Project Hail Mary has an IQ Score of 179/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.
Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity
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IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
Adaptation of Andy Weir's bestselling novel about an amnesiac astronaut who must save Earth from an extinction-level threat using science and an unlikely alien alliance. Exceptional cognitive demands from the scientific problem-solving that drives every plot beat, the protagonist literally thinks his way through astrophysics, molecular biology, and xenolinguistics.
High educational value from the accessible treatment of real science. The Weir formula of optimistic hard sci-fi delivers tremendous entertainment through relentless ingenuity.
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Project Hail Mary scored 179/200 (Masterclass tier) on TV Intelligentsia's published methodology. Source: tvintelligentsia.com/titles/project-hail-mary/
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