Einstein's IQ was 150. Hes already very smart. So yeah, when you have IQ of 150, then other things matter like creativity. If Einstein had an IQ of 80, he would not have gotten the Nobel Prize no matter how creative he was. You keep saying intelligence didn't matter for him, but 8th grade statistics would tell you that the standard deviation for IQ is 15, and that he is already 3 standard deviations above the mean. Thats what, 99.8% higher than the general populous. So yes, hes already damn smart.
I dont know if this is a testament to how ignorant you are on the subject matter or if you're some sort of 15 year old kid whos desperately trying to sound intelligent?
There is no point comparing einstein to regular people. But in his field, wherein people of 'higher' IQ existed...even they could not dream up what he did. It makes almost no sense in trying to argue or disprove what I say by bringing up regular peoples IQs.
I.E... Neihls Bohrs mathematical talent was so great that very few people bothered to even argue with him because of his intellect. It was widely agreed that his intelligence as well as freeman dyson's intellect were of the greatest during that time. The same can be said of other great scientists whos names represent principles and theories you've no doubt studied...
max plank, neihls bohr, heisenberg, etc. All of these men have been thought to have superior and better developed mathematical and intellectual capacities compared to einstein...
yet einstein prevailed in developing an entirely new theory that split from the scientific community during his time with 'only' an IQ of 150 when others had higher intellect. That was the point I was making. That creativity is more important than intelligence alone.
On a more RELEVANT note... IQ has absolutely no correlation with success in life for a variety of reasons. The fact is, IQ wont dictate your chance of succeeding, in whatever measures you use, money, Nobel Prize, etc.
The average IQ of Nobel Laureates in the sciences/economics is "only" AND I emphasize the quotes because its still very high, 150.
Before you misconstrue what I said, dont get me wrong...I think its exceedinlgy important to succeed say in physics or mathematics one must have an exceedingly high intellectual capacity, but that alone will not get you far.
For every Terrence Tau or Ramanujan, there's an intellectual genius who amounts to absolutely nothing even when he dedicates his life to some subject.
