IQ scores and the intelligence categories

[Tsotso]

This is what the intelligence page says about IQ scores:

Intelligence Quotients​

An Intelligence Quotient, or IQ is a scientific attempt to score the intelligence of individuals in real life through testing. It is a common occurrence in fiction for authors to give their characters IQ scores, often exceptionally high ones, and while some scientists believe IQ has validity in real life, it makes for a very poor measuring stick in fiction. An author can give a character as ridiculously high of an IQ as they want, whether it be over 200, 314, 5,000, or even 10^30, but without feats, these numbers are meaningless, only acting as confirmation that they are much smarter than normal humans.

Even if that was not the case, as different fictions give their characters different ratings, they are completely useless for comparing intelligence between them. It would be like trying to compare the power levels in Nanatsu no Taizai to those in Dragon Ball to determine their power in relation to each other, when both verses use power levels differently and have completely different scales of power. This is without getting into the fact that many scientists find IQ to be a poor judge of intelligence for the same reasons that intelligence is so hard to quantify in versus debating, among others.

Some verses, such as DC Comics, have their own internal intelligence ranking systems. It is the same situation with these as it is with IQ - without feats, these rankings mean little.

One should not automatically assign statements of intelligence within a story itself without looking at if a character's feats and behaviour fits with it according to our standards.

However if a character has a fictional IQ of 200 or 300 I don't see how they are not intended to be portrayed as a genius.
So is someone has a high enough score would that be a justification for them being placed in the genius category?
And if someone had a high though not genius score would it be a justification to place them in the gifted category?
What about if someone is stated to have an average IQ but performs impressive feats? Can they be placed in the gifted or genius categories despite their officially average IQ?

And lastly, if an IQ scale had to be given to the normal cetegories (below average, average, above average, gifted and genius) what official IQ score ranges would be needed for a character to be placed in each category?

 

[Digital_Franz]

However if a character has a fictional IQ of 200 or 300 I don't see how they are not intended to be portrayed as a genius.

There is no portrayed as geniuses that really holds here. As the page says, without feats and just with these statements the characters are just portrayed as way above average. As the page says, the characters are compared with their feats.

So is someone has a high enough score would that be a justification for them being placed in the genius category?

No.

And if someone had a high though not genius score would it be a justification to place them in the gifted category?

I don't think so.

What about if someone is stated to have an average IQ but performs impressive feats?

That's the whole point. You're answering your previous questions with this question. IQ means almost nothing if there are notable feats on the character's part.

Can they be placed in the gifted or genius categories despite their officially average IQ?

If their feats deserve these levels then yes, easily.

And lastly, if an IQ scale had to be given to the normal cetegories (below average, average, above average, gifted and genius) what official IQ score ranges would be needed for a character to be placed in each category?

A value cannot be assigned as the page says.

 

[DarkDragonMedeus]

High IQ scores will simply qualify as gifted at best. We do not give out Genius, Extraordinary Genius, or especially not Supergenius just from those statements alone. Especially not Supergenius, because by our own standards, we someone would technically need Infinite IQ to be a true Supergenius. But someone saying that they have 1000 IQ, but do not have a single feat outside of just being the Mayor of a city's assistant would barely mean anything; and there is still a lack of evidence that the same character is smarter than Steven Hawking let alone various other fictional characters who mentally know how to perform scientifically impossible feats. And based on the basic mathematical calculations for IQ, and IQ of 300 basically just means they mentally have the expectation to graduate High School at the age of 6. But there are barely any promises of where they go after that.

 

[CloverDragon03]

At the absolute best, a high IQ can be used to support existing intelligence feats (for example, Eggman's IQ of 300 doesn't mean as much on its own, but when compounded by all these other intelligence feats he's done, it can be nice support)