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The title says it all.

And then after that, rate your modesty :D

if you mean IQ score it's 142
but if you mean 1-10 I'll take a 7

as for modesty I'll take a 6 (I try hard not to be too narcisisstic)

if you mean IQ score it's 142
but if you mean 1-10 I'll take a 7

I meant on the poll.

Smarter than many in my school.

I put genius, because compared to most people my age I have vastly greater knowledge. I'm also way smarter than the average American. However, my genius lies in History, Debating, and politics, so if you judge genius by math or science then I am probably average.

I know that three years ago (age 13) I had an IQ of 126...I wonder what it is now.

A bit above average. But not enough to think I know everything.

I have a fairly average IQ. Lower than many here. But, I still voted "I am teh god."

Well, my spy network is still in it's nascent stages (so far, all I've recruited is the homless guy in the neighborhood. He's enthusiastic, but he's horrible at backing up his sources and doing background work. The voices in his head do seem to be remarkably accurate though.)

The chain of command is clear-cut and efficient (homeless guy ----> me,) with a minimum of waste and overlap.

Overall, I'd give my intelligence service a B-.

I have the IQs of four. Yeah.

Gunna go rape a cow,now.

A bit above average. But not enough to think I know everything.

One who is smart enough to know one isn't the smartest is the smartest.

Anyone know an online IQ test that doesn't have a margin of error of about 50 either way?

I am a complete idiot, so much so, that I read Harry Potter and listen to Greenday. I also occasionally write in leetspeak, and ascribe to anarchism as a political ideology.
Therefore, to comply with the "honesty" rule, I decided the last option would best describe a person like me. On top of that, I actually believe that IQ tests count for something other than the inflation of the collective egos of a bunch of little white children. In schools where the "gifted classes" is a euphemism for segregation.

I the not dead yet Lord Jibea MDCXXVIII(1628 for all who don't read roman numerals...) have an amazing IQ, especially in Math, Science, Making Things Up, and controlling feelings.

I have the highest IQ rating rateable.

My IQ is 160, that's officially genius. Modesty? Nah. Not wanting to be beaten sh*tless for being smarter than the rest of my school? Yes.

But i have little common sense. Very little.

I'm also a tad lysDexic.

One who is smart enough to know one isn't the smartest is the smartest.

Anyone know an online IQ test that doesn't have a margin of error of about 50 either way?

None exist, to the extent of my knowledge.

I am a complete idiot, so much so, that I read Harry Potter and listen to Greenday. I also occasionally write in leetspeak, and ascribe to anarchism as a political ideology.
Therefore, to comply with the "honesty" rule, I decided the last option would best describe a person like me. On top of that, I actually believe that IQ tests count for something other than the inflation of the collective egos of a bunch of little white children. In schools where the "gifted classes" is a euphemism for segregation.

Nothing wrong with Harry Potter, so long as you don't find it the most challenging book in your library.

The Poll Just Flipped me the bird 0_o

My IQ is in the 140's, which is between "Smart" and "Genius". It's somewhat closer to "Genius", so that's my selection.

Nothing wrong with Harry Potter, so long as you don't find it the most challenging book in your library.

That post was pure sarcasm ;)

Intellect is entirely arbitarary, and to even attempt to "rate it" proves that the vast majority of people are twits.

I'm a genius. I skipped a grade and have a IQ of 164. I'm also in all advanced class. I always get A's on report cards. I have never gotten anything below an A on a report card. I barely ever study for test and still get an A or high B.

I'm a genius. I skipped a grade and have a IQ of 164. I'm also in all advanced class. I always get A's on report cards. I have never gotten anything below an A on a report card. I barely ever study for test and still get an A or high B.

I'm a super-genius. I skipped not just a grade, but COLLEGE! And my IQ is 164.5. I got A+'s on my report cards, and NEVER studied for tests! :)

I'm a genius. I skipped a grade and have a IQ of 164. I'm also in all advanced class. I always get A's on report cards. I have never gotten anything below an A on a report card. I barely ever study for test and still get an A or high B.

Which is exactly what I'm talking about. Children like this, who think academic achievement and "IQ tests" are the only markers of intellect are sadly mistakened. Again, the inert masses never abandon their backwards, regressive ways, and realize just how small they are.

TEH GOD. Definately.

My ma sez dat I lerned my letters gud.

TEH GOD. Definately.

Uh, God? It's spelled "Definitely" . . .

if you mean IQ score it's 142
but if you mean 1-10 I'll take a 7

as for modesty I'll take a 6 (I try hard not to be too narcisisstic)

of course you realize that an iq of 142 makes you statistically at least a 9 and more likely a 10 since it puts you in the high 90 percentiles for human intelligence, at least i assume someone that smart would realize that.

i went for i am teh god, but thats a contradiction, seeing how i voted for the selection that couldnt even spell "THE" right ;)

i went for i am teh god, but thats a contradiction, seeing how i voted for the selection that couldnt even spell "THE" right ;)

its an alternate spelling... gods can't miss spell things, by their very nature however they spell something is correct.

of course you realize that an iq of 142 makes you statistically at least a 9 and more likely a 10 since it puts you in the high 90 percentiles for human intelligence, at least i assume someone that smart would realize that.

Only if you assume that the 1-10 rating is on a linear scale. For myself, I'm somewhere around 140 -- based on a whole collection of IQ tests at various times rating me anywhere from 105 or so up to about 180, but mostly in the 140 range. The middle ones are the ones I believe. I rated myself smart but not genius -- genius I view as an extraordinarily restricted term for well below 1% of the population, and based not solely on an IQ level, but at least as much on what a person does with that intelligence. It's not all about a few lucky genes. If you rated yourself a genius and expect me to believe you in any way shape or form, you'd better have a lot more amazing accomplishments to show for it than 'A's on high school tests without studying (yeah I did that too) and a very high IQ score.

I haven't invented anything or proven anything major so smart will do.

Only if you assume that the 1-10 rating is on a linear scale. For myself, I'm somewhere around 140 -- based on a whole collection of IQ tests at various times rating me anywhere from 105 or so up to about 180, but mostly in the 140 range. The middle ones are the ones I believe. I rated myself smart but not genius -- genius I view as an extraordinarily restricted term for well below 1% of the population, and based not solely on an IQ level, but at least as much on what a person does with that intelligence. It's not all about a few lucky genes. If you rated yourself a genius and expect me to believe you in any way shape or form, you'd better have a lot more amazing accomplishments to show for it than 'A's on high school tests without studying (yeah I did that too) and a very high IQ score.


personally i rated myself as god, because i'm an arrogant bastard not because of any object rating of my intellect compared to others

One who is smart enough to know one isn't the smartest is the smartest.

Anyone know an online IQ test that doesn't have a margin of error of about 50 either way?

you may try googling for MENSA IQ test, they should be as accurate as an online test can be (which is not much, I suppose)

If you voted for "TEH GOD", I really don't think you are as seen as you can't spell properly. Or am I just being pedantic now? Shall I go away? Leave you lot to it?

If you voted for "TEH GOD", I really don't think you are as seen as you can't spell properly. Or am I just being pedantic now? Shall I go away? Leave you lot to it?
spelling concerns are really the realm of the second raters... perfect spellers are ideally suited to data entry positions which are granted a step above telemarketing but then again what isn't.

spelling concerns are really the realm of the second raters... perfect spellers are ideally suited to data entry positions which are granted a step above telemarketing but then again what isn't.

Don't make me point out grammar. :)

I put myself as smart. Don't like IQ tests but the few I've taken been around 130-140. Everyone just thinks I'm smart, don't know why, but meh.

Isn't it funny how nearly everyone rates themselves as 'above average'?
Have you ever met anyone who admits to being an 'average' driver?

Isn't it funny how nearly everyone rates themselves as 'above average'?
Have you ever met anyone who admits to being an 'average' driver?


Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

Hmmm...

I don't really rate my own intelligence. It simply is not something that matters to me; my "intelligence" is only judged one way or the other by how other people see me. I'm sure every different person has their own opinions on what might make me intelligent or moronic - and these don't affect me one way or the other.

I've never taken an official intelligence test, but I did take a career aptitude test back in high school that placed me in the top 0-2% for linguistic skills and the top 5-10% for mathematical skills. That doesn't measure wisdom or common sense, though. ;)

I've never taken an official intelligence test, but I did take a career aptitude test back in high school that placed me in the top 0-2% for linguistic skills and the top 5-10% for mathematical skills. That doesn't measure wisdom or common sense, though. ;)


I took a computer career ideas test at high school where you answer a bunch of questions and it gives you ideas.

My #1 match for careers was Professional sportsman
second was fireman
third was stuntman



I don't think I'm going to be any of those things..

Pity it isn't multiple choice. Because I am a foolish genius. :)

I took a computer career ideas test at high school where you answer a bunch of questions and it gives you ideas.

My #1 match for careers was Professional sportsman
second was fireman
third was stuntman



I don't think I'm going to be any of those things..

Haha...I dug my test thingy out.

I'm apparently "Investigative Enterprising"; which means i'm suited to being a Scientist, Politician, Lawyer or Businessman. I'm definitely not going to be any of those things...

But the test noted an aptitude for "Clerical tasks".

Yep, i'm destined to be a pencil-pusher - the test specifically suggested "Librarian" as a possibility. Fuck. :(

I took a computer career ideas test at high school where you answer a bunch of questions and it gives you ideas.

My #1 match for careers was Professional sportsman
second was fireman
third was stuntman



I don't think I'm going to be any of those things..

Groovy. My prime career choices were:

Oceanographer
Physicist

If there was a third, I don't remember it.

My IQ is around 150 so I'd say smart, but I'm also increadably absent minded and forgetfull (I still put 1998 when I date things).

i get 130-140 when i take IQ tests so i voted 'smart'
i also took a career aptitude test
*ward nurse (i dont really like cleaning up after people so i dont think so >>)
*jail warden (i was so shocked but i laughed about it later)

I am smart. S-M-R-T,.... doh!

smart (iq of 136ish if it actually means anything) but dyslexic with dyscalculia (daignosed and all), so that kinda brings my braininess down a notch - so i voted middling :)

as for modesty, i'm as smart as i am and nothing more - there are always people who are smarter than me around, but similarly, there's always people who are dumber than me too :P

I put genius, but I'm not sure if I technically am. I haven't gotten an IQ test since I was in elementry school. I know most of my friends are considered near genius or genius and that most of them consider me smarter then them (but that doesn't necessarly mean I have a higher IQ). I don't put a lot of value in IQ tests. If the person seems intelligent I put more value in that then IQ. IQ tests are simply designed to give high IQs to those who seem intelligent anyway, its not like there is an objective standard. I just mention IQ tests because thats how genius is usually defined.

For the dsylexics out there I'm pretty sure I'm dyslexic as well. I've never been diagnosed. But I have horrible time spelling and get "b" and "p" mixed up. I was also in remidial reading classes and speach therapy in elementry school. I had several symptoms of dyslexia but they were too ignorant to be able to diagnosis it. They were able to diagnosis it in my sister, but that was after we moved to a new school system. The school said I was dumb and I felt dumb so didn't try in school. Then they had me take random tests when going into middle school and told me I was smart and wanted to put me in advanced classes. So the same school can't decide if I'm a moron or if I'm smart. They wanted to switch me directly from remidial to advanced classes. Now I'm in graduate school and doing pretty well. I've learned to deal with it on my own. I read slow, but am smarter then most and can compensate for that.

Anyway, the whole thing makes me bitter when I hear people braging about intelligence. When I was little I was teased for being dumb. Then when I got older I was picked on for being too smart. The only thing I care about is if the person uses the intelligence they were given or not.

Well I posted myself as middling. A lot of you said stuff about school. I am a final year chemist student. I saw more smart/genius people drop out of our course then the average people. Anyone worth their salt knows intelligence gives you nothing, it comes down to good old hard work. Even a average person like me can get one of the more difficult degrees on offer with persistence. But a smart gains nothing if they don't try. I found the posts interesting but care little about how smart some one is. I even go so far to act stupid sometimes because its more fun then to be an intelligent aritocrat.

i get 130-140 when i take IQ tests so i voted 'smart'
i also took a carrer aptitude test
*ward nurse (i dont really like cleaning up after people so i dont think so >>)
*jail warden (i was so shocked but i laughed about it later)

I took one of those once. It had different sections where they ranked different skills. Everything was 99 percentile except for spelling which was 50 percentile. They recomended everything that didn't require a lot of spelling.

I had several symptoms of dyslexia but they were too ignorant to be able to diagnosis it. They were able to diagnosis it in my sister, but that was after we moved to a new school system. The school said I was dumb and I felt dumb so didn't try in school.
same here back in elementary school - teachers used to call me stupid :(
shoulda sued their asses for emotional damage :gundge:

Oh, and I voted I am teh god, but you all knew that already.

Even God calls me God.

Genius.

Was tested and retested in me youth.

However, I dont l've never liked talking about it.
Especially around some of my friends who are very intelligent, but not geniuses. Sometimes, when the subject came up, and Ive given the answer, people look at you differently, or think youre being arrogant.

Others expect the same kind of results or accomplishments that some famous genuises.
Einstein, or Fermi, or Edison...or some craziness.

I can tell you now, I am never in my life, going to achieve any kind of similar discovery, or scientific breakthough.
Maybe if I had been born with more ambition, or a gift for science.

Sadly, the most common reactions to someone finding out that youre a genius, is envy, or disdain.

"Well, if youre so smart, why arent you rich?"

Becuase intelligence does not require ambition, or greed.

I can tell you this...

Being a genius has ever really come in handy, when playing trivia games.
Then I whip joo ass.

You guys are being too modest.

From a google search a lot of people define Genius as an IQ greater then 140, but most of the more legitamate sources don't want to make such a simple deffinition for it. I think thats about 0.5% and near genius is about 1%. So it's not hard to be a genius. If you take 200 random people and you tend to be the smartest of them then you are probably a genius.

Also, for the people who are confused as to what score a genius level IQ, is:

Over 140 - Genius or near genius

120 - 140 - Very superior intelligence

110 - 119 - Superior intelligence

90 - 109 - Normal or average intelligence

80 - 89 - Dullness

70 - 79 - Borderline deficiency

Under 70 - Definite feeble-mindedness

Normal Distribution & IQ Scores
The properties of the normal distribution apply to IQ scores:

50% of IQ scores fall between 90 and 110

70% of IQ scores fall between 85 and 115

95% of IQ scores fall between 70 and 130

99.5% of IQ scores fall between 60 and 140



Einstein was considered to have an IQ of @ 160.

Being a genius has ever really come in handy, when playing trivia games.
Then I whip joo ass.

I stink at trivia games. I don't know any of the pop culture questions. Though we went to a bar and played a team trivia game. I wasn't much help, except I got the capital of Liberia right. We won free beer (which I don't drink). I play them mostly with geniuses and near geniuses, so maybe thats why I feel like I'm bad at them. I'm a graduate student in a molecular biology program at an ivy league university. Most of the people here are in the near genius to genius range.

I'm about as clever as Myrth

Rate Your Intelligence!


My what?...........

IQ goes on a bell curve. 85 to 115 is pretty much everyone, and the higher or lower you go, the less people are like you or higher.

160 is 0.05% of the population, and 140-od must be about 1-2% at most.

By the way, i took a Mensa home test, got a good enough score to get to a supervised test and got an IQ of 160.

But IQ isn't smarts. Smarts is logic and reasoning, plus mathematical stuff, plus your grasp of your native tongue, times common sense.

so i've got a score like this: Ultra mega genius + very very good + amazing times nothing.

It's well known that geeks lack common sense and assume that getting a girl works 1 in 20 times, because they rolled a natural 20 on their change attitude roll.

We forget our charisma scores when not near other geeks is 2. that's bad.

Back wood. You say you claim to be a genius but say you'll never achieve some great breakthrough. So why call yourself a genius. From what you say your an intelligent person but will never be a genius. Genius eg. Einstein or Newton etc..
Were not overly smart people. Einstein did not have an IQ of 160 and was in fact an undiagnosed dyslexic for a large part of his life. Einstein had to do a lot of work for his theories and this is why I would call him a Genius. Most "genius" from history are very average people who worked hard for their findings. I think the testers should maybe re evaluate what they would define as genius.

Back wood. You say you claim to be a genius but say you'll never achieve some great breakthrough. So why call yourself a genius. From what you say your an intelligent person but will never be a genius. Genius eg. Einstein or Newton etc..

Becuase the term "genius", does not mean you have invented nuclear fission, or the electric lightbulb.
Its simply a better way to say "way, way, above average intelligence."


Were not overly smart people. Einstein did not have an IQ of 160 and was in fact an undiagnosed dyslexic for a large part of his life. Einstein had to do a lot of work for his theories and this is why I would call him a Genius. Most "genius" from history are very average people who worked hard for their findings. I think the testers should maybe re evaluate what they would define as genius.

As far as einsteins IQ, yah, 160 is about right from everything Ive read, although many sources rate it higher.
However, you are right about his dyslexia.
"Whatever your problems with mathmatics, I can assure you, mine are greater still."
-Albert Einstein.

Do not confuse being a genius, with success, or accomplishment, or hard work.

What a stupid question!

I get better marks academically than most. In my fields of interest I know more than many.
But ask me to calculate stuff in my head, and I fail miserably. Same goes for sports (or celebrity, or music etc) trivia. I don't do any of the stuff geniuses do, like painting, or listening to classical music.

How would you rate me on your scale then?

I voted stupid/foolish, so as to bring down the average score which has obviously been inflated by some swollen egos.

And that's the cleverest thing anyone's done in this thread.

the problem i've found of having half-decent intelligence is many things are incredibly easy and i can just understand/learn em straight off, no effort - like (especially) economics (got 99.6% in A level exams etc, didn't do a jot of work for 2 years). but the problem is that has made me so very lazy in things that don't come so easily - like maths. in school i could get around that by just concentrating and choosing the subjects that i could do with no effort, but that laziness (and lack of maths ability) has come back to haunt me now i'm not in school. i'm having to learn how to push myself because i never have had to :(

anyone else find anything similar?

the problem i've found of having half-decent intelligence is many things are incredibly easy and i can just understand/learn em straight off, no effort - like (especially) economics (got 99.6% in A level exams etc, didn't do a jot of work for 2 years). but the problem is that has made me so very lazy in things that don't come so easily - like maths. in school i could get around that by just concentrating and choosing the subjects that i could do with no effort, but that laziness (and lack of maths ability) has come back to haunt me now i'm not in school. i'm having to learn how to push myself because i never have had to :(

anyone else find anything similar?

I've just moved to Belgium and I'm in a French-speaking school. French is an easy subject for me, but usually I'd just be able to sit back and pick everything up as I go along but the math is completely different and trying to learn about the feudal system in French is NO JOKE. But I'm going back to Ireland next year and this is just my transition year, so if i get terrible results I don't really care (a revelation for me, as I always seem to be in competition with myself :rolleyes: ). I've got good Junior Cert results, so that's what counts really. You've just got to treat it like a game. There's always someone that's going to be better at everything than you, even if you haven't met that person yet. Be better than that person :p

Well, I choose: "What's a com-pootur?"

Why? Because I _can_. :)

I love how everyone has an IQ of 140. Online IQ tests are not reliable.

Hell, no IQ tests are reliable. It doesn't even measure how smart you are, it just measures how quickly your brain works. You can have a very high IQ and still be stupid.

I didn't vote, but I looked at the results, and I love how 31 people put genius. A genius discovers a new way of looking at the world. A genius is brilliant, creative, and hard working. A genius invents penicillin. A genius discovers the fundamental laws of the univers. When one of you supposed geniuses discovers a new way to treat cancer, let me know.

I'm very smart (but I have more than some online IQ test score to back it up). I routinely score in the 99th percentile on standardized tests. I'm taking the SATs in March, and so I don't have definite scores right now, I'm one of the people that could possibly get a 2400 perfect score (there's a little bit of luck involved). Most likely I will get an 800 on the math, high 700s on the writing, and mid 700s on the verbal. For foreigners who don't know what this means, basically the average for any one section is about 500, with a standard deviation of 100. So 2.5% of people score 700 or better in each section, and about .1% get an 800.

the problem i've found of having half-decent intelligence is many things are incredibly easy and i can just understand/learn em straight off, no effort - like (especially) economics (got 99.6% in A level exams etc, didn't do a jot of work for 2 years). but the problem is that has made me so very lazy in things that don't come so easily - like maths. in school i could get around that by just concentrating and choosing the subjects that i could do with no effort, but that laziness (and lack of maths ability) has come back to haunt me now i'm not in school. i'm having to learn how to push myself because i never have had to :(

anyone else find anything similar?

oh, hell yes. I always leave essays to the last minute...and as such get worse marks than I rightfully should.

I mean...I can get distinctions and the odd high distinction by writing essays on the very day that they're due and handing them in 10 mins before the deadline...I can only wonder what a little motivation would do.

I am a complete idiot, so much so, that I read Harry Potter and listen to Greenday. I also occasionally write in leetspeak, and ascribe to anarchism as a political ideology.
Therefore, to comply with the "honesty" rule, I decided the last option would best describe a person like me. On top of that, I actually believe that IQ tests count for something other than the inflation of the collective egos of a bunch of little white children. In schools where the "gifted classes" is a euphemism for segregation.
My God man its like a new version of me................... :eek:

My God man its like a new version of me................... :eek:

I was sort of taking a stab at the bourgeois, through satire.

I'm usually a modest person but... in accordance to my age - I'd have to say 'Genius'.

What's a com-put-er.

Wowz... According to the poll, I walk amongst giants... Or possibly just bloated egos..

Wowz... According to the poll, I walk amongst giants... Or possibly just bloated egos..
I'm tempted to say it's the second. Sorry folks.

I am amazingly intelligent. When I took the IQ test, the computer exploded trying to calculate my score.

I am very smart in math, literature, humanities, and everything except the sciences. In addition, I have a good sense of direction and a lot of common sense.

Sadly, that's caused me to be ostracized everywhere, but that's the price you pay I guess. I prefer intelligence to popularity.

I'm also extremely modest. ;) Naah, I'd better be honest with myself. I'm egotistical and conceited as all hell. I'd rate myself a 10 for egotism and a 9.999999r for intelligence. ;)

trying to learn about the feudal system in French is NO JOKE
lmao i'll bet :p

I am amazingly intelligent. When I took the IQ test, the computer exploded trying to calculate my score.

lol :p

why not the sciences for you?

I'd like to think genius but since my IQ score is 138, I'll have to say "smart" :)

I'd like to think genius but since my IQ score is 138, I'll have to say "smart" :)

Well, if you are that close I'm sure if you took it enough times you could get a genius score. Not that it means anything. You won't really be smarter, but you could walk around telling everyone your a genius and alienate yourself due to a bloted ego.

OMG teh offfishul inturnet siet told me that i r teh smart 999IQz. F7\/\/

No, I do not know why I posted that. Possibly because it has been posted in every other 'How smart are you' thread.

lol :p

why not the sciences for you?
I don't know. I forget to do the homework, I think.

Why didn't he make this a public poll?

I am so smart, I make myself sick.

I am so smart, I make myself sick.
You were sick already, Gartref.

I've spent far too much time trying to take on the mantle of intelligence, wanting the benefit of its appearance.

Instead, I find that I should have spent that time developing whatever native intelligence I have, and to train myself in its purposeful use.

I hope I'm not to old to make this correction.

What's an intelligence? :p

For me, studying (engineering, university) is much like a minor hobby, need to study 0-3 h a day to achieve the same results as many do with a normal workday. I typically remember most things from the yesterday's class, while hoi polloi forgets most and needs extensive repetetion and rehearsal. And this university has one of the highest entrance criteria in the country. I also tend to do homework in class, because it doesn't interfere with following the lecturer. So, from genius to smart.

To compensate, I'm teh lazy, and that's why I didn't select "genius". I'd be a top student if I was diligent, too.

I don't do any of the stuff geniuses do, like painting, or listening to classical music.
Huh? What's up with this classical music? It doesn't sound very genius-like, being disconcertingly rhythmless and simple.