Sunday, January 10, 2010

The IQs of actors

I've seen discussions in the HBD community before about the IQs of actors. Actors certainly seem to think they're smart, but what does the GSS say?

In a sample of 20 actors and directors (who certainly boost the average) the mean IQ is 107.5.

I'm not impressed.
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  1. Mike Kenny10:05 AM

    I speculated on James Cameron's IQ based on the first college he went to and usual SAT scores of students who went there. The link:

    http://michaelkenny.blogspot.com/2009/12/thoughts-on-director-james-camerons-iq.html

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