Traditional IQ tests sensibly and reliably measure a range of around 60-140. Richard Feynman's measured IQ was 137, but you have to translate that as "outside the range of the IQ test"
No. It is far more likely that the qualities that made Feynman a genius were not those that were measured by IQ tests.
It's not a matter of his intellect being outside of a range. Intellect has a dimensionality far greater than IQ tests measure, period.
I am your hero!
I am your master!
Learn my arts,
Seek my way.
Learn as I learned,
Seek as I sought.
Envy me!
Aim at me!
Rival me!
Transcend me!
Look back,
Smile,
And then—
Eyes front!
I was never your city,
Just a stretch of your road.
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