billswift comments on The Singularity Institute's Arrogance Problem - Less Wrong
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I don't know a source for the number, but in one of his popular books he mentioned that Mensa contacted him and he responded that his IQ wasn't high enough, which means it was less than 130.
Knowing Feynman, This might well have been a joke at their expense.
According to Feynman, he tested at 125 when he was a schoolboy. (Search for "IQ" in the Gleick biography.)
Gwern says:
Steve Hsu says:
It is a joke at their expense. The question is whether he based it on a true premise.