[QUOTE="peterwantspie"][QUOTE="btaylor2404"] Einstein's "Image" I doubt that's the reason. I think it's because he'd sit and work on a problem for years at a time until he figured it out. Plus the fact he even thought of the problem to begin with. 99.999999999% of the world doesn't have that dedication. So much for a fun, joking excersise. Is it essential for people to try to trash people they don't even know all the time here?
thepwninator
Apparently you only read the first paragraph of what I wrote. Einstein had the application and commitment to solve problems no one else could, but have you heard of Max Planck? He comfortably contributed as much to the field of physics as Einstein did, and indeed Einstein used much of Planck's work to inform his own. But Planck didn't come out with quotable soundbites, and he didn't have a funny moustache. I'm not 'trashing' Einstein, I'm simply pointing out that he is considered a genius because of his image and not because of his intellect.
Einstein was a genius, but he was a tad overrated. He failed to see the merits of quantum physics, attempting to refute it up to the time of his death. Indeed, he was so foolish in his refutation of it that he, in one attempt, actually provided one of the fundamental theorems of it. Oh, the irony-a genius proving that which he sought to disprove (and, indeed, he thought he had done so).
I think that there are a few things tat should be considered that are being glazed over. Eistein was a major figure in the manhattan project, defected to america and brought victory with him during the second world war, and despite his great scientific achievements could find very common ground with the rest of civilization.
As for the disregarding of a set of scores due to a lack of spread across the spectrum, I think that it's reasonable to assume that people with a similiar IQ would tend to congregate in the same places. Also, the stereotypical gamer is a bit on the studious side and tends to spend time with electronic devices because their intellectual way of life creates a barrier to a decent portion of society. Likewise, people with larger IQ's would tend to congregate together in a different way (mensa meetings and such). So you're left with a middle of the road above average intelligence population on sites like these (with a few outliers).
Also, the tests have been used for some time and the expertize at which we push knowledge into the minds of our posterity becomes increasingly efficient, resulting in a shift of the numbers. Meaning, Einstein's level of genius is not as far of a reach by today's standards as in his own time.
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