westrnboy234 Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Long time reader, first time poster, you all seem really smart and I was just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkittens Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 150+ one of them must be muse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 im 148... supposedly.. 150+ one of them must be muse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Perhaps have a standardized way of testing this? I used to do a lot of tests online and each gave me a different score.. Need a link to a test that all of us can do and then you would get good data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkittens Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Perhaps have a standardized way of testing this? I used to do a lot of tests online and each gave me a different score.. Need a link to a test that all of us can do and then you would get good data. http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=3108 looks legit--maybe not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aravis Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 I love this quote from Stephen Hawking: "People who boast about their I.Q. are losers." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 My IQ is 5000. I am Alakazam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixFlare500 Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 According to that site I'm at 141. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 i concur... "inteligence" is too nebulous and esoteric to measure, iq tests are more skill tests i'd trust qEEG or fMRI more for an "objective" answer to something like this, since it gives more insight to process rather than result (which can are effected by multiple interacting variables (are you motivated, what's your native tongue, how much education have you had, how's your diet, social supports, is your limbic system interfering with your cognition and on and on and on) not related to whatever intelligence is supposed to be, anyways). how do we measure spatial intelligence in people who grow up in dense rain forrests, they actually develop a different sense of depth perception than us, ditto with exposing cats to only vertical or horizontal visual stimuli, there are profound effects in spatial cognition. I love this quote from Stephen Hawking: "People who boast about their I.Q. are losers." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 i got a 1200 dollar assesment paid for, thats where i got my number, i took mensa when i was young, and it was similar... reliability doesn't mean construct validity though. Perhaps have a standardized way of testing this? I used to do a lot of tests online and each gave me a different score.. Need a link to a test that all of us can do and then you would get good data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Where is 90-100 on the poll. There is no place for me to answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 I find IQ tests the most boring pieces of crap on the planet. Even the MENSA test makes me yawn. So to this day i don't think i know my actual IQ (or care for that matter) because the ones i was subjected to, i quit out of boredom half way through lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspiring-curmudgeon Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 i got a 1200 dollar assesment paid for, thats where i got my number, i took mensa when i was young, and it was similar... reliability doesn't mean construct validity though. I had an assessment as well, but they gave me a range instead of a single value. That was quite a few years ago, I wonder if it's changed since then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm88 Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 I took the silly tests on the internet which gave me scores in the 130 range. Probably highly exagerrated and inaccurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clever Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 7. I am a shrub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 MMIs are a far better measure of intelligence/adaptability in life. I know some highly intelligent people who would score high on IQ tests who lack totally in common sense and good judgment. They pose a danger to their clients as with all their expertise they give incredibly poor advice that clients follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrogirl Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Fun fact of the day: Alfred Binet, who developed the first IQ test, didn't believe that intelligence was a measurable fixed quantity and actually intended for the test to be used to identify kids who needed extra help in school and then to get them the help they needed to catch up with their peers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<abstract> Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Just a funny thought.. Apparently 85% of respondents to this poll are in the top 2 percent of IQ's (ie: 130+).. Interesting. (I conclude that either we are all geniuses on this forum, or some people lied to make themselves feel good.. lol) IQ is just a measure of how well you did on the test compared to the general population (kinda like the MCAT).. There really is no concrete non subjective way to measure intelligence because people are have abilities in so many different aspects of life that it is really meaningless to compare them. Anyways for good measure IQ tests are normalized to 100 and a made so 50%of all respondents fall between 90 and 110.. so most of us are average.. lol. I really don't care a for IQ tests to be honest, it is a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkittens Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Just a funny thought.. Anyways for good measure IQ tests are normalized to 100 and a made so 50%of all respondents fall between 90 and 110.. so most of us are average.. lol. I really don't care a for IQ tests to be honest' date=' it is a waste of time.[/quote'] There is no way in hell that there are 5 people with IQs of 150+, 0.09% of the population has an IQ of over 150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Well, my IQ is off the chart of the poll and so I am unable to vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 If your I.Q. is two full standard deviations above average, standard I.Q. tests are inaccurate and a special test for the gifted has to be taken. I had my I.Q. tested several times by Mensa, the military and by a psychologist doing research using the standard I.Q. tests and my results fluctuated between 147(possible) and 176 (improbable)! Hardly accurate measurements. Another, harder test measured it at 157. So, if your I.Q. has been measured at over 132 (98th percentile), you should use the other test for more precision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Years ago my IQ result was lower than 100 and I have always been an over-achiever. I laughed when I got the result that I considered a joke. Life tests me and I go by these results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Years ago my IQ result was lower than 100 and I have always been an over-achiever. I laughed when I got the result that I considered a joke. Life tests me and I go by these results. The I.Q. test cannot measure all aspects of intelligence and success and achievement require many different factor, such as hard work, common sense, people skills, emotional intelligence, creativity, even the rest of the intellect not measured by I.Q. tests or even any test. We still have to come up with a proper definition of intelligence and must realise that many people with high I.Q.s have low paying jobs or low drive. I remember reading I.Q. distribution of professional (I believe it was law) Harvard students. Some of them had below average I.Q.s, yet nobody can say they were not bright or call them under-achievers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capucine Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 I don't know what my IQ is and I don't care~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
check212 Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 There's a test from Cambridge you can download online. It's on 4shared.com I think. It's called Cambridge IQ test specifically. Another good one is iqtest.dk. It's purely pattern recognition but still difficult. Edit: Cambridge one might be a little old, but you can extrapolate your scores to modern standards I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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