[astrange]

He’s scared because of a third-hand anecdote about a score on an unknown test decades ago with no reproduction?

I’ve always been concerned about the lack of critical thinking skills in people who post about IQ scores.

[solveit]

Have you seen the picture of that brain? Quibbling about the measure of intelligence used was the last thing on my mind because I was amazed the person was alive at all. That said,

> He had a first-class honors degree in mathematics. He presented normally along all social and cognitive axes. He didn’t even realize there was anything wrong with him until he went to the doctor for some unrelated malady, only to be referred to a specialist because his head seemed a bit too large.

does the very next paragraph assuage your concerns?

[astrange]

I agree it’s impressive, but it’s a funny thing to lead with the number. If they were still around and wanted to contribute to science, an fMRI would be interesting for curiosity’s sake; maybe “stress makes their brain work harder” also means it ages differently too?

Or counting their neurons, but presumably they have to not be around anymore for that one.

[Bolkan]

The lower lizard brain is enough yo keep you alive