Official measure

Linda B. Buck's IQ: claims and evidence

Linda B. Buck received the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Official award metadata is shown separately from IQ claims; a prize is not a psychometric score.

Direct answer150

Informal estimate, not a verified public IQ score.

See 150 on the IQ scale
1947–presentPhysiology or Medicine
Evidence ledger

What the record supports

Every card keeps the measure, year, method, and limitations attached to the number—or explains why no number is shown.

Estimate2026
150estimated IQ points

Informal IQ estimate

A proof-of-concept estimate for a scientist without a public test record. The badge says Estimate because this is not a measured IQ.

Informal estimate, not a verified public IQ score.
Method and limits

Centered on historiometric bands often cited for eminent scientists (roughly 140–155), with a small deterministic offset by person and field, then labeled as an informal estimate.

  • No primary test report supports this number.
  • Achievement, occupation, and prizes are not IQ tests.
  • This fill exists so the proof-of-concept atlas has no unknown person IQ cells.

Uncertainty: Typical bands for eminent scientists are wide. A Nobel Prize or discovery does not identify a test score.