IQ

Meelo, CEO of Lunar Imperial, plays a role in A FAREWELL TO ARFS (coming Aug. 6, pre-orders welcome). Here he is explaining things to Bernie:

“I know the IQ of each and every Lunar Imperial employee, from the zenith to the nadir, the nadir currently occupied by Leo Ramirez, IQ 112.”

“That’s the lowest?” Bernie said.

“But perfectly adequate for Mr. Ramirez’s job as an assistant in the shipping department. At the zenith we have me at 199. That’s no secret. It’s been on the front page of the New York Times. The IQ of the reporter of that piece—I have access to the IQ’s of over two billion earthlings, with my database expanding at the rate of ten thousand per hour—was 107.” Meelo shook his head. “Journalistic IQ’s are shocking. But they do explain so much. Holger Niberg’s IQ is 166, by the way. Let’s say that your own is 115, and I’m being generous. Do you see what you’re up against?”

“How could I?” Bernie said.