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I don't find academic achievements to be as relevant as they are portrayed as being to intelligence; in my book, that guy was just an average scrub who was a bit more interested in advanced physics and mathematics than your average cookie.Yes, I am concordant with you there. Feynman was an unequivocal genius, getting ridiculously good marks in his maths and physics exams (perfect score on the PhD exam for Princeton for maths and physics, and extemporaneously getting one of the highest scores recorded on Putnam—an exam on which the mean score is 0). But, his IQ was only 125 (presumably, he did less well on the non-mathematical sections), which is an IQ that is above average, but for someone of his intellect that is quite low. However, IQ tests do quantify the rate at which you can learn. If you don't believe he's a genius, then I'll tell you this: got perfect GCSEs (highest grade in each), did the Mathematics GCSE 3 years early, and by 11th grade he was flicking through 3rd year classical mechanics at Cambridge. His IQ definitely helps him, but he's intelligent for other reasons, as well.
I'm 16 (he's now 18).
I thought as much (referring to your age).
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