You nailed it Jeff , this has nothing to do IQ. It has everything to do with curiosity and unfortunately the “education system “ has made the majority of people lost their curiosity. Issac Newton curiosity led to observation, testing and verification (gravitational theory) which changed the world.

It was not science per se , but his willingness to stay , curious and observe , test and verify.

Fortunately BITCOIN allows everyone who remains curious to do the same without being a scientist (OBSERVE , TEST and VERIFY) for yourself.