The sentence “I have to admit, the person who came up with this trick has an incredibly high IQ” means:
- The speaker is expressing admiration or surprise.
- They believe the creator of the trick was very intelligent or unusually clever.
- “I have to admit” adds a sense of reluctant acknowledgment, as if the speaker is impressed despite themselves.
- “Has an incredibly high IQ” literally refers to having a very high intelligence quotient score, but in casual speech it is often used as a way to say “this person is extremely smart” or “this was a brilliant idea.”
A more natural interpretation would be:
“I have to admit, whoever invented this trick must be really smart—it’s such a clever idea.”
The phrase is often used in promotional writing to create excitement or make a simple tip sound impressive, though it is usually a figure of speech rather than a factual claim about someone’s IQ.
