Intelligence

**Intelligence** is a word that is incredibly difficult to define,
 as it has been used to refer to many things, such as one's ability to
process information, or their capacity for logic, self-awareness,
creativity, reasoning, and/or problem solving, or their knowledge and
memory. In its fullest definition, intelligence can be said to encompass
 all these things, which makes it incredibly difficult to quantify in
versus debating terms, as many individuals may have plentiful ability in
 one area, such as knowledge, and also be lacking entirely in another,
such as planning, emotional intelligence, or creativity.

As opposed to attempting to reliably quantify intelligence, pages
 should reflect that intelligence has many facets and, when describing
the intelligence of characters, specifically detail their areas of
strength while acknowledging any intellectual shortcomings they may
have. Characters can be listed as having average knowledge overall while
 being geniuses in certain topics - Goku,
 for example, despite having little knowledge or skill in most other
areas, is a martial artist of prodigal skill. This being said, the
higher you go on this recommended scale, the less possible this becomes,
 as categories become broader and broader, with Supergenius itself
implying overall brilliance surpassing that of human plausibility.

ridiculously high of an IQ as they want, whether it be over 200, 314, 5, 000, or even 10^30, but without feats, these numbers are meaningless, only acting as confirmation that they are much smarter than normal humans.

Even if that was not the case, as different fictions give their
characters different ratings, they are completely useless for comparing
intelligence between them. It would be like trying to compare the power
levels in Nanatsu no Taizai to those in Dragon Ball
 to determine their power in relation to each other, when both verses
use power levels differently and have completely different scales of
power. This is without getting into the fact that many scientists find
IQ to be a poor judge of intelligence for the same reasons that
intelligence is so hard to quantify in versus debating, among others.

Some verses, such as DC Comics,
 have their own internal intelligence ranking systems. It is the same
situation with these as it is with IQ - without feats, these rankings
mean little.

## Suggested Rankings

**Mindless:** Those few beings that are literally mindless and have no capacity for intelligence at all.

**Animalistic:** Beings, such as animals, that only possess
basic reasoning, awareness, and problem-solving skills. While various
animals, such as chimpanzees, may possess higher capacities for such
things, their intelligence would still remain animalistic.

**Below Average:** Characters of below average intellects and unremarkable skills.

**Average:** Characters of average intelligence. While they
have more developed intelligence in certain subjects, in many cases,
their overall intelligence remains average.

**Above Average:** Characters that show greater cognitive
ability than the norm, but do not particularly stand out in any
intellectual or academic fields.

**Gifted:** Character that demonstrate high reasoning ability,
 can master concepts with few repetitions, and display high performance
capability in intellectual, creative, or specific academic fields.

**Genius:**
 Individuals with an exceptional capacity for knowledge and
intelligence, generally in one area of varying depth, often possessed by
 fictional scientists and strategists. This level of intelligence is the
 level of *actual* geniuses and famous intellectuals in the real
world and, in lieu of better feats, should be the default intelligence
category for fictional characters treated as if they have exceptional or
 superhuman intelligence.

* **Examples:** L and Light Yagami (Death Note), Solid Snake (Metal Ger), Shikamaru Nara and Kakashi Hatake (Naruto), Colress (Pokémon), Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes), Kurama and Yū Kaitō (Yu Yu Hakusho)

**Extraordinary Genius:** Individuals whose knowledge spreads over
 many fields of knowledge and science and surpasses the intellects of
the smartest humans on Earth. At this level, many are capable of
creating futuristic technology, executing complex strategies even under
high pressure, and potentially even accurately predicting the future
through sheer mental calculations, or outperforming supercomputers. This
 is where super scientists of exceptional scientific knowledge begin to appear.

* **Examples:** Kisuke Urahara and Sosuke Aizen (Bleach), Lelouch vi Britannia (Code Geass), Batman (DC Comics), Bulma, Doctor Gero, and Android 21 (Dragon Ball), Joseph Joestar and the Pillar Men (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), Spider-Man, Bruce Banner and Iron Man (Marvel Comics), Night of Wallachia and Dust of Osiris (Melty Blood), Ozymandias (Watchmen)

**Supergenius:** The highest level of non-omniscient intellect,
possessed by those individuals with extensive knowledge and often
mastery of many, if not all, branches of science. Characters on such are
 scale are often super scientists capable of creating impossibly
advanced technology even with just household items and outsmarting even
other extremely intelligent individuals. Supergeniuses can often easily
outperform the world's greatest supercomputers, process calculations
beyond modern humanity's capabilities on their own, and quickly come up
with extremely complex plans.

* **Examples:** Lex Luthor and Brainiac (DC Comics), The Doctor (Doctor Who), Doctor Doom, Mister Fantastic, Thanos and the High Evolutionary (Marvel Comics), Rick Sanchez (Rick & Morty), Washu Hakubi (Tenchi Muyo!), Accelerator (To Aru Majutsu no Index), The Emperor of Mankind (Warhammer 40,000)

**Nigh-Omniscient:** Characters who have knowledge of nearly everything, with only minuscule gaps existing in their knowledge.

**Omniscient:**
 Characters who know literally everything. Be aware that even if they
may know everything in their own setting that this does not grant them
knowledge of beings from outside of it.