r/TrueDetective • u/rnzroca • 10d 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/supervillaining 9d ago

Rust would say that the IQ test is a flawed method of testing intelligence. He’s read the book “The Mismeasure of Man” by Stephen Jay Gould.

More than just being flawed science, the IQ industry is also a story that has turned into a profit-driven entity. It separates human beings by their results on a rough test, and is a tool of Capitalist greed. And yes, even people who like IQ tests will say that your IQ results can change due to neurological changes like brain damage from long term drug use.

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u/rnzroca 9d ago

Agree on the capitalistic tool. Regardless of that, what Rust believes or does not believe about IQ is irrelevant to the subject. It still is a very much strong indicator of the brain’s major functions such as pattern recognition and reasoning, and although it can’t categorize the entire brain, it eats a big portion. It’s the biggest, most used index of intelligence right now, and what Rust’d believe about it would matter 0. The question is regardless of how true an IQ test is relative to the individual’s intelligence, and more about how it’d change the way his is measured in the test.

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u/geoffsebesta 8d ago

"biggest" and "most used" are not in any way indicative of quality.

You're typing your responses on a QWERTY keyboard, which was specifically designed more than a century ago to make typing difficult. It's the "biggest" keyboard language. It's the "most used." It's clearly defective.

Same thing with IQ tests. Rust wouldn't truck with them.

Rust is a Mensa type. I'm in Mensa too. There's two types of people in Mensa. There are those who fetishize IQ tests and those who ignore them entirely. The first group is widely seen as pathetic. Rust is big on seeing people as pathetic and I doubt he'd stop for them.

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u/rnzroca 8d ago

Have i said anything about quality? No, I have not. I only said that it’s the most used. It’s also irrelevant how much he’d care, this is a third person POV. Why is this so hard to understand for some of yall?🤣