IQ in Different Fields

The number are converted from graduate students' general GRE scores. From Steve Hsu's blog:

The results are:

1. 130.0 Physics
   
2. 129.0 Mathematics
   
3. 128.5 Computer Science
   
4. 128.0 Economics
   
5. 127.5 Chemical engineering
   
6. 127.0 Material science
   
7. 126.0 Electrical engineering
   
8. 125.5 Mechanical engineering
   
9. 125.0 Philosophy
   
10. 124.0 Chemistry
    
11. 123.0 Earth sciences
    
12. 122.0 Industrial engineering
    
13. 122.0 Civil engineering
    
14. 121.5 Biology
    
15. 120.1 English/literature
    
16. 120.0 Religion/theology
    
17. 119.8 Political science
    
18. 119.7 History
    
19. 118.0 Art history
    
20. 117.7 Anthropology/archeology
    
21. 116.5 Architecture
    
22. 116.0 Business
    
23. 115.0 Sociology
    
24. 114.0 Psychology
    
25. 114.0 Medicine
    
26. 112.0 Communication
    
27. 109.0 Education
    
28. 106.0 Public administration

If you trust these numbers, one of the conclusions is that the economists are the brightest among the social scientists (rank 4) who are only followed by philosophers (rank 9). The philosophers are still brighter than political scientists (rank 17) who are smarter than the sociologists (rank 23). This list may confirm virtually all of your preconceptions about all these fields, at least it was my case. The only exception was medicine that I expected to appear in the upper half.