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[Barbara]

Carl Freire wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
>> I'm hoping the 180 IQ is his superpower in the show and not his 'real' IQ,
>> because realistically, even if it was absurdly high, it is almost impossible
>> to accurately measure IQs far outside the range of 'normal'.
> 
> Well, apparently it is his "real" IQ, or at least he claimed it as such.

There's nothing abnormal about an IQ score of 180.  At the school I went 
to, such a score would only be "above average".  For an engineer, it's 
high but nothing unusual, and remember he's an engineer.  For a long 
time I was a test subject for IQ tests in the 60's and 70's and I scored 
that high myself. (Though not often.) My scores were all over the place. 
Showing that if you take a lot of IQ tests, you get to mention your high 
scores and ignore your lower ones, but it probably would be fairer to 
average them.  Anyway, you could really and truly describe this guy as a 
geek. Not just an actor playing a geek.  It's about time.  What other 
engineer has become a TV star?  I can't think of anyone.  Speaking as an 
engineer myself, I'm happy to see this smart Asian American kid score 
big in Hollywood.  If he is responsible for the totally decent and 
reasonably accurate subtitles accompanying the Japanese dialog on 
Heroes, something which you don't see on TV usually, he gets a standing 
ovation from me.

Barbara Murasakihana
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