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How Smart are you?
Topic Started: Mar 4 2005, 02:18 PM (1,599 Views)
MasterG Mar 4 2005, 05:56 PM Post #16
Why won't anyone believe me? :'(.
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 When I did my 11+ (4 years ago) I got IQ: 140..
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mathiaus Mar 4 2005, 06:36 PM Post #17
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 My IQ ranges quite drasticly depending on the test. My highest (clearly way off!) was 157 and the lowest 50. Very wide gap which proves they are mostly rubbish!
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Lothlómendil Mar 4 2005, 06:42 PM Post #18
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 I've never been tested, but I've always wanted to know. :ermm:
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Nir Mar 4 2005, 07:15 PM Post #19
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 I've never been tested, but I am not that eager to get tested. I don't really see the point in using tests to judge how smart you as an individual are.
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Typhoon Omi Mar 4 2005, 07:17 PM Post #20
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 I've hit 147, 103...then one day, I went "...IQ Test. Huh. No." and kinda put it behind me. :ph34r: Really, Intelligence Quotient, as of now, isn't taken as seriously (job, school, etc. wise) as it was so many years ago. You can pay $300 and get the best "IQ Specialists" in the world, and I can gurantee you it'll (mostly) be crap. Like somebody said in this thread, the mind's too complicated to rate with a simple number. And since human's don't use anywhere near 100% of their brains (in ways..), technically, any IQ you get would only be a fraction of what you COULD get.

Simple version of what I just said: IQ=crap.
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tropicaldawn (CC) Mar 4 2005, 07:25 PM Post #21
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 Well, here in ireland, you nedd 148 for mensa, its could be less in america though to be in the top 2%......
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Stefan Mar 4 2005, 07:28 PM Post #22
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 It's the difference between tests. From that page I linked to:
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For Mensa, an applicant must achieve a score at the 98th percentile on a standardized, supervised intelligence test or equivalent. The 98th percentile is two standard deviations* above the mean (rounded off). The Stanford-Binet and many school tests have a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 16, so Mensa's qualifying score is 132. On the other hand, the Cattell IIIB and the Raven´s Advanced Progressive Matrices (old form) have a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 24. Mensa requires a score of 148 for these tests. The score of 148 represents exactly the same 98th percentile. An IQ score means nothing without the name of the test by which it was determined. I read of a woman who said that her son had an IQ of 178. Actually, he had taken the old Cattell IIIB, and that 178 IQ is equivalent to 152 IQ on the Stanford-Binet.

So it's more about how you score compared to others, than about the actual number.
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Mark G. Mar 4 2005, 08:37 PM Post #23
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 140, I think it was the last time I checked. :)
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Jamset Mar 4 2005, 08:56 PM Post #24
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 I've never been tested :/ :/ :/ :/ were can i get tested?
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Pennywise Mar 4 2005, 08:59 PM Post #25
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 My school tested me a few months ago.

I got 152. :arr:
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Special Forces Mar 4 2005, 09:18 PM Post #26
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 You know it's not all about what your "IQ" is. It's about how you think.

My Chem teacher said one person who he heard about has and IQ of just above average. Not the smartest but you get the idea. This same person fixed the "O" ring problem on the space shuttle that was destroyed re-entering the atmosphere. He knew physics but knew how to think about it rather than have smarts about it.
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Das Mar 4 2005, 09:20 PM Post #27
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 Where is the 'I am just a frekin' genuis' option?
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Pennywise Mar 4 2005, 09:26 PM Post #28
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March 4, 2005 08:20 PM
Where is the 'I am just a frekin' genuis' option?


Im sure Seth will add it. :eh:

He will also spell it right
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Das Mar 4 2005, 09:33 PM Post #29
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Pennywise
March 4, 2005 05:26 PM
Das Ein
March 4, 2005 08:20 PM
Where is the 'I am just a frekin' genuis' option?


Im sure Seth will add it. :eh:

He will also spell it right

I hope :P I can't spell luckly you don't have too spell to be a genuis?
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Alcario Mar 4 2005, 11:08 PM Post #30
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 I'm so smart I choose not to take IQ tests.

:eh:
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