IQ tests are only calibrated to return numbers up to a certain point. It's like getting 200% voter turn out.
Linus Pauling won a Nobel in chemistry then used that position to push medical beliefs that a lot of people believe today but when tested, don't prove out.
The guy may or may not be smart. He may or may not be educated about human biology. But he's not an expert on everything just because he's got a number after his name.
+1 on this
IQ tests are only calibrated to return numbers up to a certain point. It's like getting 200% voter turn out.
Linus Pauling won a Nobel in chemistry then used that position to push medical beliefs that a lot of people believe today but when tested, don't prove out.
The guy may or may not be smart. He may or may not be educated about human biology. But he's not an expert on everything just because he's got a number after his name.
It's a logically fallacy.