The biotech girl with a PhD in cancer biology was so sure she was the smartest person in the room until she took an IQ test and ranked behind the military guy everyone picked for last.

Apparently you really want to think that an unscientific "intelligence test" designed by a Nazi (look it up) better summarizes a person than a PhD in cancer biology.

Being smart is different from being fit for IQ tests, or for human computer job, I think these people would score well in IQ tests, but nobody would consider them smarter than engineers and scientists for whom they'd make calculations.

I haven't yet finished watching the video, but judging by the quality of recommendation, she might really have been

the smartest person in the room

.

OK, at this point I've finished watching it and that girl ranked people based on what she called "social intelligence", saying that explicitly, in contradiction with what she said in the beginning of the video. She seems to worry about that a lot, and that appears to be her weaker side, so - oops.

"The military guy", I think, just wasn't distracted by the situation, makes sense.

In his ranking, 6 - really cares about his appearance, wastes emotional resources unnecessarily, 5 - a bit of the same, and also arrogance, 4 - not too much arrogance, but a lot of nervous attempts to be social, 3 - similar to 4, but less nervous, 2 - still a bit strained, 1 - himself.

EDIT: and it makes sense that 6 noticed the same emotional problem in 4, LOL.

Anyway, I've scored ~120 one time, ~170 another time, I can't take them (EDIT: these tests) seriously.