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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From [url]http://www.electronicproducts.com/News/Engineer_vs_engineer_Who_has_the_higher_IQ.aspx[/url]

Average IQ Profession
130            Physics
129            Mathematics
128.5         Computer Science
128            Economics
127.5         Chemical engineering
127            Material Science
126            Electrical Engineering
125.5         Mechanical Engineering
125            Philosophy
124            Chemistry
123            Earth Sciences
122            Industrial Engineering
122            Civil Engineering
121.5         Biology

All of the top smarts professions (except for philosophy) are science/math/engineering (econ is all math).[/quote]
There's only 8.5 points between the top and the bottom of this list. That's hardly definitive proof that one is smarter than another (says the mathematics major).[/quote]

More importantly, what's the standard deviation?

-Engineer
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15 for the whole population. Apparently this is the top of the someones list and these STEM fields are grouped in ~1/2 of a std dev. On an individual test the margin for error is around +/- 3pts. Since the numbers above are averages the error should be less, but the std dev per field is probably still enough that there will be some biologists scoring above some physicists. A list like the one above is more about the lack of non STEM fields than comparing individuals within the fields listed. [/quote]

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