If you want the detail behind the phrase, “I have to admit, the person who came up with this trick has an incredibly high IQ” is usually praise for someone’s cleverness or ingenuity, not a literal claim that their IQ has been measured.
“High IQ” is often used casually online to describe a trick that is:
Clever or unexpectedly simple
Based on noticing something others overlook
Efficient or resourceful
A little unconventional or “outside the box”
Viral posts frequently attach “high IQ” language to puzzles, optical illusions, and clever hacks, but successfully solving or inventing one doesn’t establish a person’s IQ.
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So a more accurate interpretation would be: “That’s an exceptionally clever trick—I’m impressed that someone thought of it.”
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