Who are more "intelligent" doctors professors or lawyers?

Please rank from first to last... I saw another poll like this on the net and decided for you guys to vote as well.

Haha, I can't read how do I even get through English Literature?

People don't know that some law jobs actually acquire you to take up a science subject...

But I would generally think doctors are more clever... Because they can't afford to make a mistake...

why's that? I respect the role of emotion in society (in fact in the social sciences i'm quite anti positivist and would say it's very, very important) I would disagree with it being any form of intelligence (certainly not logic as one person tried to tell me before).

I think it's interesting to see where the spread lies though. Do doctors usually have a higher IQ then lawyers and if so, what draws people with the characteristics that enable a high IQ to that profession rather than the other etc...

Someone (Wayne Payne if you believe everything Wikipedia tells you) decided to quantify emotional 'intellect' on a scale of 'intelligence' whether we agree with that terminology doesn't really matter, we can call it bananas if you prefer. Some have lots of bananas and some have none; it doesn't necessarily correlate with their cerebral intelligence (Sheldon Cooper) I simply wished to clarify which form of intelligence we were comparing here as it potentially affects the outcome of this 'debate'

Depends what you define "IQ" as - like, you could have an incredibly high IQ but not practical/social skills meaning you'd be useless as a doctor - I don't think there is causal relationship between IQ and profession... then again it's late and I am probably talking rubbish

what a crap question, obviously not devised by a doctor or a lawyer.

That would be: 'Who, being the person practicing or working within the professions defined as below, are more intelligent, being the native mental capacity of the person or persons in the professions listed subsequently, doctors, being those persons so qualified as to practice Medicine within a particular jurisdiction, professors, being defined by their personal and professional title, or lawyers, being those persons qualified so as to practice within the legal profession of a particular jurisdiction?'

That would be: 'Who, being the person practicing or working within the professions defined as below, are more intelligent, being the native mental capacity of the person or persons in the professions listed subsequently, doctors, being those persons so qualified as to practice Medicine within a particular jurisdiction, professors, being defined by their personal and professional title, or lawyers, being those persons qualified so as to practice within the legal profession of a particular jurisdiction?'

Medical lawyers do actually exist...

If the poll was between doctors vs lawyers I would vote doctors... But medical and criminal lawyers tend to be more smarter... Because a lot of take a science subject and some actually study scientific stuff along with humanity stuff.

did you learn to write by reading Hegel?

No they don't. Clin Neg lawyers are slightly more inclined to be scientists, but most scientist lawyers will work in IP. In terms of lawyer intelligence the top are likely chancery and tax.

Medical lawyers do exist... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_law

I mean IQ. I'm not saying one is more intelligent than another other than in the things that IQ tests. I am still interested to see which career attracts those with a higher IQ, though

I'm not saying they don't exist, I'm well aware there are whole firms (Hempsons, Capsticks etc.) constructed around it, was just saying they're not particularly likely to be scientists compared to other practice areas nor are they seen as the academic hotshots of law.