal playing field in the realm of intelligence? There is currently no reliable evidence that suggests IQ can be changed. There is a wealth of scientific literature that has substantiated the genetic basis of IQ, including but not limited to: twin studies, adoption studies, allele research, neuron density and gray matter imaging, etc. IQ tests may not test perfectly the abstract idea of Intelligence, but they do measure “g,” or general intelligence, which has a strong relationship to just about every meaningful life outcome; notably: income, likelihood to commit crime, educational attainment, likelihood to have an illegitimate child, and more. The classic book “The Bell Curve” is an excellent resource in this field of study.
@@Berny27 IQ test are better referred to as General Ability or G-Factor. You can't truly study for an actual IQ test administered by a psychologist. Your actual score may improve but your IQ is unchanged. Just like muscle, if you workout you will eventually hit your genetic limit to where you can't really improve past it without using drugs. If you can create a drug that improves IQ you would be the one of greatest scientist to walk the earth. Bringing a person from 75 to 85 would be monumental, someone in the 75 range can hardly function by themselves so an 85 would get them a blue collar job at minimum which is a step up.
I dont know the person who made the IQ test but I do know Albert Einstiens name , so if that person was ( beacuase he/she made the IQ test) smarter than Einstien then why dont we know his name ?
There’s three little kids playing in the sandbox. One is called doctor, one is called scientist and the other is called engineer. If we all play nice with one another and share our toys then we are all better off. My apologies for attacking doctors- past present and future. Look how much mankind benefited from the friendship between Dr. Lister and Louis Pasteur. I promise to play nicer in the future.
I took an IQ test at a very young age in class as part of a big European study, and really it wasn't very meaningful, it didn't have predictive value in terms of occupation, wealth, income or anything really for me but I'm super curious if it had for any of my classmates. I feel like I'll lose IQ points if I compare the IQs of Surgeons and Nurses, I hope surgeons are smart, lol, I also hope that nurses are intelligent, both really should actually be intelligent if you think about it... But really I think that High IQ people (if IQ is actually intelligence, for which I'm not entirely sure about) are miserable as F*CK.
Dr. Jubbal, I really want to know more about ASPD and wealth, all the people you mentioned were CEOs, and they've done some pretty questionable things to get to where they are and maintain it. I think many people are "smart" but it's possible that ASPD is what sets these CEOs apart.
I’m so tired of people quoting Steven Hawking about why we shouldn’t care about IQ tests. He’s a liar. He had an IQ test done as soon as he found out about his condition to make sure he wasn’t losing cognitive ability.
Love Kevin's approach, which is actual science and data, not what is politically beneficial for him. Yes, I'm definitely throwing shade at people like Fauci, politicians, and the mainstream media.
So 4 out of the 6 professions listed as the top IQs are connected to the medical industry...and the video comes from...oh yeah..Med School Insiders...coincidence? What happened to engineers, designers, artists, entrepreneurs, psychologists, counsellors, charity workers, teachers, politicians, truck drivers and towards the bottom of the list, TH-cam bloggers?
Just because they code?... I don't think IT professionals are genius than doctors... The statement itself shows you're assuming things... Iq varies... A military guy will be more smart than IT professional...
IQ for sure does not mean wealth. Look at Wall Street. I’m sure tanner and laird weren’t A students while snorting coke at Wharton MBA know what I mean? The smartest people are either masters of money and view it like an illusion or game, like buffet or gates, or tend to value it less and focus on more intellectually stimulating work (professors, even artists) being a doctor is a horrible financial investment. Homies are broke and in debt for a good portion of their lives and work 80 hours a week for a good amount of time.
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As a doctor myself, i'm surprised physicians scored so high on average on IQ tests compared to other professions. I see most doctors as hard workers rather than intellectually brilliant. I see mathematicians/ physicists as those who are intellectually gifted for the most part.
Thank you!!! I share the same sentiments. I've just been accepted to MS. And so far, in undergrad, biology and even O Chem was not hard for me. Biology to me was mostly learning facts and there were 1 or 2 applied questions.
I went to a community college before being transferred to a University college. I majored in Physics, Biology, and chemistry. Let me tell you, physics was way harder than biology & chemistry (And biology had way more notes than the other two). I had to study and practice hours in Physics just to fully understand the concept. When I transferred to University college, I majored in Biology only going forward. Let me tell you 😂😂 going forward everything was a breeze 😂 because coming off of physics, everything was just memorizing in bio and one or 2 applied questions. The only course in Bio ,which was somewhat difficult, was Biochemistry, and that was fun for me.
I know MS is a different beast by itself 😂
I would say that for some reason smart people choose Medicine but it definitely doesn't require you to be crazy smart.
I too believe that we are more of hard workers than anything else actually , I thought that the video would say surprisingly doctors were of average IQ and that would not be surprising to me at all :D . I think engineering students , Physicists are a lot smarter and they don't need to sit all the time we spend on studying and yet they excel.
@The Medical Enthusiast Yes I definitely agree with that.
Same
@@manartalha6142 yeah I agree, people in medicine work really really hard and the motivation I see in students, it's like wow they can keep this up for 4 straight years. One thing I have to hand to medicine, is the volume of information. While I do believe Physicists and Engineers are smart, there is no "easy shortcuts" to remembering all the info. ,In medicine, in such a small space of time. Like you can be really smart and grasp concepts fast, but the human brain is simply not able to pact the vast amount of info. "In let's say, a week before the set exam" 😂 Like you still have to study a lot.
- doctors/med students are smart ❌
- smart people often choose medecine ✔️
Imo this is true. I've been saying this.
Those sentences mean the same exact thing. Doctors are smart cuz smart ppl tend to choose medicine.
@@adaezenjoku7527 what he says is that not all doctors are smart but many smart people choose medicine. So there are more smart people in medicine but doctors are not necessarily smart.
smart people choose medicine, and admissions committees choose people with a lot of sheet folding, regardless of whether they're gonna stop the bleeding when the times comes.
It’s simpler: only the smartest survive the selection
I don't think I have the highest IQ. I can't just cram information overnight and gets As on tests like some people do. I have worked hard my whole life, and I am proud of that.
same, what did you study?
@Christicus 101 I'm similiar in the sense that I remember stuff from way back but I definitely need a trigger. When Conor Mcgregror broke his shin bone last saturday, I suddenly thought of fatigue failure (material science).
@Christicus 101 I think the reason why you remember things very far into the past is because your brain has had a lot of time to process the information. Maybe learning new information put things together for you.
SAME
My dad is an anesthesiologist and he told me once “I’m not the smartest person in the world, but in medical school I had the ability to just keep my nose to my books and study really hard, and that’s how I became a doctor.” I think it’s more about hard work and medicine is almost more like a trade than an intellectual pursuit. With that being said, my grandfather was a general surgeon and he was an absolute genius. He read probably tons of books and extremely quickly, and had an eidetic memory. He knew everything about science, history, etc. he was just overall very very smart.
Your comment would be my wallpaper now!
If you can even get to Medical school you've got an IQ probably well beyond 120.
so do you get their high IQ genetic by becoming any professionals demanding higher IQ?
That opener is great 😂👍 I’m in med school and I think the majority of us are annoyed by people who do too much but there’s a fear of getting dragged through the mud if you speak up. Love to see someone with a platform calling it like it is
And unfortunately, that fear becomes a conditioned behavior that persists beyond school when you're working in your own practice. Instead of being in fear of the instructor you're now in fear of the public or your colleagues or medical board etc.
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” Do you agree?
No, the time it takes to accomplish something is indeed an important consideration before making major decisions. For instance, while doctors continue to study well into their late 20s and perhaps early 30s (I am aware, however, you are still considered a doctor at this stage and still receive an income and work in a hospital, but you are still “studying”), most other people will have finished long before. Time, thus, is important to put into consideration. People choose medicine IN SPITE of the time it takes, not DISREGARDING it.
@@tariqsaleh618 No, I disagree. It's never too late to go for your dreams. I am in my third gap year, and because of the specialty that I am interested in, I will not be finished with residency until I am 35. I really don't care because I love learning and I know that this is what I want to do, REGARDLESS of how much time it takes. So yes, never give up on a dream because it takes time. Success, after all, is not about the destination but the journey, the climb, the effort, the struggle and the time. ✌🏾
Tylan Jamison , I don’t disagree with much of what you said. I personally am interested in a speciality which , by the time i’m a consultant, I will be well over my 30’s. I have, however, thought about it and put the “time” into consideration before making my decision. My point is do not fall into the trap of following whatever dream you have and disregard the time in the process. DO put time into consideration, and make your judgment after thinking well. We always hear about those who have succeeded by following their dreams, but seldom hear about those who failed to fulfill their dreams after perhaps poor and impractical decisions. We do live, after all, in a practical world..
Who said that?
Yep agreed
I find that you need to be both smart and empathetic to really excel as a physician!
Personally, I think becoming a physician us more of a "hard work" field than anything.
That sounds like a challenge...
you don't need to be empathetic as a surgeon, just a nice bonus.
Unless you're a type-A personality surgeon. Then you just make people agree with you through force of personality. XD
Every time I take a 40Q block of Uworld, I feel like I have a borderline deficiency in intelligence.
Bruh anytime I look at a Rubix cube I think I have a deficiency in Intelligence ✋😭
crying 😭
Wait for the nclex
This content is gold. You’re killing it, my man.
haha these videos are great! you have an incredibly wide spectrum of ideas and skills, i am very glad youre taking advantage of them, its not only "so you want to be"'s (even though i love them), its so much more, your blend of wittiness with everything else is great, love it, keep up the amazing work Dr. !
"Knowlegde is common but intellegent is rare"
-that guy
Dude, I’ve always loved your channel. But after that intro, that feeling is now validated LOL. It resonates because a whole bunch of us are scared to speak common sense at our universities.
I wonder how the average IQ of data scientists, programmers and other individuals in the IT field would compare to this list. I feel like they may rank pretty high because the majority of their work is logic and pattern based which is one of the main things the IQ test tests.
Also curious to see if there is any significant difference in IQ among various medical specialties
Well pattern based beaches are their in medical like radiology, pathology etc...
Logic based branch like medicine, surgery etc.. So doesn't make much difference because iq test don't test you for adv maths but simple questions which are logical....
I'm so glad you made this video...especially for us, the younger generation. We struggle with comparison and depression because we think we dumb....😢 Even though we are not really that bad...
An average of 132 seems ridiculously high
It does.... I'm curious, you don't believe it or think the data is biased?
@@jesse045 I would wonder who they were asking, what type of physicians/surgeons? are these numbers self reported? Did people with average IQs choose not to participate? And possibly age as well. It would be interesting to now the average IQ of medical students as well
I think average for med students is around 126
@@fantasticfaith1106 go read the source yourself lol
Really appreciate how your video also mentioned the relation of IQ to happiness and wealth. As a person with superior IQ, external expectations led me to a highly stimulating profession which I ended up hating and I am looking to shift careers. So here I am with high IQ with mental health problems and no money
@Mohamed Ghita Liberal arts ofc. 🤣😂
on the IQ correlating with wealth bit, I think it's important to see whether the wealth was self-accumulated or passed to the person. Say a self-made billionaire's wealth is obviously of different quality to a trust fund kid born into wealth.
That's too much black and white.
Here's a. more interesting scenario: Trust fund kid builds off of the inheritance makes 1 million into billions.
Luckily, this problem is moderated by the fact that both intelligence and wealth inheritance are genetic.
Also, one of the leading theories for the development of higher IQ in humans (particularly human groups that evolved farther from the equator) is that general intelligence assists in forethought and preparation, which is essential in colder climates.
I’m a professional archaeologist, comparative historical linguist, and classical philologist. I took a PhD in Egyptology, know a half dozen ancient languages and an equal number of modern ones, specialized in ancient organic residue analysis, archaeological theory, and Bronze Age Near Eastern interconnections, directed vast field work projects throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and beyond, taught and published widely, served as scholar-in-residence in a number of internationally renowned academic institutions, curated collections in four leading museums in Greece, France, the U.K., and the U.S., served on the executive and editorial boards in a number of prestigious learned societies, and have consistently attained high scores (ranging from the ninety-sixth to the ninety-eighth percentile) in a series of government administered cognitive tests. Still, my two closest childhood friends - both of whom became practicing physicians and are now eminent neuroscientists and cognitive specialists - continually assure me that I’m spectacularly stupid, chiefly on account of the fact that I never attended medical school, but also because I’m largely ignorant of pop culture trivia and hopelessly inept in the use of social media platforms.
Loved that dig at the hyperwoke crowd 😂
same
How did you get the 132 IQ number? Reading that article it looks like the average for physicians is 121, and the 132 is the cutoff for the 90th percentile
I find studies on IQ fascinating, what I found really interesting in this video is that the IQ scores of occupations are different from the IQs by degree of study. I would've predicted that Physicists, Mathematicians, Philosophers and Engineers would be at the top of the list. The smartest person I met was a Physicist/Engineer, but admittedly he might not be representative of a "normal" engineer lets say. My intelligent friend never took an IQ test. Also is a nurse, or a pharmacist researcher/ professor, in the professor/researcher category or the nurses or pharmacists category?
To study medicine you don't need to be smart, you just have to sit your ass on the chair and study like your life depends on it.
Here I am, 4/6 years of med school done, and I don't consider myself smarter than average. My secret (actually not a secret at all) is working hard.
Hi Dr. Jubbal. I really appreciate the content you have been putting out lately. I was wondering if you could make a video on your thoughts on a universal healthcare system and how that would affect the medical profession.
Didnt think id be interested going into the video, left the video very interested. Great video. Keep up the great work!!!
I think iq increases income up to a degree (about 130-140) and after that their is a negative correlation.
Yep, being overly smart can be a downfall. Had a mentor in real estate tell me the richest guys in the field are average intelligence, the ones that don't do well are the smart ones (they overthink the selling formula).
Source
i love the introduction!!
i'm not offended😂
IQ is by very far the best predictor of lifetime success. 2nd place is conscientiousness, which is a 3x weaker predictor than IQ. If you discover how to increase IQ, Nobel prize for you
Stimulate your mind from a young age and don't stop doing it. Play chess, pick up a stimulating hobby like reading or playing an instrument, engage in mentally demanding work. Stay away from mindless pleasures like excessive TV or video games. The brain is like a muscle; the more you work it the stronger you become.
@@charlesb1602 From my understanding, there are currently no reliable/replicable studies that have been able to prove you can increase your IQ. IQ seems to be almost entirely genetic, based on current evidence. Thoughts?
@@charlesb1602 video games actually increases focus, pattern recognition, strategy making, decision making much more... Their are many games I can name which will make you think every minute...
Video idea: could you make a video about the transition from being a resident and doing your fellowship to an official attending physician. I feel a lot of us know about the medical process of schooling, residency, and fellowship, however, not what comes after you’re done with all that. Like what does it mean to be now an attending physician-if the person decides to go down that path. Can the now attending physician stay in the same hospital do they have to change hospitals? How are their duties different from when they were senior residence and doing their fellowship? Stuff like that:-) thanks you for your content!
“Being offended is one of the most highly practiced sports across hyper work social justice warriors” lol I’m smashing the like button on this one
I love the savage comments you have been making recently. Its time that youtubers and common people alike start calling out some of the stupidity of super wokesness thats going on in recent years.
When I got a psych eval and my IQ was revealed to be 121, I felt deeply disappointed that I fell significantly short of intellectual giftedness. But I’ve come to terms with my limitations and can live with myself, even though I’m middle-of-the-road.
I’m so jealous… I have the IQ of 140.
Might sound really cool? Huh. But I also have ✨ADHD✨ I literally get bored watching movies, or even learning something. And the worst part is ✨If I don’t catch on to something immediately I drop it✨😍
So to paint a picture of me, I’m a sad sensitive, nervous wreck who gets bored from doing literally anything.
I can’t play video games without listening to music while at the same time creating story’s in my head.
(My hobby’s are)
Writing, Reading, drawing, Baking, gaming, studying, crafting, world building, and story telling, culture studies, and Linguistics!
And there’s not enough time on earth to be good at all. And I equally love them all
✨I’m a Jack of all trades master of none✨
And it hurts so bad…
I’m really envious of truly smart people like you. 😅
@@SamuelSamuelSamuel1 ok cool but who asked
I think there is more nuance to be taken into account with IQ in this arena. For example, physicians and surgeons from Columbia, Harvard, UC San Diego, etc are likely to have higher average IQs than Physicians and Surgeons at a very low ranked Medical School. This goes into the "sorting effect" described in this video. Along with this, from my personal experience, strategy and work ethic can bridge the gap for those who are not quite as 'fluidly intelligent" as others. However, one certainly needs to be high in fluid intelligence to have a shot in medicine.
There is some older research on experts in Chess (early 2000s) where they did find links between higher IQs and higher ranks, but total storage in Long Term Memory/Schemas were found to be more predictive. If I could find the article, I would - but I've tried looking for it without success (I am sure it was probably Ericcson).
What do you think of these points? Specifically, what do you think about techniques, study strategies, and work ethic bridging the gap for those who are not as high in fluid IQ - this seems to be one of the goals of your work and channel.
I think what he should clarify in the video is that smart people choose Medicine and they have a better shot at getting into medicine; however, medicine doesn't necessarily require you to be smart in my opinion. I think being hardworking, lots of motivation, and practicing helps you succeed more.
This however is opinion based 😂 and not backed by credible sources. Simply put, just my observation.
@@AJXO-30 I would be really interested to see if there is any data/research on the interplay between fluid IQ, study strategies, metacognition, time spent studying, etc. I'm sure the military has some studies on the effects of military training varying by IQ range, but I have not been able to find any on the internet.
@@AJXO-30 I would be really interested to see if there is any data/research on the interplay between fluid IQ, study strategies, metacognition, time spent studying, etc. I'm sure the military has some studies on the effects of military training varying by IQ range, but I have not been able to find any on the internet.
This is true but remember in the video the variance is small. So getting into medical school is all-around hard, but the elite institutions are by the far the hardest. However, getting a PhD has a large variance. Because overall it isn't nearly as hard to get into a graduate program than medical school. However, the elite institutions are extremely hard to get into.
@@0doublezero0 These are very good points.
I suspect that success in the medical school application process and not necessarily desire to become a physician correlates strongly with IQ.
The MCAT right now has me questioning my intelligence lmfao
Haha me too!
This is one of the most UNREALISTIC videos I've ever seen!
“So you want to be an oncologist” next plss!!
Man. Dr. jubbal’s vids are severely underviewed
The question isn’t whether the work is intellectually challenging, but rather whether the people doing the work are intelligent. That’s fairly easy to answer by thinking back to your high school and asking what profession the smartest students in your class chose. It’s usually medicine, sometimes law, occasionally dentistry, but seldom physics or mathematics. People who choose physics usually enjoy it and have some aptitude for it, but they’re almost never the people who ace every subject and end up on the podium as the valedictorian. People just assume physicists must be intelligent because the work the do appears more abstract and intellectual than something like medicine. But that poor hospital intern you see working his guts out on a 36 hour shift in the inpatient ward - that person is going to have a higher intelligence on average than your average college physics lecturer.
Holy cow. I'm early for once.
Same
Same 2
I even don't remember what did i eat in morning.
Me who's dumb: Welp, Im sure I am getting ready to be poor
same :(
Nah do real estate. I know a seller who is a millionare. He said to me: the most successful one are the dumb ones that follow the formula to selling, the smart ones don't do as well because they think they can do better...
(FACTS OVA FEELINGS). The Doctor is a Philosopher for there is No Great Difference between Wisdom and Medicine
An iq of 132 on the Simon-Binet scale qualifies a person for mensa membership and somehow that is the average iq among physicians lol. Something isn't adding up here.
These people aren’t going to like you very much. You’re destroying the illusion! Go into any hospital and what do you see covering the walls. Huge photos of nurses and doctors. Isn’t that called self aggrandizement? Isn’t that exactly what’s going on here? And then you’re constantly bombarded by surveys asking how incredibly pleased you are. It cuts down on the lawsuits. I have a relative who’s an RN and director of a nicu. She’s the biggest liar and phony in the world! She will spout HUGE amounts of BS just to make sure that the doctors don’t get sued. A baby dies because someone screwed up? No problem... I’ve put out this fire 🔥 thousands of times! I’ll cry crocodile 🐊 tears 😭 or quote some BS platitudes or use some illogical tautologies to protect the people with the longest lab coats. After all I’ll do anything if you pay me. Doesn’t that sound like some other people we know who work at the hospital?
@@paulrivera5231 ok boomer
Where is the link to the paper with all the different IQs for professions? Thanks in advance!
Just Google 'Meritocracy, Cognitive Ability, and the Sources of Occupational Success.' A pdf of the original paper will be the first result.
Of course doctors are smart, but many don't smartly understand that their patients aren't necessarily intellectually inept in comparison & consequently shouldn't be spoken down to.
I didn't know Med School Insiders was so based.
But, is MSI also redpilled?
@@iggy5895 Is MSI orangepilled?
I honestly believe that being a doctor has nothing to do with having a high IQ. Not every doctor is necessarily smart; in a way that any average person can be a doctor if they put the needed effort into it.
Its much more about hardworking and commitment rather than smartness and intelligence.
Agree with the intro. Glad you called that out.
Nice video bro
I want to be cardiologist not now but some day
I am watching from Philippines 🇵🇭💪
“You can find a link to the full list of more professions in the description “
No i can’t ☹️
I was searching for it too
Thank you for taking on woke/cancel/victim culture
As for the nation thingy, china Korea Hong Kong and Japan has the world's highest IQ, but suicide rates are also the highest, especially korea
Yup…. South Korean 13 hour daily study culture can do that to peeps
✋😭
Informative video. The numbers for IQs were a little higher than reality if they are supposed to be averages. People are smart in different ways so it depends on the nature of the problems being solved and how well people integrate ideas from different sources to help them have insights, and that's not one and the same with the intelligence that gets tested on IQ tests.
Loved Stephen Hawking's reference
So you want to be an oncologist video please!
Dunno, I am s few exams away from graduation from medical school and I see myself as a hard-working troglodyte 😅
Humility is a must to be a good physician.
In our country higher classes can afford to sent their kids to med school while others were forced to courses they didnt like
Well imo doctors are pretty smart cuz of the years of biology and chemistry in high school. Not to mention med school and residence
This is a very old study from the USA. The IQs of all students have decreased since then. Almost 50% of all people study in many western countries. the average iq of students thus cant be higher than 75% percentile if you assume that only the smarter half of the people studies (which isnt true so it will be probably around 70% percentile). I would guess that the iq of physicians wont be higher than 120 in the usa. in other countries it might be even much lower. in the usa its higher because the usa attracts smart people from all over the world for financial reasons.
i’m curious, did these professionals prepare for the test, or took it first time? with practice and understanding of the strategies and concepts, any of these tests can be improved on. Are these results based on their first attempt?
Mathematician and physicist has IQ above 140 and physicians are nowhere close to that
That's pretty dumb... Considering iq test is based on simple questions rather than adv maths and physics problems... So anyone can give iq test.. Which means some doctors can actually have an iq more than 160 and some maths guys can be just average...
Their was a video in which the military guy scored higher iq than a scientist...
Iq varies... Smart people can be in any field ... They are not bound to be in only physics and maths...
You think that the wealthiest are incredibly intelligent. Look up on halo effect. Basically if you see one attribute of a person that you consider to be very positive, in this case wealth, you paint all his other attributes with the same positivity, even if you don't know anything about it. A real life example of this, is that they took a pretty teacher and an ugly teacher, both with the same skill level at teaching, and got her to teach a class to the same group of students. The students then rated the teacher in many attributes, like ability to teach, etc. The students rated all the attributes of the pretty teacher as being higher than the ugly teacher.
Another bias, is that to the victor goes the spoils, or the rich can control the narrative. Everytime a rich person goes to a talk show, or does some talk, he can control what gets asked of him. He can buy anyone that knows his wrong doings to keep quiet. He can sue anyone that does something to offend him. Also, bill gates just copied xerox. Zuckerberg just stole the idea from other students. Also, bezzos, and other billionaires are getting tax break after tax break. If they were from any other country that wasn't the US, they wouldn't get that rich.
What about developers? Architects ? Software Architects? Physicists?
I love your channel! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Success does not mean happiness. Success might mean you have more options in life when problems arise but that does not mean you are happy.
I don't like to be comparitive, but the linkage of being a doctor and assuming you're super brainy because of that linkage, is what's being hinted at here needs to be addressed. Life saving skills are not beyond anyones remit, not psychologically smart but compassionate. I see a compassionate life saver in the field, in the casualty dept. Smart means well-rounded, impressionable person, outside from behind the desk you hide. Doctors asimilate huge amouts of info to make them docs, doesn't make them world-ready smart though.
This is all wrong about the assumptions that doctors are corazón got smart people. An example of this could be both my parents; both are very successful physicians; my father is a vascular surgeon and my mother is a pathologist working in private and I can assure you that they are both not very smart. Yes, they are smart at what they do and that is from studying, but IQ wise, they are average. I was not born smart like my brother who luckily was, but I still have better grades than him with a underweighted 4.0 gpa in hs taking honors and AP from studying and persevering. You can still be average and be a doctor.
so excited for this
oh really
Does this mean I am super smart then since I'll be both a lawyer and a doctor 🤔? Doubt it. I'm a hard worker but definitely not that smart!
Both?
:o
@@PeaceOffmate yes, graduated law school and pursuing medical school.
@@jessicarivera4302 WHOA! Talk about ambitious!
@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 I never wanted it to be that way lol. I wanted to be a doctor so bad since high school but was told no. Law was more of a second interest and being a lawyer was something the pre-high school me wanted to be but my passion was deeply medicine. Long story short I ended up in law school and realized I didn't have my parents holding me back anymore to pursue medicine so after graduation I pursued a post bac.
@@jessicarivera4302 WHO told you no on medicine?
And why? It's such a prestigious and affluent profession.
Well, either way, good luck!
2:01 - jobs with highest ave. IQs:
2:26 - accountants are 123
These are facts. There is nothing to debate here.
Yo I watched this one hour within posting. Does this mean MSI will like my comment?
Yes
So a surgeon is not a "physician"? :)
Nope. Read their med school diplomas. It’s part of the grand illusion. The surgeons look down on the physicians just as the doctors look down on the general public. It’s easily explained since surgeons make tons more than ordinary physicians! Oops 😬 I meant to say that surgeons are so much smarter than physicians.
Please do a "so you want to be a Pathologist" plsss
2:30 that's a very high estimate... where's the engineer and computer programmer? I really doubt the pharmacist(120) and nurses(117), that's too high for an average...
Hi I really want ro become a cardiothoracic surgeon. So pls can you upload content about the specialty
How do I put this… my IQ is high, but I have ADHD, and people take that as stupidness :/.
I’ll just put it out here My IQ is 140…
but I can’t stick myself to one thing :(, because after I know enough, I get bored…
I’m also a highly sensitive person, so when people tell me that I’m stupid and aimless…
I take it to heart :(. I have to many things I want to do, when my time on earth is so limited…
I’ve wanted to be a Pulmonologist since I was 12. But I know I’ll fail, and everyone will be so disappointed in me… 😮💨
Kinda shocked engineers were not on the list
Could you please make a video about being Medical researcher?
I really want to be one.
I’m deeply offended by this video and I will make sure you’re being cancelled ASAP.
Why would it be offensive to know that doctors and professors have a high iq. They are literally the smartest people in society.
@@aomorgancool1775 because they think doing maths is only mark of high iq..
@@aomorgancool1775 They won't be so smart with my knuckles in their high and mighty intellect.
Sir, Please make video on General Practitioner.
Nowadays I don't place value on the words "smart" or "intelligent." Supposedly, IQ tests test one's intelligence. But it shouldn't even exist. It's attempting to do the impossible, because there is no way to test "intelligence", or at least not how IQ tests do. First off, it's thought there's different types of intelligence. Meanwhile IQ tests rank people based on their ability to look at patterns and stuff. So is the only intelligence to be able to solve puzzles? And even if the score should have value, anyone can prepare for it, just like any test. The reason chess players score high on IQ tests is because they spend all their time analyzing patters! If everyone did the same, everyone would have high IQ scores. So does that mean with practice/experiences, anyone can be "IQ smart"? Or what? Because I think IQ tests claim to measure some intelligence that was there the whole time. Something you were born with and can change. "If you're dumb now, you'll be dumb forever."
Thankfully, one's IQ score doesn't mean anything. Plus it's impossible and valueless to determine if someone is "more intelligent" than someone else. It just adds to individual arrogance and public sadness. What you can really measure, and what is really valuable, is knowledge and creativity. And anyone can achieve those things with practice. No baby will be able to solve 1 + 2. Everyone starts with zero, and from there you learn. It's important to notice this because we call studious students who have learned more "geniuses" and in turn think less of ourselves.
There are no limits people. Only the ones you set yourself. Although I'd like to think we all have the same potential, there are people who could have certain advantages, like better memory or creativity from the start. But you can achieve the same things over time. And even if we have different potentials, there's no way to measure it. Just do what you love.
Sorry man but that's life. They already have these "IQ tests" in the form of MCAT, GRE, SAT, ASVAB etc. You can study for some of them, but having an innate intelligence gives you a large edge.
@@0doublezero0 it sounds like you don't know what you're talking about. IQ tests like I said claim to measure "intelligence". That's why they ask pattern and tricky questions, not when Portugal's constitution was written. Meanwhile tests like the MCAT, DCAT and SAT are knowledge tests that are used for admissions meant to asses one's ***knowledge*** on matters. That's why there's study guides and courses, so you memorize the content. That's knowledge. Not intelligence. There's a difference.
But what I was focusing on was the emotional outcomes. When someone gets a low score in those standardized tests, they know and expected to because they didn't study. After studying they do much better. Whereas intelligence tests put a label on you, and claim they're very reliable and no matter how much you prepare you'll get the same score (which is dumb because you can prepare and practice analyzing patterns). Either way, you should've known the first part if you ever took a test in school.
“There are no limits people.” - Can I teach a chicken calculus?
There are genetic limitations in our ability to have children, excel in athletics, socialize, utilize our senses. How could evolution have permitted a perfectly equal playing field in the realm of intelligence?
There is currently no reliable evidence that suggests IQ can be changed. There is a wealth of scientific literature that has substantiated the genetic basis of IQ, including but not limited to: twin studies, adoption studies, allele research, neuron density and gray matter imaging, etc.
IQ tests may not test perfectly the abstract idea of Intelligence, but they do measure “g,” or general intelligence, which has a strong relationship to just about every meaningful life outcome; notably: income, likelihood to commit crime, educational attainment, likelihood to have an illegitimate child, and more. The classic book “The Bell Curve” is an excellent resource in this field of study.
@@Berny27 IQ test are better referred to as General Ability or G-Factor. You can't truly study for an actual IQ test administered by a psychologist. Your actual score may improve but your IQ is unchanged. Just like muscle, if you workout you will eventually hit your genetic limit to where you can't really improve past it without using drugs. If you can create a drug that improves IQ you would be the one of greatest scientist to walk the earth. Bringing a person from 75 to 85 would be monumental, someone in the 75 range can hardly function by themselves so an 85 would get them a blue collar job at minimum which is a step up.
I dont know the person who made the IQ test but I do know Albert Einstiens name , so if that person was ( beacuase he/she made the IQ test) smarter than Einstien then why dont we know his name ?
There’s three little kids playing in the sandbox. One is called doctor, one is called scientist and the other is called engineer. If we all play nice with one another and share our toys then we are all better off. My apologies for attacking doctors- past present and future. Look how much mankind benefited from the friendship between Dr. Lister and Louis Pasteur. I promise to play nicer in the future.
Why should I play nice when I can be all three. (said jokingly)
You mean that you’re going to admit here in front of all your colleagues...
That you play with yourself???
JK
I took an IQ test at a very young age in class as part of a big European study, and really it wasn't very meaningful, it didn't have predictive value in terms of occupation, wealth, income or anything really for me but I'm super curious if it had for any of my classmates. I feel like I'll lose IQ points if I compare the IQs of Surgeons and Nurses, I hope surgeons are smart, lol, I also hope that nurses are intelligent, both really should actually be intelligent if you think about it... But really I think that High IQ people (if IQ is actually intelligence, for which I'm not entirely sure about) are miserable as F*CK.
Dr. Jubbal, I really want to know more about ASPD and wealth, all the people you mentioned were CEOs, and they've done some pretty questionable things to get to where they are and maintain it. I think many people are "smart" but it's possible that ASPD is what sets these CEOs apart.
I’m so tired of people quoting Steven Hawking about why we shouldn’t care about IQ tests. He’s a liar. He had an IQ test done as soon as he found out about his condition to make sure he wasn’t losing cognitive ability.
Just commenting for the algorithm 💛💚
Wowzers I'm early!
These studies are pretty dated... I'd be curious to see current data.
Love Kevin's approach, which is actual science and data, not what is politically beneficial for him. Yes, I'm definitely throwing shade at people like Fauci, politicians, and the mainstream media.
ironic how you mention fauci u knob
Does the IQ test test levels for all ages or just the age you are?
So 4 out of the 6 professions listed as the top IQs are connected to the medical industry...and the video comes from...oh yeah..Med School Insiders...coincidence?
What happened to engineers, designers, artists, entrepreneurs, psychologists, counsellors, charity workers, teachers, politicians, truck drivers and towards the bottom of the list, TH-cam bloggers?
Plz make a video "so you want to be physiotherapist"
Imagine being offended by dry statistics
i love how you opened the video & crushed the keyboard warriors with facts 😂
I think IT professionals are more genius than doctors.
Iam IT professionals.
Just because they code?... I don't think IT professionals are genius than doctors... The statement itself shows you're assuming things... Iq varies... A military guy will be more smart than IT professional...
Depends on the area. Someone working help desk as a career isn't the same as someone studying machine learning or Cyber Security.
What is the average IQ of software engineers?
Sheer, unbridled, single minded willpower... nuff said
IQ for sure does not mean wealth. Look at Wall Street. I’m sure tanner and laird weren’t A students while snorting coke at Wharton MBA know what I mean? The smartest people are either masters of money and view it like an illusion or game, like buffet or gates, or tend to value it less and focus on more intellectually stimulating work (professors, even artists) being a doctor is a horrible financial investment. Homies are broke and in debt for a good portion of their lives and work 80 hours a week for a good amount of time.