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we can compare their intelligence to those who have previously lived?

A quick googling gives estimates of ~117B humans have ever been born.

So if you were the cleverest person on the planet, ever, you'd have 1-in-117B intelligence?


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jll2911/08/2024

I was thinking along similar lines, bit it becomes a theoretical question when you cannot test/evaluate/interact with subjects anymore.

Also, I'm wondering whether a difference of 1 IQ point is even noticeable, and if not, what's the smallest noticeable increment or faction of a unit.

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