what's your IQ score?
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I've managed a 124 before but years later it went to 110 and now I don't bother to take them cujz' the window where someone would actually give a shit and set me up for life has passed.
That's only the valid method for children.hmwm said:IQ score is your "mental age" (which is figured out by taking your raw IQ test score and then referencing the IQ test table), divided by your actual age, multiplied by 100. So it shouldn't change over time, because as you're getting older to score more correct, the total number is also being divided by a higher number anyway. Because of this, an IQ score can only really be compared to others of the same age.
68% of the population is within 30 points of 100, 85-115, which is one standard deviation. 95% of the population is within 30 points (two standard deviations) of 100, 70-130.
Anyone who claims to have scored over 130 is likely lying, especially if they're posting on escapistmagazine's forums.
Only 4% of the world's population has a score that's three standard deviations out, that's 130-145, or on the other end, 55-70, and then four standard deviations from the norm (0-55, 145+) is the territory of only 1% of the population. A quick google search tells me that the highest IQ on record is 210, and it belongs to physicist Kim Ung-Yong.
tl;dr because of the way IQ tests and standard deviation statistics work, it's a fair to doubt people who claim to be above 115, and that almost everyone who claims to be above 130 is lying. Also you can only compare IQ tests to people your age.
I guess at this point I have to claim that I took an IQ test and my score is 153, but then make a modesty claim that they probably don't mean anything anyway, yeah?
edit: typos, oops. Even people with "IQ's" of 153 slip up occasionally
And it's also completely wrong, and the reality of IQ scores and their meanings very with the test it's related to.
Adult scores are based on actual statistical studies of people that have taken the test being used.
So... Officially, 2/3 of the population will have test scores within one standard deviation of 100 (but what constitutes a standard deviation depends on the test.)
Add to this that in some cases the statistical data used to determine this hasn't been updated in decades, and it's more than possible for a statistically unlikely number of people to have IQ scores that are higher than the 'average'. (Because the average was defined too long ago.)
I've done plenty of official tests, and quite a few unnoficial ones. - And really, what makes you think a site like the Escapist couldn't have 'geniuses' on it? Do you know anything at all about the people on an internet forum?
Last official test I took, the psychologist pointed out that for that test, anyone that's been to university typically has an IQ of at least 120...
Considering the number of people that go to university, that throws your figures way off.
It's also worth noting that it has been proven at times that you can 'practice' IQ tests, and improve your results, which pretty much ruins the idea that the scores are 'fixed' through a person's life.
Wow we appear to be pretty much the only two people here who aren't a) geniuses with the world at our feet but can't be bothered to take advantage of the wonderful gift of an IQ so high one can earn large amounts of money utilising said gift.LuckyClover95 said:
What a suprise there is such a strong correlation between a very high IQ and laziness, it is almost as if people are deeply insecure liars. Still I suppose that is what the internet is for (that and looking at naked women being degraded.
p.s. Kudos for the honesty about your IQ score.
Seriously... IQ scores don't earn you anything.tigermilk said:
Determination is 1000 times more important than IQ results.
And whoever gave you the notion that you have 'the world at your feet' if you've got a high IQ is, to be blunt, completely delusional.
Edit: Actually, correlation between lazyness and high IQ... Lol.
Not as far-fetched as it sounds.
Think about it:
Someone who is 'dumb' had to work really hard to get decent results in school, and thus learned that to get anywhere you have to work hard.
Someone who is really smart, officially, can often get good grades putting in a bare minimum of effort. (Or, if teachers are being particularly stupid, get 'good' but not 'great' results, no matter how hard they try...)
Now, if you learn that putting in a huge effort doesn't really seem to get any real benefit over putting in a rather minimal effort, what, do you think the long-term result will be?
With people banding about numbers around the 170 mark at that point there are grants available and if someone has that level of aptitude for numbers and logic there is a lot of research money available (well certainly a lot more than there is for the arts/social sciences.)CrystalShadow said:
EDIT: There is a link somewhere on the thread for a child with an IQ of 170 who is teaching at university, possibly partially a publicity stunt but a testament none the less to what is available to the genuinely gifted.
Just to point something out, Stephen Hawking has an IQ of approximately 160. I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say that none of you are close to that.
Also, this:
[link]http://xkcd.com/715/[/link]
Also, this:
[link]http://xkcd.com/715/[/link]
I've gotten between 130 and 120, so I guess it's somewhere in between. But I don't think IQ tests account for much. all they really test is how good you are at IQ tests. But still I guess it proves that I'm a little above average. Oh wait, maybe it doesn't...
Whatever, I think IQ is something that only people who get Really High scores cares about.
Whatever, I think IQ is something that only people who get Really High scores cares about.
Took one at a learning assessment centre as a child. You know, the kind of place that assumes since you have ADHD they can "help" you, and are "experts". THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ME!!!
So not a crappy online one like most people do >_>
Mine's 132
On my scale 100 was average and 140 was genius.
So not a crappy online one like most people do >_>
Mine's 132
On my scale 100 was average and 140 was genius.
The "normal" IQ test is flawed because people are intelligent in different areas (linguistic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, logical-mathematical - this one and more).
But on average, around 117
But on average, around 117
Grants like that aren't based on having a high IQ.tigermilk said:
If you have a maths/physics/whatever degree, sure.
But That's independent of IQ.
IQ is a very abstract number, and not directly useful for anything. It gets used by various groups as a prediction of how good you might be at certain intellectual tasks.
But it makes no guarantee about whether a person has any social skills, ability to commit to hard work, determination, etc.
(As I said in an edit to the message you are quoting, Ironically, because people with high IQ's can in a lot of cases do well in school without really trying, it really does make it more likely they'll learn to be lazy.
Why make a huge effort when doing the bare minimum seems to be good enough?
It's only later on, when you're much older, that you realise the negative consequences that this has, and then find yourself having to work around a lifetime of bad habits.)
Well, I took a home test from Mensa (which isn't official since it isn't moderated, even though I know I didn't cheat and that I completed it well within the time limit, I don't see why I should have to pay a tenner just to get a "true" score, I don't even want to join their precious little club.....oh, right, rambling) which gave me a projected score of 155. Since I've read that IQ as a quantity stops being remotely accurate above 150 (not to mention that it's not a valid value by any stretch of the imagination) I'm going to say that my IQ is equal to infinite...fine, I'll extract my head from my innards and stick with 155-ish.
Last time I had an official IQ test was when I was 13 and in School. I got 136 at that point.
I've done these silly web ones and I always get the mid 130's but as anybody who knows can tell you that IQ doesn't mean much now. It is a sign of your logical skills and all that jazz but unless you apply yourself, it doesn't mean you're going to set the world on fire with your dazzling genius and then land all the hot nerdy babes.
I know this because I'm the exception to the rule. I've landed all the hot nerdy babes from here to Alpha Centauri, true story!
My most monumentally stupid move was the night before one of my exams. I didn't go to sleep til around 3am and the next morning I did get up and go to my exam but I was so absolutely shattered that I was struggling to focus.
I've done these silly web ones and I always get the mid 130's but as anybody who knows can tell you that IQ doesn't mean much now. It is a sign of your logical skills and all that jazz but unless you apply yourself, it doesn't mean you're going to set the world on fire with your dazzling genius and then land all the hot nerdy babes.
I know this because I'm the exception to the rule. I've landed all the hot nerdy babes from here to Alpha Centauri, true story!
Trudat. I'm not a dropout but I didn't do anywhere near what I should have done in college and while I passed my courses, my grades weren't exactly great. A high IQ and the fact that I'm actually intelligent didn't help me much when I was skipping classes to go out with people and also didn't help me much when I was losing track of time playing video games/watching movies/stopping out too late and not getting anywhere near enough sleep and struggling to function the next day.Razada said:
My most monumentally stupid move was the night before one of my exams. I didn't go to sleep til around 3am and the next morning I did get up and go to my exam but I was so absolutely shattered that I was struggling to focus.
