I have to admit that made me chuckle. I've taken a few IQ tests, but I really don't take much stock in them, as the nature of the questions sometimes leaves me wondering why some random bit of knowledge equates to intelligence.Tubez said:
what's your IQ score?
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The IQ test only goes as far a 170.DaMullet said:
I don't know my IQ, nor do I particularly care. It's not a terribly good comparison point seeing as the test is highly flawed and everyone will lie about their results.
OT: Mine's 8, 364, 924.
I'm a citizen of the internet.So my score was
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Fair point about effort (I regret not working at school and only discovering education in my 20's). What I was trying to say is a large amount of people on this site appear to have IQ's close to people like Stephen Hawking. If people actually have that level of aptitude then they can go very far indeed.CrystalShadow said:
I must admit I am doing my Masters Degree in film and there is next to no doctoral funding so I will be going full time in my job at the call centre or getting a second job. Consequently I have very little time for or respect for people with alleged 140 IQ's who seem to have no desire to utilise their ability (that and I am pretty sure most of the people claiming very high IQ's are either delusional, mistaken or lying.
Last time i took one i got sub 100... i can act smarter though!!!
looking at the scores of others made me feel dumb until i realized i was online....
looking at the scores of others made me feel dumb until i realized i was online....
I did an I.Q test and i scored 10%, thats good, right? 
Seriously though, i don't care what it is, i just know its bigger than yours.
Seriously though, i don't care what it is, i just know its bigger than yours.
Mine rather consistently hovers at just over 130. I think the last score I got was 134 or something.
People saying they have got like 155 are totally bullshitting.
Modern IQ tests are designed to have a median of 100, i.e. the average joe should get 100 and 95% of the world's population will score between 70-130 and to be honest i doubt this forum is composed in the 2.5% that are above average.
The most common IQ test is the Wechsler Bellevue (some light reading here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wechsler_Adult_Intelligence_Scale) series of which there are a few different tests depending on age. This test take 1.5-2 hours to complete and gives probably the most accurate contemporary definition on intelligence that can be simplified into a number. Although arguably there a different types of Intelligence (http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/images/7/74/Multiple_intelligences_diagrammed.jpeg) and a single number won't define a person total intelligence.
Sources:
My Psychology teacher (I was talking to him about IQ tests today)
Wikipedia
Google
P.S at 9 years and 7 Months i did the Wechsler scale for children and scored 130
Modern IQ tests are designed to have a median of 100, i.e. the average joe should get 100 and 95% of the world's population will score between 70-130 and to be honest i doubt this forum is composed in the 2.5% that are above average.
The most common IQ test is the Wechsler Bellevue (some light reading here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wechsler_Adult_Intelligence_Scale) series of which there are a few different tests depending on age. This test take 1.5-2 hours to complete and gives probably the most accurate contemporary definition on intelligence that can be simplified into a number. Although arguably there a different types of Intelligence (http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/images/7/74/Multiple_intelligences_diagrammed.jpeg) and a single number won't define a person total intelligence.
Sources:
My Psychology teacher (I was talking to him about IQ tests today)
Wikipedia
P.S at 9 years and 7 Months i did the Wechsler scale for children and scored 130
I got 85 or something on the one we had in school... I always knew I am dumb as a log though (offense to logs, I know), but it doesn't bother me. I can still enjoy the things I do enjoy, and who knows maybe my simple mind is able to enjoy life more than you intelegenties.
I've never taken an official IQ test, but I did take some sort of test when I was...7-8 I think and my score was "post-highschool" but having no reference as to that it was exactly, it doesn't mean much to me. If I were to venture a guess though, I'd say somewhere around 130. I've taken online ones just for grins, but I don't recall the scores, but I do remebered that they varied a good bit.
I was tested when I was in middle school. I think I got 113 or something. I never put too much stock in it, or anybodies IQ for that matter. Most people don't get officially tested, and everyone loves to have their ego stroked by a website telling them that they are above average.
I was 13 the last time I took one. It was 138. I'm 15 now. Is that good?
EDIT: It wasn't an online thing. It was a nation-wide (I live in the U.S.)test. I was one of several chosen to take it in my school.
EDIT: It wasn't an online thing. It was a nation-wide (I live in the U.S.)test. I was one of several chosen to take it in my school.
I would be suspicious too. But, it's impossible to say either way what's going on.tigermilk said:
To begin with, just because someone visits a site like this doesn't mean they aren't some kind of genius, or even that they're lazy.
We could well have prominent scientists, doctors, lawyers, programmers, etc. Here, and we'd be none the wiser for it.
I know my own situation very well, but I also know nothing I can do online will allow me to prove that to anyone short of giving people personal details about me most of my friends don't even know.
Really, there's a lot of pressure on you if you're 'gifted', and your attitude exemplifies that.
"If you're a genius, why aren't you doing something amazing?"
"Don't let your talent go to waste."
Well, life just doesn't work out in such a simple way.
... It's really quite depressing knowing just how difficult it is to live up to the expectations people have of you.
Nothing I did was ever good enough for some people...
And if doing your best only elicits the response:
"You can do better. You're gifted."
Well... After a while you ask yourself what the point of it all is.
(That, and spending all your time worrying about things that are essentially unanswerable. It's enough to drive a person completely insane sometimes.)
Being gifted in some way is highly over-rated.
And what often ends up happening is that your talents in one area tend to blind everyone around you to your weaknesses in others, which makes them all the more confused when you can't cope with what they think must be easy for you.
Talent and intellect don't just vanish into thin air though. I think you'll find that 'lazy' geniuses certainly do a lot with their abilities. It's just, generally not anything the rest of society would consider very productive. (That, or they're producing things but are too scared to show it to anyone. Or, thinking up things but leaving them unfinished for lack of motivation & resources.)
Yeah, well... Whatever.
I've taken quite a few official tests and it varies substantially. Basically it average to around 175. Online tests seem to make it anywhere from 110 - 140 but they're about as accurate as throwing a dart at a board.
As for if it's any good, in a way it's useful but it's severely limited, most of the IQ tests I've taken focus on the same small fields, many had overlapping questions and I don't doubt that with some practice it would be quite plausible to greatly increase your score, something a true test of intelligence should be immune to (major work should obviously have an effect, but not just a little practice).
I think there are more important things though, I can be extremely lazy and prefer to enjoy myself than work, so as a child I suffered somewhat in exams, getting B's normally, where my peers who deigned to revise could match me. Had I attended my classes diligently and perhaps revised a little I would have outstanding results.
Similarly if you lacked emotional intelligence your life would be a lot harder, I know I'd suffer tremendously if I had no connection with people.
So I think it can be accurate but it's not very important, there are far too many factors which influence a person, reasoning, problem solving and ability to work things through mentally are not definers of brilliance.
As for if it's any good, in a way it's useful but it's severely limited, most of the IQ tests I've taken focus on the same small fields, many had overlapping questions and I don't doubt that with some practice it would be quite plausible to greatly increase your score, something a true test of intelligence should be immune to (major work should obviously have an effect, but not just a little practice).
I think there are more important things though, I can be extremely lazy and prefer to enjoy myself than work, so as a child I suffered somewhat in exams, getting B's normally, where my peers who deigned to revise could match me. Had I attended my classes diligently and perhaps revised a little I would have outstanding results.
Similarly if you lacked emotional intelligence your life would be a lot harder, I know I'd suffer tremendously if I had no connection with people.
So I think it can be accurate but it's not very important, there are far too many factors which influence a person, reasoning, problem solving and ability to work things through mentally are not definers of brilliance.