an iq of 230 probably does not exist . it is impossible to devise a test accurate enough measure such a high iq .More likely there are probably a hundred people in the world who can be considered the smartest, including Terrance Tao and other prodigies. And that German guy who recently got a Field's Medal.
He said to do math, not first-rate math. I have witnessed plenty of seemingly merely above-average-IQ people make interesting, novel contributions to math. Complex analysis, infinite series, matrices, stuff like that.They don't get much media coverage but produce interesting results and produce high quality math..that is probably what he was getting at.
-read the req. literature
-find an interesting problem, something u want to learn more about
He said to do math, not first-rate math. I have witnessed plenty of seemingly merely above-average-IQ people make interesting, novel contributions to math. Complex analysis, infinite series, matrices, stuff like that.They don't get much media coverage but produce interesting results and produce high quality math..that is probably what he was getting at.
-read the req. literature
-find an interesting problem, something u want to learn more about
-defer to literature to try to solve it
-if you succeed, write it up
IQ matters a lot though.no doubt.