Do smart people always have high IQs?

It is possibe to have a low IQ and be smart. Low IQ is objective and derived from an instrument that can make a flawed assessment, while intelligence can be assessed subjectively, and can be assessed relative to others in a group or context.

We have had notable people in our society with low IQ. Some of them grow up to become Presidents, Novelists, Poets, Politicians and even Scientists.

Someone can be very good at a game, a profession, at politics, at crime, at war, and be thought of by many to be smart, while having a low IQ score. Examples of such people are Abraham Lincoln and Dr. James Watson.

Smart people do not always have high IQ’s. There are quite notable people with low IQ’s. For example, a man named Dr. James Watson is a Nobel Prize-winning artist. Dr. Watson along with another man came up with the structure of DNA. The other man is a world-renowned scientist who discovered DNA. His name is Francis Crick. He is also a Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist.

Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy were both presidents who had low IQ's. They did many remarkable things for the betterment of society. Andy Warhol was a famous artist, who was very creative and talented. He also had a low IQ. Frances Ford Coppola is one of the most gifted directors of all time. He also has a considerably low IQ.