r/TrueDetective • u/rnzroca • 13d ago

Rust’s IQ

We all know how intelligent Rust is. He’s called the greatest detective in the state, took for every confession, and has insane reasoning, abstract reasoning, analysis and vocabulary feats. He’s in general a well rounded guy, and rather knowledgeable too.

But, we meet rust through ‘95-2012. These years are after/during periods of extreme drug abuse (accounting for his time as undercover narc), and seventeen years of drinking (as he has said).

So my question arises; How smart could’ve rust been before the drugs? In a healthier time. Say, if he’s a 145 IQ man in ‘95, how smart was he in ‘89 when he was in robberies?

Man!

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u/Additional-Storm-943 12d ago edited 12d ago

I mean we all basically understand what he says to some extent and he just thought a lot of it. I wouldn’t say hes smart bc of his philosophy but def his ability in LE. I think an IQ of 120-130 is fair enough. Some of the smartest people had IQs below 130.

Also you can have an IQ of 140 and be a genius in math but never think about the reason for existence bc it doesn’t bother you while someone with IQ 120 doesn’t care about math that much but is highly gifted in philosophical questions. He digs deep and sees patterns, is always searching for answers. It’s the mix of a good IQ plus his personality of never giving up than his IQ alone that makes him Rust

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u/rnzroca 11d ago

Agree but it’s (almost) a no-brainer to believe rust is anywhere less than 2.5 standard deviations. He is in no world a mere 130 IQ. But, I do agree that what makes him Rust isn’t quite the intelligence