Rocket scientists and brain surgeons are not as smart as you think, study suggests
In the Christmas special issue of the BMJ, researchers compared the cognitive stills of aerospace engineers (rocket scientists) and brain surgeons. They found that except in a few domains these professionals had same level of intelligence as the general public. For more please read the full text here: https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2...
Also please note that several scientists have considered the methodology of this paper flawed, nevertheless, this was an interesting study.