What do you think the IQ cut off would be for each level?
I'd think something like:
Level 0: <85
Level 1: <95
Level 2: 95-105
Level 3: <120
Level 4: <130
Level 5: 140+
What do you think the IQ cut off would be for each level?
I'd think something like:
Level 0: <85
Level 1: <95
Level 2: 95-105
Level 3: <120
Level 4: <130
Level 5: 140+
IQ doesn't have a whole lot to do with Level and I would definitely not say that Level 0s have under 85 IQ as there are some extremely intelligent scientists (like Kihara Amata or the ones in the group from the last episodes in Railgun S) that are Level 0. However it is true that most Level 5 Espers have very high calculation abilities but this is correlated to the level of their Personal Reality (it's explained a bit more in detail here: https://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Personal_Reality). Also high calculation ability doesn't necessarily mean high IQ. Accelerator is however an exception as he's shown to be very intelligent in general.
Almost 50000 of the 2.3 million people in Academy city would be Level 5 if it only required 140+ iq. According to demographic data from https://animeandmangauniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Academy_City#:~:text=Academy%20City's%20total%20population%20is,are%20level%200%20Power%20Users).
If Esper level correlated to IQ, lvl 1 = 110 ~ 120+ lvl 2 = 120 ~ 130 +
lvl 3 = 130 ~ 140 + lvl 4 = 150 + lvl 5 = 150 + , average iq plus extremely high iq in a specific category. i.e. 105 verbal iq but 200+ spatial iq.
Lvl 1 = 110~120
lvl 2 = 120~130
lvl 3 = 130~140
lvl 4 = 140~150
lvl 5 = 150+ , average iq plus extremely high iq in a specific category. i.e. 105 verbal iq but 200+ spatial iq.
Just wait for a character that are both incredibly smart but being low level at the same time to completely crush all the calculation above me.
the level of an esper does not take intelligence into account
Misaka Mikoto may have a 3 digit IQ (like most of us I hope)
but the majority of esper in AC have normal intelligence (like someone with BAQ level)
Lvl 4 are not necessarily smarter than level 1 or 3
Misaka has a high intellectual capacity (she can walk past 500 students without sweating, read a book and understand 60% of it, knows the different dynasties of China, knows how to speak French, Russian, English Japanese, etc ...)
but not necessarily an extraordinary IQ
she has a normal intelligence to see a little more like most of us "~ 105" but not necessarily a genius with an IQ of 150
uiharu a level 1 and extremely strong in computer science much more than Misaka but I am not on which will beat misaka in terms of knowledge
Soggita Gunha a level 5 and not stupid he has a normal intellegence but he gets crushed by uiharu or any student of tokiwadai or nagatenjouki
accelerator to a normal intelligence (when the guy took advantage of the terrain to create plasma thanks to his vectoring power "in short I don't think he just developed this technique he must have thought a long time before to use it against touma ) but these surely a dunce in knowledge see a normal guy like most of us
Intelligence = / = IQ
IQ = ability to learn, memorize, find solutions faster than average, these all
you can have an IQ of 130 but be a grub who struggles to make a head strategy on a random combat or strategy game