I.Q. What do you think? What's yours?

[Crazy Guggenheim]

[WindRavenX]

1. Define "IQ"

I have tested very very high in "general" intelligence (150), but it's mostly due to emotional,verbal, and science skills; but I lack spacial intelligence, which explains my poor math skills.

[autorank]

2. According to the national exit polls, it's 53.7%

:hi:

Rumors of my departure are greatly exaggerated...by me! autorank

[Droopy]

6. What gives, autorank?

I thought you were outta here.

[autorank]

7. Cringe....(see below)

OOOPS!!!!!!! Premature Exit, Stage Left
To: <insert name of those who responded to post here>
Date: May 10th 2005

OOOPS!!!!!!!! Premature Exit, Stage Left!

Thank you for you're very kind message! I jumped the gun! Yesterday everything changed and my uber commitments just evaporated (which is good). I am now the user who "cried wolf" so please disregard any subsequent histrionic messages you may see where I announce my departure. If I use the "Frank Sinatra" standard, I've got six more farewell tours!

Thanks again for you very kind response. Now you're on my ultra-buddy list!

autorank :blush:

[Droopy]

9. Cool, man

I'm glad you're back. And I'm glad I am now on the ultra-buddy list. I will try not to let you down. :)

[autorank]

17. "I've been down so long" it all looks like up!!! Glad to be here!!!

:dunce:

[jobycom]

3. I always think it relevant until I meet someone with a higher one than min

then I think it's just a number.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

4. 160. Tested in 1981.

[RagingInMiami]

5. Everybody, no matter how dumb they are

Thinks they're smarter than the average person.

Me? I'm too smart for my own good.

[autorank]

18. So Raging, what does it mean when you call someone "Smarty Pants"

:think:

[Mojambo]

8. I'm around 130 n/t

[leftofthedial]

10. Didn't they "recalibrate" IQ scores fairly recently?

I know what mine was when last tested, but I don't know what it means on today's scale.

Besides, after 27 years of marriage (soon to be over!), I'm sure I lost more than a few points! LOL

[IChing]

11. I'm half as smart as

half of the population and twice as smart as the rest
and 4 times as smart as one fourth of the poplation
:smoke:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. OK, Crazy Guggenheim, here's a thread I can relate to!

I think IQ's can be useful if you know yours...It doesn't show everything of course...

Mine is in the mid 120's...I had it tested in college and I was dismayed to see it low (or so I considered it!). My husband's is in the 170's or so...genius level. But there are some things that I'm better at than he is, and of course vice versa...I think of it as a fairly good indicator of what native abilities you have; what you do with them is of course up to you!



:kick:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

13. I think over all it helps but ......... Everyone has their talents. I'm

not good at somethings that other people are great at.

[Brucey]

14. I hesitate to tell you this...

My IQ is so high that there is no word for it in English. There is a word in Hungarian that represents it, but if it is pronounced it produces hearing damage, and if written it requires alpha-numeric symbols that are unintelligible to anyone but three people on earth: Me, Murray Gellman, and Oprah Winfrey.

[delete_bush]

15. Mine's higher than our beloved President,

which puts me in the top 90% of Merkuns.

[Droopy]

16. Allegedly, mine is 135

But I've flunked out of college twice.

[KissMyAsscroft]

19. IQ tests aren't very reliable as far as predicting intelligence

They are more for categorizing normal from retarded. As in, you get below 80, you are retarded.

Anything above 100 is pure speculation.

Achievement tests and aptitude tests are the only things worth bothering with.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

20. I've taken the test 3 times

My first score was 128, the second was 137, and the third time was 130.

[Heidi]

21. I don't believe in them.

Emotional intelligence seems to me to be a more valuable asset in life than measureable intellect. :shrug:

[Guaranteed]

22. I tried counting it before, but couldn't get that high. nt

[xmas74]

23. It's considered to be high

but I have never felt that the score was right. I always thought that my score should be much lower.
For that reason alone, I think that IQ tests are a bunch of crap.

[valis]

24. 170 here.

You could not tell from my posts...

[tjwmason]

25. All that I.Q. tests measure

is the ability to complete I.Q. tests.

I heard somewhere that king george outperformed J.F. Kerry in an I.Q. test - I think that that rather proves the point.

[baldguy]

26. I'm smart enough to know

how ignorant I am.

[sniffa]

27. 29

i'LL be 30 in september.

[Dastard Stepchild]

28. I think they are highly subject to test administrator bias...

and above and beyond that are a very crude and inaccurate measure of one's intelligence. I give them about as much credit as a Fox News poll.

[johnnie]

29. There are too many variables to be an accurate measurement

All an I.Q. test will show is a measurement of a certain type of intelligence. I have met people who are considered a "musical genius', but they would be hard pressed to be able to give you directions to the bottom of the stairs.
Another observation I have had is that a large percentage of people will tell you that they have an I.Q. of 130 and over. There are more "above average" people than "average" from what I have heard.
I.Q. tests are a very unreliable source to measure the intelligence of any one person accurately. There are too many situations, social settings, ages and other variables to consider. One test will not do that.

[ScreamingMeemie]

30. I don't know...and I don't care. Intelligence is a state of mind.

:P