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List of People by Known IQ
Does this article List of People by Known IQ have any merit in Wikipedia? I'm of two minds on this one -- it seems an interesting list, but given the shaky credibility of "IQ" as a metric and the verifiability of these numbers, I'm not sure. Put it here instead of Votes for Deletion, in order to make "inclusionists" happy. :) Fuzheado 08:33, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * I concur. IMO, it doesnt deserve to stand as a single article. The list may be given as a "trivia" item at the bottom of the IQ page. Considering that not many articles link to the list presently, this is the easiest solution. chance 07:16, Dec 4, 2003 (UTC)


 * I'd go with that, but I think it should include some kind of disclaimer, since you can't possibly sure these numbers are accurate. - MGM 10:24, May 5, 2004 (UTC)


 * This is pseudoscientific garbage, and should be deleted. The claim that we "know", or in some reasonable way can estimate, that Marilyn vos Savant, author of perhaps the worst popular mathematics book ever written, is much more intelligent than Galileo or Descartes, who died long before IQ tests were invented, is mind-boggling in its idiocy. Yes, someone did attempt to estimate the IQ of a variety of historical figures, and no, this is not "knowedge". What rubbish! Gene Ward Smith 08:12, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * Agree. -- Arvindn 14:09, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Also agree.Doovinator 22:01, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Could not agree more, also. Ensiform 04:47, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * I agree. David.Monniaux 19:05, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Seeing as tests can't even agree on my IQ, I fail to see how they could work out that of someone who is dead. Agree. Rissa of the Saiya-jin 23:43, 30 May 2004 (UTC)