IQ of 115+ to be a Doctor!?

if you're now thinking 'but wait, i have an IQ of 140, i thought that was average'... yeah, that's because you took an IQ test on tickle.com or something crap designed to pander to your ego.

Why would a doctor be operating on you?

Instinctively, I'd expect medics to average about 130; 98th percentile seems about right.

Quite a few doctors are qualified to carry out minor surgery, e.g removing moles etc, so Id count that as operating.

You think you'd find enough people in those two percentiles who'd want to do this rubbish?

Is your IQ below 115?

From among circa 1,200,000 people? I don't see why not.

I doubt more than 10% of the suitably aged population would want to do medicine.

look, you idiots. the mean IQ, by definition, is 100. and IQ of 115 puts you in the top 25% of the population.

should a doctor be in portion of the population? one would hope so.

if you're now thinking 'but wait, i have an IQ of 140, i thought that was average'... yeah, that's because you took an IQ test on tickle.com or something crap designed to pander to your ego.

Besides, for the most part the only skill in being a doctor is effectively treating patients after making a diagnosis. A chunk of the course could be learnt from learning and trial and error (on non living patients lol). I'd wager that a determined individual with an IQ of 100 might also succeed.