What is Bad Vegan's IQ Score?

Bad Vegan has an IQ Score of 126/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 42/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 8/50 Educational Value, and 48/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Bad Vegan educational?

Bad Vegan is low on educational value, 8/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Bad Vegan , IQ Score 126/200

Bad Vegan has an IQ Score of 126/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MPH·Updated 2026-05-21·Methodology

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126/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Methodology reviewed by Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician scientist. Master of Public Health, with substantial coursework in research methodology. Reviews the rubric and its application across the adult catalog.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,282 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Chris Smith's 2022 Netflix four-part documentary about Sarma Melngailis, the celebrity raw-vegan-restaurant owner whose marriage to Anthony Strangis turned into a sustained financial-and-emotional con. The structural commitment to letting the timeline play out as Sarma experienced it, without prematurely revealing Strangis's deceit, is what gives the documentary its anthropological weight about coercive control mechanics.

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