What is Lincoln's IQ Score?

Lincoln has an IQ Score of 186/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 45/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 49/50 Educational Value, and 45/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Lincoln educational?

Lincoln is strong on Educational Value, 49/50 on TVI's rubric, which rates the density and integration of substantive information within the work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Lincoln IQ Score 186/200

Lincoln has an IQ Score of 186/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-08-19·Methodology

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186/ 200

Masterclass TVI Essential

Exceptional cognitive and educational substance, delivered with craft that sustains close attention

Lincoln poster, IQ Score 186/200, Masterclass tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

What these dimensions mean

Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.3.1

Formula

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

Database scale

2,605 titles, version-controlled

TVI Canon

Steven Spielberg →

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TVI Essential · Consensus

Lincoln scores 186/200 on the TVI IQ Score, Masterclass tier. Spielberg's procedural account of the passage of the 13th Amendment focuses on the legislative machinery of abolition rather than the moral argument, earning Cultural Impact, Intellectual Substance, Rewatch Value, and Lasting Significance. TVI Essential is an editorial designation; IQ Score is a content rating, not an intelligence measurement.

The TVI Take

Spielberg's procedural account of the passage of the 13th Amendment focuses on the legislative machinery of abolition rather than the moral argument for it. Daniel Day-Lewis's performance and Tony Kushner's screenplay show how moral progress requires political compromise, and how compromise without principle is just corruption.

People & Production Steven Spielberg · 20th Century Studios · United States 32 connections