That kind of line is usually praise baked into clickbait or social media posts, not an objective assessment.
“The person who came up with this trick has an incredibly high IQ”
What it really means
It’s typically used to:
- make a simple tip feel “genius” or exclusive
- increase clicks/shares
- create curiosity (“what’s the trick?”)
It does not actually measure intelligence or innovation.
🧠 Reality check on “genius hacks”
Most of these “high IQ tricks” are:
- basic household practices
- recycled advice from gardening, cleaning, or plumbing basics
- or slightly modified versions of well-known methods
For example:
- vinegar for cleaning → known for decades
- salt or boiling water for weeds → simple physical effect, not innovation
- sink “vacation hacks” → often unnecessary reinterpretations of plumbing basics
🚩 Why this wording is misleading
Phrases like:
- “you won’t believe this”
- “only geniuses know this”
- “incredibly high IQ trick”
are emotional marketing language, not technical evaluation.
🧠 Bottom line
The sentence really means:
“This is a simple tip being presented in a dramatic way to make it seem clever and shareable.”
If you want, I can break down which viral “life hacks” are actually useful vs which are just recycled common sense, because a lot of them fall into the same pattern.
