What’s your I.Q.?

Alkéryn · Jan 22, 2019

piratesephiroth said:
IQ is very real and an effective way of measuring intelligence. Online IQ tests are BS.

No ik about online ones being bs, but so are the real ones you do in clinics, they are only rough estimate/insight and are not meant to be acurate, plus what is the most important in those test isn't the score itself but how do you perform in each different categories of the test
I mean my IQ is what you could consider really high and i'm far from being a genius, it is pretty much bullshit and tbh even if you got a really high one there is no good reason to mention or ask it, in fact, no matter what is your iq there is no good reason to mention it.

dAVID_ · Jan 23, 2019

Redhorse said:
A person can have an IQ of 200 and with a low EQ they will still fail miserably. I would be more concerned with ones EQ. Science is beginning to mutually agree may be more responsible for ones long term (material) success/achievements and happiness.

Marilyn Vos Savant aka Marilyn Jarvik is 228. Supposedly the highest recorded. She married the inventor of the Jarvik 7 heart and writes children's books, among other things. She was an author of Ask Marilyn a syndicated column in the newspapers for years, also wrote a book called Brain Building 101.

How exactly can you infer that a person has an IQ of 228 if the person who is responsible for designing the IQ test doesn't have an IQ of 228?
Also, here's a cold, hard, fact. There is more than one type of intelligence.
Could I argue that people good at Tetris are smart in processing the information provided by the grid on the computer screen and selecting the optimum placement option for a given tetromino?

piratesephiroth · Jan 26, 2019

Alkéryn said:
No ik about online ones being bs, but so are the real ones you do in clinics, they are only rough estimate/insight and are not meant to be acurate, plus what is the most important in those test isn't the score itself but how do you perform in each different categories of the test
I mean my IQ is what you could consider really high and i'm far from being a genius, it is pretty much bullshit and tbh even if you got a really high one there is no good reason to mention or ask it, in fact, no matter what is your iq there is no good reason to mention it.

dAVID_ said:
How exactly can you infer that a person has an IQ of 228 if the person who is responsible for designing the IQ test doesn't have an IQ of 228?
Also, here's a cold, hard, fact. There is more than one type of intelligence.
Could I argue that people good at Tetris are smart in processing the information provided by the grid on the computer screen and selecting the optimum placement option for a given tetromino?

Nope, it's not bullshit. Nope, there aren't' multiple types of inteliigence. People have different skilsets and interests but they're either intelligent or stupid.

IQ isn't a miracle trait that guarantees success in life. A high IQ only gives way more choice to the individual.
Intelligence and wisdom are 2 different things so of course a very capable person can still make poor choices and end up in a miserable situation.

On the other hand, a low IQ individual is simply unable to compete on equal grounds in our modern society and is limited to scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Cyan · Jan 26, 2019

no idea, I never did a IQ test, nor EQ, nor general culture quizz. Intelligence, Emotional, culture, logic, all are different.

though, I don't like the english name : intelligence test? that's not an intelligence, but a logic test. You can be logic (visual, number and space) but dumb and stupid in regard to life situations and choices you make.
French uses "intellectual Quotient" name instead of "Intelligence". still doesn't like that name.

I think I'm more than average for all logic things, or I'm surrounded by very low logic people in life, because I can foresee problems and understand things quite fast compared to others. Still, I do bad life decision, interaction and I'm lacking general culture information.

Costello · Jan 26, 2019

I too think the tests don't say much about how intelligent a person is.
However if two persons take the test, one gets 90 and the other gets 140, it'll give me a damn good clue.

Stwert · Jan 26, 2019

Last test I did, 179. Which means precisely squat. I know many people far more intelligent than I, who score lower on these things.

Quite frankly, a persons capibilities, what they can actually do, are far more important than some vague number.

piratesephiroth · Jan 26, 2019

Stwert said:
Last test I did, 179. Which means precisely squat. I know many people far more intelligent than I, who score lower on these things.

Quite frankly, a persons capibilities, what they can actually do, are far more important than some vague number.

IQ measures such capabilities but as I wrote before, it's by no means not a guarantee of success in life.
Very successful people often have very high IQ but not all high IQ people are successful.
(also online tests are usually worthless, they're either too simple or inflate the values to make people feel better)

Basically what nearly everyone's saying here is "I don't know jack shit about IQ therefore I don't believe in it" and that's pretty ignorant.
It's like you're saying that a person's height has nothing to do with being a great basketball player.
The best basketball players are often very tall, but not all tall people are necessarily good basketball players.
Being taller just gives more possibilities and oportunities in the game, enough to secure an advantage over shorter players.

Stwert · Jan 26, 2019

piratesephiroth said:
IQ measures such capabilities but as I wrote before, it's by no means not a guarantee of success in life.

Very successful people often have very high IQ but not all high IQ people are successful.

(also online tests are usually worthless, they're either too simple or inflate the values to make people feel better)

Basically what nearly everyone's saying here is "I don't know jack shit about IQ therefore I don't believe in it" and that's pretty ignorant.

It's like you're saying that a person's height has nothing to do with being a great basketball player.

The best basketball players are often very tall, but not all tall people are necessarily good basketball players.

Being taller just gives more possibilities and oportunities in the game, enough to secure an advantage over shorter players.

I’m not saying I don’t believe in them, one cannot disbelieve something which exists.

But much as you said at the start of your post. IQ is not a guarantee of success in life. Indeed “success” in life itself will mean different things to different people. Which is partly why I don’t necessarily put too much stock in them. I am neither impressed, nor unimpressed by an individuals IQ.

All I am saying is, I’m only ever impressed by what a person may do. One does not need a high IQ to, for instance, create beautiful works of art, or to perform an aria with absolute precision. Yet these are impressive achievements.

The world is a much nicer place when people appreciate people who actually achieve their personal goals, rather than what an arbitrary number suggests they could achieve.

piratesephiroth · Jan 26, 2019

Stwert said:
I’m not saying I don’t believe in them, one cannot disbelieve something which exists.

But much as you said at the start of your post. IQ is not a guarantee of success in life. Indeed “success” in life itself will mean different things to different people. Which is partly why I don’t necessarily put too much stock in them. I am neither impressed, nor unimpressed by an individuals IQ.

All I am saying is, I’m only ever impressed by what a person may do. One does not need a high IQ to, for instance, create beautiful works of art, or to perform an aria with absolute precision. Yet these are impressive achievements.

The world is a much nicer place when people appreciate people who actually achieve their personal goals, rather than what an arbitrary number suggests they could achieve.

The world would be a much nicer place if people with high IQ were allowed to reach their full potential instead of being dragged down by a public educational system that caters to the lowest common denominator.

Deleted User · Jan 26, 2019

When I was a kid someone visited to test me. My mom said I have above average IQ but I later found the tester's notes and they said they couldn't calculate me.

So my IQ could be anything, it could even be a boat!

mattytrog · Jan 26, 2019

Veho said:
Over 9000.

Which scale are we using?

The unit that IQ is measured is the "Clinton".

The sub-unit for IQ is the "Lewinsky"

Stwert · Jan 26, 2019

piratesephiroth said:
The world would be a much nicer place if people with high IQ were allowed to reach their full potential instead of being dragged down by a public educational system that caters to the lowest common denominator.

That’s a fair point. I don’t know what it’s like these days to be fair, or what every other countries policies are. But back in the olden days

, when I was at school, they split us up into three groups after the first year of secondary school. So as to best focus their efforts for each group. It seemed to work well enough at the time.

CodyWGamer · Jan 26, 2019

Majora2005 said:
Serious question. What is your I.Q.?

i took an IQ test and it said 404 error

so im guessing it's 404 lol

YaYPIXXO · Jan 26, 2019

Delerious · Jan 26, 2019

Honestly, I've never taken an IQ test. I would at least hope that it's over 100. I'm rather lazy when it comes to studying and learning new things, so my brain likely doesn't process information any faster than the average person.

p1ngpong · Jan 26, 2019

Higher than any filthy switch owners by a mile! :gun:

Delerious · Jan 26, 2019

p1ngpong said:
Higher than any filthy switch owners by a mile!

Oh? What makes you say that?

Dr.Hacknik · Jan 26, 2019

Honestly IQ tests can either be accurate or completely off.

So for me, I am basically average in most things and then smarter than others in some things. Overall, probably around above average IQ,

SonyUSA · Jan 26, 2019

p1ngpong said:
Higher than any filthy switch owners by a mile!

Get back to IRC! Don't make me get the hose!

Dr.Hacknik · Jan 26, 2019

SonyUSA said:
Get back to IRC! Don't make me get the hose!

He's a frog not a cat. He'll just enjoy it more.

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