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What is your I.Q.?

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The Scandinvans
06-01-2007, 11:14
You know what to do...
Ginnoria
06-01-2007, 11:16
Seven vigintillion and three, according to the last test I took.
Bitchkitten
06-01-2007, 11:17
Supposedly 146 on the Stanford-Binet. But that was like thirty years ago. I've probably gotten some serious brain damage by now.
Amarenthe
06-01-2007, 11:18
158.

Not that you'd be able to tell. :p
British Ex-Pats
06-01-2007, 11:22
158 last check i had last year
The Scandinvans
06-01-2007, 11:22
Supposedly 146 on the Stanford-Binet. But that was like thirty years ago. I've probably gotten some serious brain damage by now.To much beer.;)
Pyotr
06-01-2007, 11:23
147.
The Scandinvans
06-01-2007, 11:25
Mine is to high to measure, they wanted me to take a special one for the super smart, but I am to lazy.
Interesting Slums
06-01-2007, 11:26
What test are we using as a reference? Problem is that different tests may give slightly different results.
Bitchkitten
06-01-2007, 11:31
Mine is to high to measure, they wanted me to take a special one for the super smart, but I am to lazy.My IQ is pretty average for my family. The lowest of any of us that have been tested is 133.
I have a cousin quite a bit younger than I who tested at 192. She was eight at the time and it was a mistake to tell her the results. She was insufferable. She haughtily told my mother "I'm smarter than you." My mother just smiled and said "But I know more."
Intrestingly enough this same cousin had a really hard time in college. She just wasn't used to having to study or put any effort into anything.
Call to power
06-01-2007, 11:32
120-something

I’m bad at math :(
British Ex-Pats
06-01-2007, 11:35
well its true that some may be off, thats why i had about six different tests and they gave me the average, but then its also true that iots not about maths that determines your IQ, im better at science and english than maths so dont worry too much about 120, the average for my age is about 110
Amarenthe
06-01-2007, 11:36
My IQ is pretty average for my family. The lowest of any of us that have been tested is 133.
I have a cousin quite a bit younger than I who tested at 192. She was eight at the time and it was a mistake to tell her the results. She was insufferable. She haughtily told my mother "I'm smarter than you." My mother just smiled and said "But I know more."
Intrestingly enough this same cousin had a really hard time in college. She just wasn't used to having to study or put any effort into anything.

And that's exactly why I don't think IQ tests count for anything. There's a difference between having a high IQ and actually knowing things. Technically, for example, I'm 'more intelligent' than my boyfriend, but he is a hell of a lot smarter than I am (thought he denies it); he knows far more. His trivia knowledge leaves me speechless, his memory is uncanny, and his natural talent for languages and grasping almost any idea quickly and soundly leaves me looking downright slow next to him. (Just like the fact that I have a far higher GPA average than he does doesn't necessarily mean I'm smarter. I just try harder. :p)

I measure intelligence by the ability to be thrown into a situation, any situation, and possess and be able to apply helpful knowledge. The ability to carry a conversation regarding any topic. Not by a number.
Clabbons
06-01-2007, 11:40
168 according to a test I took a few years ago, but now my proficiencies (especially in math) are much closer to average, so my IQ must be lower than that now. Honestly, IQ actually has little to do with actual intelligence, it just measures "book smarts". In my opinion, too many people let their IQ affect their self esteem (and their egos for that matter)
I wonder when the last time was that 100 was actually average...
British Ex-Pats
06-01-2007, 11:41
also true, but then a good IQ test also gives you a rough guide to where you mental strengths lie, although to understand it more youd have to read a good book on psychology, IQ test isnt a be all and end all, its a just a means of making a guide to your capacity
Clabbons
06-01-2007, 11:44
Personally I prefer aptitude tests as far as finding my mental strengths.
Bitchkitten
06-01-2007, 11:44
And that's exactly why I don't think IQ tests count for anything. There's a difference between having a high IQ and actually knowing things. Technically, for example, I'm 'more intelligent' than my boyfriend, but he is a hell of a lot smarter than I am (thought he denies it); he knows far more. His trivia knowledge leaves me speechless, his memory is uncanny, and his natural talent for languages and grasping almost any idea quickly and soundly leaves me looking downright slow next to him. (Just like the fact that I have a far higher GPA average than he does doesn't necessarily mean I'm smarter. I just try harder. :p)

I measure intelligence by the ability to be thrown into a situation, any situation, and possess and be able to apply helpful knowledge. The ability to carry a conversation regarding any topic. Not by a number.

Supposedly your IQ measures your ability to learn. Just because you have it doesn't mean you use it. My brother is our "dummy" with his 133 IQ. But if you ask anybody who knows him he's one of the most brilliant person they know. His ability to remember everything he's ever read in detail is totally amazing.
Clabbons
06-01-2007, 11:47
I think the problem with IQ tests is that they try to evaluate something way too general and multi-faceted. The closest we could get to measuring intelligence would probably require either a multitude of separate tests testing different facets of intelligence, or a single massive test encompassing all of those facets.
Amarenthe
06-01-2007, 11:48
Supposedly your IQ measures your ability to learn. Just because you have it doesn't mean you use it. My brother is our "dummy" with his 133 IQ. But if you ask anybody who knows him he's one of the most brilliant person they know. His ability to remember everything he's ever read in detail is totally amazing.

'xactly. So even when I was younger, with an IQ of 168, I never thought of myself as a genius.
Clabbons
06-01-2007, 11:49
Sorry, a little of topic, but Amarenthe, your location made me laugh. Location: female ??? lol
Pompous world
06-01-2007, 11:50
IQ tests are built on faulty premises, theyre not scientifically rigourous (if scientific at all) enough for assessing something we dont even understand yet. The definition of intelligence is a contentious issue, I would say you have an innate intelligence, and then different abilities, ie someone who is good at sport might be an idiot at maths, we still dont what this intelligence is exactly, although as a pointer Ive encountered a fair number of people who score highly in IQ tests but are relatively and sometimes incredibly stupid.
Pia Kjaersgaard
06-01-2007, 11:51
As someone noticed, the results of tests vary vastly. The spread, the programming and so forth.

Thus my results are:

Tickle.com: 156
Mensa's Gifted Children: 148
JournalistIQ.dk: 132
But it's surprising how easily one can get better at these visual and mathematical tests. At age twelve Mensa said mine was only 119. So apparently it's just improved virtually by it self. (I'm 16 now. And Danish.. Thus the mediocre English.)
British Ex-Pats
06-01-2007, 11:52
well thats true, Einstien only had an IQ of 160, but to todays standards thats nothing special, its simply how he used his brain that made him famous
Amarenthe
06-01-2007, 11:53
Sorry, a little of topic, but Amarenthe, your location made me laugh. Location: female ??? lol

Well, that's just so people know and don't get confused. I suppose I could put it in my sig, couldn't I? :p
Clabbons
06-01-2007, 11:56
Well, that's just so people know and don't get confused. I suppose I could put it in my sig, couldn't I? :p

No, keep it. It's funny!
Bitchkitten
06-01-2007, 11:57
'xactly. So even when I was younger, with an IQ of 168, I never thought of myself as a genius.My step-mother clocked in at an unimpressive 105. While she seems reasonably smart, she'd never be mistaken for a genius.
But she has something I'd be perfectly willing to exchange a few IQ points for. She has real drive. She dropped out of school at 14 to get married and have kids. Never even had pre-algebra. When she started college a dozen years later she started in calculas and was on the deans list. Graduated cum laude. Had a very successful career in the electronics industry. When she got tired of that she went into nursing. Thanks to her previous management experience she is personel manager at a rural hospital.
I wish to hell I could exchange a few IQ points for that sort of energy and discipline.
Bleurgeheyianshiatedpe
06-01-2007, 11:57
118, but looking at everyone else, I feel rather dumb.
:/
Dryks Legacy
06-01-2007, 11:59
I took a test as a child, and got 160 (because that's as high as the test went). It's probably lower now, my brain is underutilised nowadays.
Amarenthe
06-01-2007, 12:00
No, keep it. It's funny!

Oh... but... I already changed it... :p
Amarenthe
06-01-2007, 12:01
My step-mother clocked in at an unimpressive 105. While she seems reasonably smart, she'd never be mistaken for a genius.
But she has something I'd be perfectly willing to exchange a few IQ points for. She has real drive. She dropped out of school at 14 to get married and have kids. Never even had pre-algebra. When she started college a dozen years later she started in calculas and was on the deans list. Graduated cum laude. Had a very successful career in the electronics industry. When she got tired of that she went into nursing. Thanks to her previous management experience she is personel manager at a rural hospital.
I wish to hell I could exchange a few IQ points for that sort of energy and discipline.

Wow. What an amazing woman. :) I could never do that.
Isidoor
06-01-2007, 12:02
She just wasn't used to having to study or put any effort into anything.

hmm. i might be having exactly the same problem right now. not that i have an extremely hight IQ, i've never tested it, and i don't really care. but i'm quite intelligent.
so in high school i didn't really have to work a lot. just read some stuff the day before the exam and i never failed for any class except French. so i never did anything in advance and i can't work unless i have a lot of stress.
so now i'm at uni, my first exam. we have about three weeks to study a lot, and it just isn't working, i really hope the results won't be that bad.
that being said i should really get started.
Bitchkitten
06-01-2007, 12:03
118, but looking at everyone else, I feel rather dumb.
:/Don't. It's all in how you use it.
Clabbons
06-01-2007, 12:03
Oh... but... I already changed it... :p

oh well... :P

@Bleurg: Don't feel stupid. IQ tests mean little, if anything at all.
Chandelier
06-01-2007, 12:06
I got a 132 when I was tested in kindergarten. I don't know if it would be different if I took a test again.
British Ex-Pats
06-01-2007, 12:09
Best way i can think of just to keep your brain from melting from age, im not good at maths so i just read, i read techinical stuff, fictional stuff, extravogant and simple stuff, you just have to read different stuff all the time, keep your mind in check all the time, at the moment im reading a soldiers song, a book about a para in the falklands war and at the same time im also readin a book about shakespearian dialect so you just have to diversify.
Nationalian
06-01-2007, 12:11
IQ test are BS. I have never completed anyone of them because frankly I don't have enough energy do watch dots or shapes to see how they change for 30-60 minutes. IQ-tests only measure logical strengths and I don't need an IQ-test to tell me how "smart" I am.
Shasoria
06-01-2007, 12:15
144, though when I was a kid it was a little higher. I've gotten stoopid eh?
Lunatic Goofballs
06-01-2007, 12:16
My I.Q. is Malachite Green. :)
Europa Maxima
06-01-2007, 12:16
From what I've seen so far in this thread, one would surmise the average IQ on NS is above 140... perhaps true, but I doubt it. I also wonder where a lot of people base these figures on (online tests...?).

As for myself, I have no real idea of how high it is since I've never been tested. Is there any value in being tested though, given how much IQ is being contested as a valid means of measuring intelligence?
No paradise
06-01-2007, 12:16
150 ish. i'm not actualy sure, I remember it was near my sister's that I think was 156.
The Infinite Dunes
06-01-2007, 12:19
85. :(

*runs away crying, trips over his own legs and crashes head first into the ground smashing his pretty little face up*
Bitchkitten
06-01-2007, 12:19
From what I've seen so far, one would surmise the average IQ on NS is above 140... perhaps true, but I doubt it.


Not really that much of a stretch. The place is rife with nerds.
Though perhaps the only ones attracted to this thread are the ones who like telling people how smart we are.:D
No paradise
06-01-2007, 12:24
Not really that much of a stretch. The place is rife with nerds.
Though perhaps the only ones attracted to this thread are the ones who like telling people how smart we are.:D

A very reasonable deduction. I'm definatly a nerd and quite enjoy a little showing off.
Europa Maxima
06-01-2007, 12:24
Not really that much of a stretch. The place is rife with nerds.
Hmmm, I am still dubious. I am sure there are certainly some genuinely high (and very high) intellects here, but whether or not IQ can indicate these is another matter entirely (I am kind of baiting for someone to give their thoughts on the IQ debate :D).

Though perhaps the only ones attracted to this thread are the ones who like telling people how smart we are.:D
Inevitably. ;)
Bitchkitten
06-01-2007, 12:30
Hmmm, I am still dubious. I am sure there are certainly some genuinely high (and very high) intellects here, but whether or not IQ can indicate these is another matter entirely (I am kind of baiting for someone to give their thoughts on the IQ debate :D).


Inevitably. ;)Considering the IQs posted here, it would make mine about average for a NSer. Seems about right to me.

But I don't believe intelligence can be quantified by something as simple as an IQ test. There are just too many facets to human intelligence.
Europa Maxima
06-01-2007, 12:35
Considering the IQs posted here, it would make mine about average for a NSer. Seems about right to me.
I'd like to actually debate with some of these individuals to see if they actually put their high IQ's to use, or even possess them to begin with. I've seen you debate, so at least I know you possess the credentials. :)

But I don't believe intelligence can be quantified by something as simple as an IQ test. There are just too many facets to human intelligence.
I'm beginning to lean toward this viewpoint myself. If anyone has something to share on the topic I'd like to hear what the prevalent theories on intelligence measurement are at the moment.
Bitchkitten
06-01-2007, 12:37
I'd like to actually debate with some of these individuals to see if they actually put their high IQ's to use, or even possess them to begin with. I've seen you debate, so at least I know you possess the credentials. :)


Gee, thanks. Though I can't really think of anything remotely intelligent I've posted recently.
Heretichia
06-01-2007, 12:38
No real idea. But I'm guessing my IQ ain't very high as I'm useless when it comes to those kinds of tests. Let's say I'm intelligent enough to manage my life and when it comes to medicine, compassion and caretaking no one can smack my fingers. Guess I have a high "EQ" as they say. Anyhow, I get by and having a higher IQ probably wouldn't make my quality of life any greater :)
Orlzenheimerness
06-01-2007, 12:39
I can't say, because you'll all get jealous...

But I'll just hint... It has FIVE FIGURES!


:D
Bitchkitten
06-01-2007, 12:43
No real idea. But I'm guessing my IQ ain't very high as I'm useless when it comes to those kinds of tests. Let's say I'm intelligent enough to manage my life and when it comes to medicine, compassion and caretaking no one can smack my fingers. Guess I have a high "EQ" as they say. Anyhow, I get by and having a higher IQ probably wouldn't make my quality of life any greater :)Part of the reason I scored decently on my IQ test may just be because I'm good at taking tests. That's the only thing IQ tests really test well.
I was one of those weird kids who looked forward to getting out of class to go take tests.
Conversely I probably don't have a very good EQ. I usually find my life out of control and totally unmanagable.
Nationalian
06-01-2007, 12:45
I just did an IQ test and got 120 which is normal. I think most people get between 85-115. Seeing the results other people have on this site it makes me wonder if this site is full of geniuses or if people have taken to easy tests because only 2,5% of the population get results higher than 130. Above 130 is considered to be genius but it's controversial.
Heretichia
06-01-2007, 12:52
Part of the reason I scored decently on my IQ test may just be because I'm good at taking tests. That's the only thing IQ tests really test well.
I was one of those weird kids who looked forward to getting out of class to go take tests.
Conversely I probably don't have a very good EQ. I usually find my life out of control and totally unmanagable.

Wierd thing is that throughout highschool I was one of the 'smart kids', but that was probably more to me being motivated to get good grades and thus working alot on the projects and tests and really digging into the math and such, whereas others who are surely more intelligent than I am, thought it would be a cakewalk and just didn't bother. For example I'm horrible when it comes to math, but in working hard as hell and then helping out the even weaker kids I managed to get top grades in all three courses. I think it boils down more to interest in the subject than IQ how well you manage. I didn't like math so it was hard. Chemistry, biology and human interactions facinate me and so I learned those very easily. From my experience, learning something boring is way harder.
Darknovae
06-01-2007, 12:53
129, gifted.

However, I suck at math. :( but I have lots of random information and knowledge of how the world works, so grades aren't a good measure of intelligence and neither are IQ tests.
Chiloe
06-01-2007, 13:09
according to many tests. I'm only 14 so it should improve...:sniper: :confused:
Bitchkitten
06-01-2007, 13:19
according to many tests. I'm only 14 so it should improve...:sniper: :confused: No use gun smiley. People think u a
n00b

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=513421
See 1st commandment.
Northern Borders
06-01-2007, 13:34
Looks like I´m in the dumb crowd. I got a 135 in the WAIS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wechsler_Adult_Intelligence_Scale) three years ago, and about the same in those dumb internet ones.

I´m quite bad with math too. My mind works by trying to figure out how things work. If a study an engine, for example, I create a mental model of the pieces moving and how they relate to each other. In math, there is no way to use that, you just need to memorize stuff.
The blessed Chris
06-01-2007, 13:35
Supposedly 142, however, I defy most mathematical genii to out-debate me.
Bodies Without Organs
06-01-2007, 13:42
86.
United Guppies
06-01-2007, 13:45
156 according to the last test I took, which was an online quiz, about a year ago.
United Guppies
06-01-2007, 13:48
I can't say, because you'll all get jealous...

But I'll just hint... It has FIVE FIGURES!


:D

LIAR!
Bodies Without Organs
06-01-2007, 13:51
Far be it from me to cast aspersions, but for a forum where according to this thread about 98% of the posters lie in the upper 98th percentiles and beyond IQ wise, we sure do generate a whole load of incredibly dumb, illogical and just plain wrong headed arguments... make of that what you will.
Kyronea
06-01-2007, 14:33
You know what to do...

...damn LG always takes the best answers...

Well, on a word-usage/understanding IQ test, I rank 89. On a visual/spacial test, I rank 213. I haven't really bothered with any others, though most of the standard test-them-all tests tend to score me around 134.
Kanabia
06-01-2007, 14:35
Well, i'm told that i'm a very special boy...

Far be it from me to cast aspersions, but for a forum where according to this thread about 98% of the posters lie in the upper 98th percentiles and beyond IQ wise, we sure do generate a whole load of incredibly dumb, illogical and just plain wrong headed arguments... make of that what you will.

Fair point, however i'm not entirely certain that wisdom is necessarily correlated to IQ anyway. The capacity to learn is only useful if put into good use, no?
Armistria
06-01-2007, 14:36
139, apparently. And I now feel really dumb in comparison with a bunch of you other NSers.
No paradise
06-01-2007, 14:39
139, apparently. And I now feel really dumb in comparison with a bunch of you other NSers.

You're still well above average.
IL Ruffino
06-01-2007, 14:39
84641616
Armistria
06-01-2007, 14:40
You're still well above average.I know, but I've absolutely nothing to show for it. :(
Kyronea
06-01-2007, 14:43
139, apparently. And I now feel really dumb in comparison with a bunch of you other NSers.

You're still well above approximately--what was it, 75% of the population? 85%?--which is good.

Of course, we also need to realize that human intelligence can only go so far with our limited brains. Sure they're fantastic compared to brains from other species, but that's only on a relative basis. They're still limited.
Kanabia
06-01-2007, 14:45
I know, but I've absolutely nothing to show for it. :(

Yeah, well, i'm starting to think that in today's society you're just as likely to be rewarded for being mediocre and not drawing undue attention to yourself as you are for being a genius, which is much more likely to make someone with greater power than you jealous or otherwise piss them off.
Epic Fusion
06-01-2007, 14:48
IQ isn't supposed to measure intelligence it's supposed to measure the speed your intelligence works at, thats why the proper IQ tests time you.

you can be really intelligent but have an IQ of 50 and really stpid but be able to work out basic sums in miliseconds

its just generally rare to have those example because its been shown that IQ and intelligence are roughly proportional to each other

oh and i think my IQ is somewhere around 150, ive done quite a few tests and they all vary from like 120-190

...damn LG always takes the best answers...

Well, on a word-usage/understanding IQ test, I rank 89. On a visual/spacial test, I rank 213. I haven't really bothered with any others, though most of the standard test-them-all tests tend to score me around 134.

wow thats really similiar to what i got, i got like 70ish on words and language and like 220ish on visual/spacial somethin or other, the rest were around 150
Nationalian
06-01-2007, 14:52
You're still well above approximately--what was it, 75% of the population? 85%?--which is good.

Of course, we also need to realize that human intelligence can only go so far with our limited brains. Sure they're fantastic compared to brains from other species, but that's only on a relative basis. They're still limited.

Only 2,5% have 130 or above so if someone has 139 that person belongs to the "smartest" click of society.
Bodies Without Organs
06-01-2007, 14:54
Fair point, however i'm not entirely certain that wisdom is necessarily correlated to IQ anyway. The capacity to learn is only useful if put into good use, no?

Yeah, but I wasn't really talking about wisdom there, or whether the actual position behind the arguments was right or wrong, but more how muddled, illogical and flawed they often are as arguments - those kind of simple acts of reasoning that are covered in IQ tests.
Giggy world
06-01-2007, 14:56
It does depend on which test you take, some are easier than others. My brother has had anything from 120 to 160. When he took a more reliable test he got 140-something.

138 for me, so fairly clever.....
Smunkeeville
06-01-2007, 15:14
higher than most. (in fact higher than 98% of the population)
Killamore
06-01-2007, 15:14
Lolz, the last time I took an I.Q. test, I was 12. This test didn't give numbers either... I had "Excellent" for the 16-17 year old catagory. The thing is... I think I have taken some blows to the head since then. :confused:
Smunkeeville
06-01-2007, 15:21
I'd like to actually debate with some of these individuals to see if they actually put their high IQ's to use, or even possess them to begin with. I've seen you debate, so at least I know you possess the credentials. :)
we have debated before yes?



Far be it from me to cast aspersions, but for a forum where according to this thread about 98% of the posters lie in the upper 98th percentiles and beyond IQ wise, we sure do generate a whole load of incredibly dumb, illogical and just plain wrong headed arguments... make of that what you will.
IQ doesn't translate well into anything but IQ, I hang out with some very very intelligent people and some of them don't have (what I would consider) basic common sense, and I know of only a few I would consider wise, although they are over 60, so it could be because they have been around so long and have nothing to do with their high IQ.
Wanderjar
06-01-2007, 15:23
My IQ is unknown, but on my standardized test scores I always score in the top 95th to 99th (out of 99 possible) Percentile if thats a good indication.....


Of course I act as though I have a negative number for an IQ most of the time, but hey! I like to have a good time! :D
Demented Hamsters
06-01-2007, 15:26
My IQ's about seventytillion and 4.
Wanderjar
06-01-2007, 15:26
My IQ's about seventytillion and 4.

All hail your awsomeness! ;)
Kyronea
06-01-2007, 15:29
wow thats really similiar to what i got, i got like 70ish on words and language and like 220ish on visual/spacial somethin or other, the rest were around 150
Do you think in images rather than words like I do? Do you make lots of weird logic jumps?
Killamore
06-01-2007, 15:30
85. :(

*runs away crying, trips over his own legs and crashes head first into the ground smashing his pretty little face up*

That is one of the funniest posts I have ever read. Not because of the end, but the sheer awesomeness of the 85. :( LOL!
Bodies Without Organs
06-01-2007, 15:41
IQ doesn't translate well into anything but IQ....

True, but the score does depend heavily on the subject's grasp of basic logic and deductive reasoning, and I am commenting that such a display skills seems often strangely absent on NSG if we are to believe that the claims given in this thread... not that I am saying that anyone is lying, but instead that the vast majority of IQ tests are deeply flawed and weighted so as to give higher scores so as to give them what take them a slap on the back.
Pompous world
06-01-2007, 15:59
indeed, I scored poorly on a spatial reasoning test which has no correlation to my intelligence for spatial reasoning...why? Because I got an A in art in my leaving cert in 2003 and Im self taught in 3d studio max.
Demented Hamsters
06-01-2007, 16:04
You may all have fine IQs but can you beat the monkeyquiz?
Take it, if you dare!

http://www.monkeyquiz.com/

Part I:
I scored: 13 out of 15 right.
The monkey scored: 4 out of 15 right.
Part II:
I scored: 11 out of 15 right.
The monkey scored: 5 out of 15 right.
Part III:
I scored: 11 out of 15 right.
The monkey scored: 4 out of 15 right.
Part IV:
I scored: 10 out of 15 right.
The monkey scored: 6 out of 15 right.
Layarteb
06-01-2007, 16:12
140 something I don't remember.
Lacadaemon
06-01-2007, 16:19
I really don't know.

Regardless, I'm an interval thinker anyway.

I do echo what BWO said. Shouldn't NSG be developing a warp drive or something?
Pure Metal
06-01-2007, 16:30
You know what to do...

anywhere between 115 and 140 depending on the test. they average out to somewhere around 130 though
Bodies Without Organs
06-01-2007, 16:51
I do echo what BWO said. Shouldn't NSG be developing a warp drive or something?

Bagsy I get to be the one to set the controls for the heart of the sun.
Smunkeeville
06-01-2007, 17:18
True, but the score does depend heavily on the subject's grasp of basic logic and deductive reasoning, and I am commenting that such a display skills seems often strangely absent on NSG if we are to believe that the claims given in this thread... not that I am saying that anyone is lying, but instead that the vast majority of IQ tests are deeply flawed and weighted so as to give higher scores so as to give them what take them a slap on the back.

online ones yeah........but not "real ones".
Lunatic Goofballs
06-01-2007, 17:25
...damn LG always takes the best answers...


Sorry. :p
Nationalian
06-01-2007, 17:41
You may all have fine IQs but can you beat the monkeyquiz?
Take it, if you dare!

http://www.monkeyquiz.com/

Part I:
I scored: 13 out of 15 right.
The monkey scored: 4 out of 15 right.
Part II:
I scored: 11 out of 15 right.
The monkey scored: 5 out of 15 right.
Part III:
I scored: 11 out of 15 right.
The monkey scored: 4 out of 15 right.
Part IV:
I scored: 10 out of 15 right.
The monkey scored: 6 out of 15 right.

The monkey beat me once, I beat him two times and once it was a tie. So I'm slightly smarter than the monkey.
Bodies Without Organs
06-01-2007, 17:57
online ones yeah........but not "real ones".

I reserve the right to be highly sceptical about those "real ones" which are carried out by institutions such as Mensa. They are, after all, money making enterprises which depend for new membership fees on an appeal to people's intellectual vanity and on telling potential new memebers that they are smarter than everybody else.
The Infinite Dunes
06-01-2007, 18:04
The monkey beat me once, I beat him two times and once it was a tie. So I'm slightly smarter than the monkey.I tried that. Both me and the monkey are cleverer than my computer. It can't even keep track of a cookie for 5 minutes.
Bookislvakia
06-01-2007, 18:06
The state test I took assures me I am not a genius, BUT I WILL NOT LET NUMBERS STAND IN THE WAY!

Plus, they're pretty much only a good determination of how good you are at IQ tests.
Mythotic Kelkia
06-01-2007, 18:07
hey, IQ test, havn't taken one of those for a while. According to the one here (first google result):
http://www.iqtest.com/index.html

it's 127. And I now have a headache from all that mental arithmetic.
The Infinite Dunes
06-01-2007, 18:15
The state test I took assures me I am not a genius, BUT I WILL NOT LET NUMBERS STAND IN THE WAY!

Plus, they're pretty much only a good determination of how good you are at IQ tests.I have been assured that I am a genius, or at least pretty clever. Except I have an average short term memory. Apparently this means I'm dyslexic and entitled to lots of free stuff. However, I'm stupid enough not to have a free laptop.
Assessment needs person: So you already have a computer?
Me: Yeah, it's about three years old.
ANP: Is it good enough to handle your work load?
Me: Um, how do you mean?
ANP: Can it run ms office? Do you think it will be able run some minor software that supposed to help you with your dyslexia?
Me: Um... yeah... I think it could run those things alright.
ANP: Are you sure?
Me: Yeah...
ANP: Positive?
Me: Pretty much.
ANP: Is that your final answer?
Me: Yes...
ANP: Are you sure you wouldn't like to phone a friend?
Me: Huh? What? Why?
ANP: Oh, nevermind. Genius my arse!
Yootopia
06-01-2007, 18:20
I usually score about 145-ish on US ones and about 160 on UK ones.

The issue with taking any foreign test is that they have different spellings of words, so for the 're-arrange the letters' ones, I don't really have the answer, and that some things are very different as items - case in point, the doughnut.

This one always drops me a few points on a US one, because most have a "you run through a doughnut 6 times, and it has 7 doors, how many shoes does Dave have?" or somesuch, but since I don't know if a US donut is generally what I'd call a ring doughnut, or like a Dutch doughnut (which are basically just balls of fried up cinnamonny batter - very nice!) or like an English doughnut (i.e. a jam one) it's a bit hard to answer.

Being enlightened on this'd be nice!
Smunkeeville
06-01-2007, 18:26
I reserve the right to be highly sceptical about those "real ones" which are carried out by institutions such as Mensa. They are, after all, money making enterprises which depend for new membership fees on an appeal to people's intellectual vanity and on telling potential new memebers that they are smarter than everybody else.

I reserve the right to be offended. All mensa tests are proctored by licensed and trained proctors and graded by a psychologist.
Epic Fusion
06-01-2007, 18:41
Do you think in images rather than words like I do? Do you make lots of weird logic jumps?

yea i rarely think in words, it's always feelings and images, and if you mean by logic jumps, theories and ideas just poppin into your head from really obscure things then yes
Potarius
06-01-2007, 18:44
I take all of these online IQ tests with a grain of salt. I've gotten as high as 179, I got 168 on the Tickle "Super IQ" test, I got 126 on the Danish Mensa test (though it was only math, and there were no explanations whatsoever), 145 on OkCupid's IQ test, and 123 on the test that was linked in this thread.

I know just how intelligent I am, as I can envision multiple outcomes for pretty much any situation, based on things that I do or say, not to mention the fact that I can soak up information like a sponge, no matter what kind it may be (mathematical, lingual...).

So, to put this simply, I don't need a slanted "test" to try and put me in my place, so to speak.
Socialist Pyrates
06-01-2007, 19:25
yea i rarely think in words, it's always feelings and images, and if you mean by logic jumps, theories and ideas just poppin into your head from really obscure things then yes

Visual Spatial Learner, a lot of that in my family, my son as well......teachers claimed my son was abnormal and couldn't learn(stands out from the norm), the truth was they weren't able to teach at a level that grabs his attention, he is very bright and learns things instantly if explained correctly.....
Northern Borders
06-01-2007, 19:32
I take all of these online IQ tests with a grain of salt. I've gotten as high as 179, I got 168 on the Tickle "Super IQ" test, I got 126 on the Danish Mensa test (though it was only math, and there were no explanations whatsoever), 145 on OkCupid's IQ test, and 123 on the test that was linked in this thread.

I know just how intelligent I am, as I can envision multiple outcomes for pretty much any situation, based on things that I do or say, not to mention the fact that I can soak up information like a sponge, no matter what kind it may be (mathematical, lingual...).

So, to put this simply, I don't need a slanted "test" to try and put me in my place, so to speak.

Yet, you´ve done every possible test out there, and knows which scores you got in each one of them.

Looks like you´re yet to learn the meaning of "irony" and "hypocrite".
Nadkor
06-01-2007, 19:33
Enough.
Potarius
06-01-2007, 19:36
Yet, you´ve done every possible test out there, and knows which scores you got in each one of them.

Looks like you´re yet to learn the meaning of "irony" and "hypocrite".

I didn't say that I was against taking them. I said that I take them with a grain of salt, as the scores seem to fluctuate a hell of a lot from test to test with almost identical questions.
Maineiacs
06-01-2007, 19:36
About 140, which by NSG standards apparently makes me an idiot.
Anti-Social Darwinism
06-01-2007, 20:15
According to the Wesschler (sp) my i.q. is 140. That's about average for my family. The problem is that i.q. tests don't measure things like ambition, discipline and common sense, so, for very intelligent people, we're surprisingly poor and unrealized.
CthulhuFhtagn
06-01-2007, 20:18
220-something. Hooray for having a high score on a completely useless test.
Rhursbourg
06-01-2007, 20:26
You may all have fine IQs but can you beat the monkeyquiz?
Take it, if you dare!

http://www.monkeyquiz.com/

Part I:
I scored: 13 out of 15 right.
The monkey scored: 4 out of 15 right.
Part II:
I scored: 11 out of 15 right.
The monkey scored: 5 out of 15 right.
Part III:
I scored: 11 out of 15 right.
The monkey scored: 4 out of 15 right.
Part IV:
I scored: 10 out of 15 right.
The monkey scored: 6 out of 15 right.

Beat the Monkey in each round
HC Eredivisie
06-01-2007, 20:42
Stephen Hawkingish.
Clabbons
06-01-2007, 20:47
I can't say, because you'll all get jealous...

But I'll just hint... It has FIVE FIGURES!


:D

Whether we get jealous or not all depends on where the decimal ends up, doesn't it? :P
OcceanDrive2
06-01-2007, 20:54
118, but looking at everyone else, I feel rather dumb.
:/do not.
Most people took theirs from the Interweb.. wich is not reliable..
My IQs as tested are unreal space high..
that is why I will not post them.
Soviestan
06-01-2007, 21:38
somewhere between 65 and 70.
Compulsive Depression
06-01-2007, 22:00
So, eight pages in, has anyone other than Soviestan (who's probably being facetious anyway) claimed an IQ less than 100?
I'd read the thread, but what's the point? IQ threads are lots of people saying "IQ is bollocks!", a big stack of people saying "Mi eyecue iz elevuntybilyun an ufrteen", and the rest giving out scores of 115 plus. Nobody ever claims they're below average, unless they're taking the piss. Sigh.

Although I used to work with a girl who was pleased to score 80 on an internet IQ test. She was pretty sluggish.
Soviestan
06-01-2007, 22:03
So, eight pages in, has anyone other than Soviestan (who's probably being facetious anyway) claimed an IQ less than 100?


Why I am being facetious? I don't have the highest IQ in the world and I'm ok with that. Why do you have to mock me?
Compulsive Depression
06-01-2007, 22:09
Why I am being facetious? I don't have the highest IQ in the world and I'm ok with that. Why do you have to mock me?

Sorry. It's just so uncommon to see anyone claim anything that's not well clear of 100 that I assumed you were taking the piss. No offence was intended, and apologies are offered, if you weren't.
The Infinite Dunes
06-01-2007, 22:28
somewhere between 65 and 70.Woohoo! Someone has a lower IQ than me :D
So, eight pages in, has anyone other than Soviestan (who's probably being facetious anyway) claimed an IQ less than 100?
I'd read the thread, but what's the point? IQ threads are lots of people saying "IQ is bollocks!", a big stack of people saying "Mi eyecue iz elevuntybilyun an ufrteen", and the rest giving out scores of 115 plus. Nobody ever claims they're below average, unless they're taking the piss. Sigh.I claimed an IQ of 85. I was going to make a joke about getting my IQ confused with my birthyear later on, but I couldn't be botherd in the end.
Lacadaemon
06-01-2007, 22:45
Bagsy I get to be the one to set the controls for the heart of the sun.

Fine. But I get to have secks with the hot alien chicks before you do.
Europa Maxima
06-01-2007, 22:47
About 140, which by NSG standards apparently makes me an idiot.
I wouldn't put too much faith in this supposed standards. ;) Consider that average IQ wavers at around 100.

we have debated before yes?
Not really - we came to a minor disagreement over something, but no full-scale debates on anything. I doubt we'd disagree much, given ideological similarity. :) Still, we rarely post in the same threads. I consider a person's debating ability a better indicator of their overall intellect than the IQ's they may claim to have.
Desperate Measures
06-01-2007, 22:49
I usually get between 115 and 125. But to be fair to myself, there has not been a single occasion where I have taken a test that I did not get distracted by a shiny object half-way through. Pretty trinkets that I spy belong to me.
Lacadaemon
06-01-2007, 22:52
Not really - we came to a minor disagreement over something, but no full-scale debates on anything. I doubt we'd disagree much, given ideological similarity. :) Still, we rarely post in the same threads. I consider a person's debating ability a better indicator of their overall intellect than the IQ's they may claim to have.

How odd. I always judge people by their looks.
Terrorist Cakes
06-01-2007, 23:11
Not so great as some of those that have been posted. I generally do quite well with language and memory (in fact, most people acknowledge me as the strongest English student out of my entire grade, in a school of 1600). However, my math is only average, and my visual patterning skills suck. So it evens out to like 120, or something, though on online tests, I've had as low as 100 and as high as 150. Never had a proper test give me a number.
Europa Maxima
06-01-2007, 23:20
How odd. I always judge people by their looks.
That's a good policy IRL. :)
Infinite Revolution
06-01-2007, 23:22
12
Smunkeeville
06-01-2007, 23:45
Not really - we came to a minor disagreement over something, but no full-scale debates on anything. I doubt we'd disagree much, given ideological similarity. :) Still, we rarely post in the same threads. I consider a person's debating ability a better indicator of their overall intellect than the IQ's they may claim to have.

I agree. I have only found three or four people around here that I would consider of "above average intellect", whom I will not name, should they feel they were my favorites.

I think it's funny that people think they are something special because they got a high score on an internet test (which is both different in admission and form than a real IQ test) but then I run into those people day in and day out in real life anyway.

Every time someone finds out that most of my family belongs to Mensa I hear one of two things

1 "They asked me to join, but I didn't want to, they all seemed like snobs anyway"

which I know to be untrue because Mensa doesn't "ask you to join" you have to submit scores from approved tests or you have to take one, so either they submitted and failed and are bitter or they are lying.

and

2 "why aren't you rich?"

which is also the question I heard a lot of when I worked at the psychic line, it was funnier then.
The Scandinvans
06-01-2007, 23:45
12Well, then how wherwe you able to read the question?
Desperate Measures
06-01-2007, 23:46
I agree. I have only found three or four people around here that I would consider of "above average intellect", whom I will not name, should they feel they were my favorites.

I think it's funny that people think they are something special because they got a high score on an internet test (which is both different in admission and form than a real IQ test) but then I run into those people day in and day out in real life anyway.

Every time someone finds out that most of my family belongs to Mensa I hear one of two things

1 "They asked me to join, but I didn't want to, they all seemed like snobs anyway"

which I know to be untrue because Mensa doesn't "ask you to join" you have to submit scores from approved tests or you have to take one, so either they submitted and failed and are bitter or they are lying.

and

2 "why aren't you rich?"

which is also the question I heard a lot of when I worked at the psychic line, it was funnier then.
What was that like? Working a psychic line? Did you just make stuff up or is there a method to the madness?
Smunkeeville
06-01-2007, 23:47
What was that like? Working a psychic line? Did you just make stuff up or is there a method to the madness?

cold reading, people tell you everything you want to know. so, yeah, making stuff up.

;)
Infinite Revolution
06-01-2007, 23:47
Well, then how wherwe you able to read the question?

alright, it's 119. i just don't put that much stock in it. unless i want to make gravy.
The Scandinvans
06-01-2007, 23:49
alright, it's 119. i just don't put that much stock in it. unless i want to make gravy.I was just joking, but forgot to put in a wink symbol to show that. Yet, i must give you credit for knowing an I.Q. means in the real world little more then the bowl of gravy I am eating right now.;)
The Tribes Of Longton
06-01-2007, 23:54
If I'm honest, fuck knows. I've done a couple of proper tests years ago, can't remember the results, and all the online ones seem a little...high. I figure I'm at uni, on a fairly difficult course, and I've never scored below a 2.1. Can't be that bad.
Smunkeeville
06-01-2007, 23:55
I was just joking, but forgot to put in a wink symbol to show that. Yet, i must give you credit for knowing an I.Q. means in the real world little more then the bowl of gravy I am eating right now.;)

it would depend on what you mean by "worthy", it's worth about $800 a year for me to have the IQ that I do, if I only count the discounts I receive.
Europa Maxima
07-01-2007, 00:02
I agree. I have only found three or four people around here that I would consider of "above average intellect", whom I will not name, should they feel they were my favorites.
I could enumerate a few more than that, but the number definitely remains limited.

I think it's funny that people think they are something special because they got a high score on an internet test (which is both different in admission and form than a real IQ test) but then I run into those people day in and day out in real life anyway.
I usually take it as a warning signal to steer away from them.

Every time someone finds out that most of my family belongs to Mensa I hear one of two things

1 "They asked me to join, but I didn't want to, they all seemed like snobs anyway"

which I know to be untrue because Mensa doesn't "ask you to join" you have to submit scores from approved tests or you have to take one, so either they submitted and failed and are bitter or they are lying.

and

2 "why aren't you rich?"

which is also the question I heard a lot of when I worked at the psychic line, it was funnier then.
How cute of them. :) That's quite funny though, do they honestly believe Mensa goes seeking out individuals to join its ranks?
Smunkeeville
07-01-2007, 00:05
How cute of them. :) That's quite funny though, do they honestly believe Mensa goes seeking out individuals to join its ranks?

whats even more funny is they expect me to believe it.

I think I remember how the whole thing went down, and as smart as we are, there wasn't a "Mensa rep" that knocked on our door.
Europa Maxima
07-01-2007, 00:47
whats even more funny is they expect me to believe it.

I think I remember how the whole thing went down, and as smart as we are, there wasn't a "Mensa rep" that knocked on our door.
It's the sort of thing you'd expect to hear in a totalitarian State perhaps, where the smartest children are taken by an organisation akin to Mensa to serve in its apparatus. The stuff conspiracy theorists would prattle on about. "Your brains are belong to us." :D
The Infinite Dunes
07-01-2007, 00:57
I agree. I have only found three or four people around here that I would consider of "above average intellect", whom I will not name, should they feel they were my favorites. I think you over estimate the average intelligence of humanity. It must be all the exposure to your kids or something.I think it's funny that people think they are something special because they got a high score on an internet test (which is both different in admission and form than a real IQ test) but then I run into those people day in and day out in real life anyway.

Every time someone finds out that most of my family belongs to Mensa I hear one of two things

1 "They asked me to join, but I didn't want to, they all seemed like snobs anyway"

which I know to be untrue because Mensa doesn't "ask you to join" you have to submit scores from approved tests or you have to take one, so either they submitted and failed and are bitter or they are lying.

and

2 "why aren't you rich?"

which is also the question I heard a lot of when I worked at the psychic line, it was funnier then.Meh, I have an educational psychologists report (paid for by her majesty's government), that says I have an IQ high enough to join MENSA*. I don't think I'd ever try to join MENSA. When I was younger and first found out about the organisation I talked to my Dad about it. I think he must have tried to join once and get refused or something. He called MENSA-ites snobs or people without any social skills or the like. He put me right off. I suppose you could call me snobbish towards MENSA in a way.

You mentioned benefits and discounts... what sort of discounts. I may be a snob towards people, but certainly not when the issue involves money. I more... might we say pragmatic then.

*Just checked the MENSA UK website. It says an educational psychologists report is acceptable evidence of IQ for the purposes of joining.
Lacadaemon
07-01-2007, 01:26
How cute of them. :) That's quite funny though, do they honestly believe Mensa goes seeking out individuals to join its ranks?

They probably do. After all, they are not very good looking on the whole. As evidence I cite Jimmy Savile. Oows about that then!
Smunkeeville
07-01-2007, 01:39
I think you over estimate the average intelligence of humanity. It must be all the exposure to your kids or something.Meh, I have an educational psychologists report (paid for by her majesty's government), that says I have an IQ high enough to join MENSA*. I don't think I'd ever try to join MENSA. When I was younger and first found out about the organisation I talked to my Dad about it. I think he must have tried to join once and get refused or something. He called MENSA-ites snobs or people without any social skills or the like. He put me right off. I suppose you could call me snobbish towards MENSA in a way.

You mentioned benefits and discounts... what sort of discounts. I may be a snob towards people, but certainly not when the issue involves money. I more... might we say pragmatic then.

*Just checked the MENSA UK website. It says an educational psychologists report is acceptable evidence of IQ for the purposes of joining.


mostly at stores, websites, hotels, vacation spots, etc.

The Mensa crowd isn't really any different than any other crowd.....some of us are snobs, some of us are rude, some of us are funny........




They probably do. After all, they are not very good looking on the whole. As evidence I cite Jimmy Savile. Oows about that then!

you calling me ugly?!

:eek: :mad:
Bodies Without Organs
07-01-2007, 01:42
How cute of them. :) That's quite funny though, do they honestly believe Mensa goes seeking out individuals to join its ranks?

Cerainly in the UK they do: adverts for the society with four or five basic IQ-test like puzzles were a regular feature in magazines a few years ago.
Imperial isa
07-01-2007, 01:42
i don't know and don't think i need to know just live
Lacadaemon
07-01-2007, 01:44
you calling me ugly?!

:eek: :mad:

No. From what I said there must be at least one mensa member who is not not very good looking.

That said, Jimmy Saville still looks like an artificially aged chav with bad hair and teeth.
Smunkeeville
07-01-2007, 01:46
No. From what I said there must be at least one mensa member who is not not very good looking.

That said, Jimmy Saville still looks like an artificially aged chav with bad hair and teeth.

We got Geena Davis, and Jodie Foster, they are pretty. ;) oh and Asia Carrera
Buristan
07-01-2007, 01:52
I am like 163 or something.
Bitchkitten
07-01-2007, 01:58
I've totally forgotten what I was going to say- someones sending me dirty IMs.
Lacadaemon
07-01-2007, 01:58
We got Geena Davis, and Jodie Foster, they are pretty. ;) oh and Asia Carrera

Not so much on the first two.

I'm curious about Ms. Carrera. Is there any evidence that she is in Mensa. I happen to know that the woman is a pathological liar. (Not saying she's not, I'm just skeptical about it).
Smunkeeville
07-01-2007, 02:01
Not so much on the first two.

I'm curious about Ms. Carrera. Is there any evidence that she is in Mensa. I happen to know that the woman is a pathological liar. (Not saying she's not, I'm just skeptical about it).

just Wiki and Encarta, I don't actually have any more access to who is and isn't a member than you do (past my local group)
Mogtaria
07-01-2007, 02:05
In school I remember my IQ test giving me an overall of 146 (I think).. I just took an online test and managed 132 which Im happy with considering I've done virtually nothing to excersise my mind over the last few years. Im sure that with some practice I could be back to my former glory :D
Lacadaemon
07-01-2007, 02:09
just Wiki and Encarta, I don't actually have any more access to who is and isn't a member than you do (past my local group)

I'll accept the first two. They seem to be pretty smart. Ms. Carrera however has made several extravagant claims in the past; all of which turned out to be untrue. The stock market millionaire thing comes to mind.

Also, she's in porn. I'm not saying it makes you a bad person, but it does seem like every porn actress has a PhD in superduper very hard science these days.

Bog, I hate marketing people.
The Infinite Dunes
07-01-2007, 02:10
Cerainly in the UK they do: adverts for the society with four or five basic IQ-test like puzzles were a regular feature in magazines a few years ago.Didn't MENSA sponser that BBC program called Test the Nation? I seem to remember lots of MENSA people being on it and the website for MENSA popping up.
Smunkeeville
07-01-2007, 02:11
I'll accept the first two. They seem to be pretty smart. Ms. Carrera however has made several extravagant claims in the past; all of which turned out to be untrue. The stock market millionaire thing comes to mind.

Also, she's in porn. I'm not saying it makes you a bad person, but it does seem like every porn actress has a PhD in superduper very hard science these days.

Bog, I hate marketing people.

yeah, I agree.
Lacadaemon
07-01-2007, 02:15
yeah, I agree.

See Smunkee, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. ;)
Lacadaemon
07-01-2007, 02:16
Didn't MENSA sponser that BBC program called Test the Nation? I seem to remember lots of MENSA people being on it and the website for MENSA popping up.

That was shit compared to the krypton factor.
The Infinite Dunes
07-01-2007, 02:17
mostly at stores, websites, hotels, vacation spots, etc.

The Mensa crowd isn't really any different than any other crowd.....some of us are snobs, some of us are rude, some of us are funny........That's alot of full stops... *wonders if you mean anything by them*

I guess it might be worth my while joining. Maybe...
Socialist Pyrates
07-01-2007, 02:19
never seen so many lies on one thread, everyone on the NS forum is a F***ing genius:rolleyes:
Compulsive Depression
07-01-2007, 02:22
See Smunkee, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. ;)

When you think about it, a stopped clock is spot on much more frequently than those atomic clocks that lose one second every million years.

*Waits to have his unoriginality pointed out*
Bodies Without Organs
07-01-2007, 02:24
Didn't MENSA sponser that BBC program called Test the Nation? I seem to remember lots of MENSA people being on it and the website for MENSA popping up.

Not having a TV, I wouldn't know about that.
Lacadaemon
07-01-2007, 02:25
When you think about it, a stopped clock is spot on much more frequently than those atomic clocks that lose one second every million years.

*Waits to have his unoriginality pointed out*

Well...........

Is time analogue, or is there a quantum of time? If there is a quantum of time, then probably most stopped clocks are never 100% accurate.

If it is analogue, then the period of time they are actually correct is undefined.

However, for practical purposes they are right twice a day.
The Infinite Dunes
07-01-2007, 02:26
That was shit compared to the krypton factor.I haven't heard of that program. I mean the only reason I remember Test the Nation is that I channel hoping and chanced upon. I tried to answer some questions, and was doing alright, but finding it hard going. I mean there just wasn't enough time to think of an answer and check it. About 5 minutes later the show ended - I'd been watching the answers section of the show. I felt pretty pleased with myself then.
The Infinite Dunes
07-01-2007, 02:32
Not having a TV, I wouldn't know about that.You haven't had a TV at any time from 2002-2006?

(I wikied this, I'm not so much of geek to know when the program first started).
Potarius
07-01-2007, 02:34
I haven't heard of that program. I mean the only reason I remember Test the Nation is that I channel hoping and chanced upon. I tried to answer some questions, and was doing alright, but finding it hard going. I mean there just wasn't enough time to think of an answer and check it. About 5 minutes later the show ended - I'd been watching the answers section of the show. I felt pretty pleased with myself then.

Getting burned by somebody else is one thing. Burning yourself?

Priceless.
Lacadaemon
07-01-2007, 02:35
I haven't heard of that program. I mean the only reason I remember Test the Nation is that I channel hoping and chanced upon. I tried to answer some questions, and was doing alright, but finding it hard going. I mean there just wasn't enough time to think of an answer and check it. About 5 minutes later the show ended - I'd been watching the answers section of the show. I felt pretty pleased with myself then.

The kypton factor was excellent. It was ITV's (-?) effort to find the british/commonwealth superman.

It was a combination of "intelligence" tests: general knowledge, spatial awareness puzzles and whatnot. But it also included an "assault" course in the scoring. Naturally to make everything fair, the 'assault' course scores were normed for gender and age. This made the whole thing rather pointless considering the general knowledge and whatnot weren't. In other words it was fixed.

Still, I'm sure had I won it I would go around claiming I was the british superman of 1983.
Lacadaemon
07-01-2007, 02:37
Not having a TV, I wouldn't know about that.

That's the kind of thing that makes the smarty pants at NSG distrust 75 I.Q. people like you.
The Infinite Dunes
07-01-2007, 02:50
The kypton factor was excellent. It was ITV's (-?) effort to find the british/commonwealth superman.

It was a combination of "intelligence" tests: general knowledge, spatial awareness puzzles and whatnot. But it also included an "assault" course in the scoring. Naturally to make everything fair, the 'assault' course scores were normed for gender and age. This made the whole thing rather pointless considering the general knowledge and whatnot weren't. In other words it was fixed.

Still, I'm sure had I won it I would go around claiming I was the british superman of 1983.You're right, that sounds much better.
Getting burned by somebody else is one thing. Burning yourself?

Priceless.¿Que?
Potarius
07-01-2007, 02:52
¿Que?

...Never mind, I thought you were being sarcastic at the end there.
Undbagarten
07-01-2007, 02:59
My I.Q. is somewhere around the range of 12-40 something. At least thats what it feels like sometimes.
Couch Land
07-01-2007, 02:59
171 but who's counting.
Bodies Without Organs
07-01-2007, 02:59
You haven't had a TV at any time from 2002-2006?

Nope. Last time I lived in the same house as a TV was about '99.
Bitchkitten
07-01-2007, 03:00
171 but who's counting.You, apparently.
Couch Land
07-01-2007, 03:07
You, apparently.
Those who say of a lesser I.Q.
Compulsive Depression
07-01-2007, 03:08
You, apparently.

Pfft, nobody can count that high. 171? That's like... Dozens!
Lacadaemon
07-01-2007, 03:09
Those who say of a lesser I.Q.

Or english can use of.
Couch Land
07-01-2007, 03:10
Or english can use of.

What are you suggesting. Asshole.
Lacadaemon
07-01-2007, 03:11
What are you suggesting. Asshole.

Me not smart like you use of brain. I confuse.

Hole have no ass.
Europa Maxima
07-01-2007, 03:11
What are you suggesting. Asshole.
Come come now, aggressive behaviour is not indicative of a particularly high intellect. :) Or did you accidentally press the last '1' on your keyboard?
Smunkeeville
07-01-2007, 03:12
What are you suggesting. Asshole.

you that make bad impression.
The Infinite Dunes
07-01-2007, 03:14
...Never mind, I thought you were being sarcastic at the end there.I'm not sure whether to lie now and say I was, or make some comment that I'm always pleased with myself and that it's a good philosophy for a happy life.
Potarius
07-01-2007, 03:15
I'm not sure whether to lie now and say I was, or make some comment that I'm always pleased with myself and that it's a good philosophy for a happy life.

I see.

*hands you a joint to ease your troubles*
Bitchkitten
07-01-2007, 03:15
Those who say of a lesser I.Q.
LOL-thanks for all the funny replies that came after your post. That post of yours came after?
Europa Maxima
07-01-2007, 03:17
LOL-thanks for all the funny replies that came after your post. That post of yours came after?
Appropriate it via quotation! :p
Bitchkitten
07-01-2007, 03:24
Appropriate it via quotation! :pDone.
Lacadaemon
07-01-2007, 03:26
I of hope couchland posts more.

I wanted to remind him about the less than fifty posts gun smiley rule.
The Infinite Dunes
07-01-2007, 03:27
I see.

*hands you a joint to ease your troubles*What's in the joint? I only ever seem to have been effected by skunk.

Anyway, who needs a joint when you have a song entitled 'little mouse'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYfBTXiurDs I remember the night,
scratching at my door,
Furry Small and white,
I shook you by the paw.

Because i like you my friend, i respect you my friend, ill encourage you my friend,
Through and throuuuuugh!

chorus:

Hey now little mouse,
I hope we understand one another,
hey now little mouse,
show me what to do, [little mouse!]
hey now little mouse,
somethings moving there in the back room,
hey now little mouse,
show me what to do!

And as the night rode on,
we shared a hearty meal,
and talked of many things,
of scimitars and shields.

Ill protect you my friend,
ill defend you my friend,
i will fight for you my friend,
till i dieeeeeeieieie!

(chorus)

Cant you seee?!
It was meant to be!
A mouse and a man in a tumble down mansion!

Exploring dusty rooms, while singing ancient tunes!
Of comradeship, and chivalry,
you might just catch a glimpse of me and you and you
and you and you and....

(guitar solo)

(chorus)


Hey now little mouse,
I hope we understand one another,
hey now little mouse,
show me what to do, [little mouse!]
hey now little mouse,
dont be scared of the cat in the parlour,
hey now little mouse,
show me what to do!
Show them what to do!

Its enough for me and youuuu!
Boonytopia
07-01-2007, 03:51
9
Demented Hamsters
07-01-2007, 07:43
9
I got 7, so that means uhh....ummmm 9 minus 7 is uhhhh....
814!

Wow! You got 814 more IQ thingys than me! You must be the brainiest person in the whole whirled.
Kiryu-shi
07-01-2007, 08:30
I'd rather not know my IQ.
Rakowiec
07-01-2007, 08:43
On iqtest.dk I had 121, but few yrs ago i had a test and i 'scored' 160.

For comparison we must determine the one 'measurement' of IQ (there are four deviations: 14, 15, 16, and 24.)
Boonytopia
07-01-2007, 09:01
I got 7, so that means uhh....ummmm 9 minus 7 is uhhhh....
814!

Wow! You got 814 more IQ thingys than me! You must be the brainiest person in the whole whirled.

i shaw is
Greater Valia
07-01-2007, 09:05
Me not smart like you use of brain. I confuse.

Hole have no ass.

Good show old bean, good show.
Greater Somalia
07-01-2007, 09:07
Different tests, different results, and I thought anything above 130 is considered a genius but some folks are well above that. After performing an IQ test, I’ve got a 148 and I showed off to my siblings until they all did the same test, my sister (the youngest, at that time 16) got 154.
UnHoly Smite
07-01-2007, 10:09
No clue. But I know one thing..95% of the people here are lying about their IQ's.
Europa Maxima
07-01-2007, 12:09
No clue. But I know one thing..95% of the people here are lying about their IQ's.
Or are blissfully ignorant.

I remember on Beauty and the Geek this one participant thought she had 3000 IQ... of course she never even know how IQ was measured. :) Bless her. 3000 IQ.
The Scandinvans
15-02-2007, 06:01
To understand I.Q. does not represent ones true mental ability as my is only 136 and I have been able to outwit every signal teacher since I was 10. As well, at 8 I started to process knowledge more effiecnelty then those around me, I was even suppossed to be checked to be an prodigy or something.:p Yet, a little more then a decade later I am still in second grade.;)
Shakal
15-02-2007, 06:08
141 As of three days ago.
The Scandinvans
15-02-2007, 06:24
141 As of three days ago.*Hits with sledge hammer*

What do you think it is now?:)
Mogtaria
15-02-2007, 07:19
138 A couple of weeks ago.. High 140s back in school

But these tests are like all others, if you do excercise before hand and get into the "swing" of them you'll do better.
MrMopar
15-02-2007, 07:24
According to a test I took right (answering in between fapping), my IQ is 98.

Which is funny because two years ago it was 124. I'm thinking more along the lines of 135 now for some reason.
Anti-Social Darwinism
15-02-2007, 08:01
I don't put much stock in I.Q. tests. After Marilyn Vos Savant (reportedly the smartest person in the world - having tested in excess of 200) completely blew a question, I decided that intelligence was only worthwhile if you actually troubled yourself to do some research before popping off. She actually said that alcohol did not occur naturally. My daughter and I both laughed our behinds off at that.
The South Islands
15-02-2007, 08:09
Probably extremely low. Like, in the -3000 range.

There. I just made up for an entire threadsworth of IQ inflation.
Europa Maxima
15-02-2007, 08:13
Probably extremely low. Like, in the -30 range.

There. I just made up for an entire threadsworth of IQ inflation.
Hmm... not quite. I'll go for -300 to compensate. :)
The South Islands
15-02-2007, 08:15
Hmm... not quite. I'll go for -300 to compensate. :)

Probably extremely low. Like, in the -3000 range.

There. I just made up for an entire threadsworth of IQ inflation.

There. I overcompensated. Now this thread is set for the rest of it's firstpagery.
Big Jim P
15-02-2007, 17:01
I took an IQ test several years ago. Drunk as a monkey, I still scored 146.
Pure Metal
15-02-2007, 17:03
201.

see? (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12333085&postcount=201)
Sam Barlow
16-02-2007, 02:35
Mine is about 210. the last test i did said 320 but i think thats wrong..lol
Sam Barlow
16-02-2007, 02:36
Mine is about 210. the last test i did said 320 but i think thats wrong..lol
Sam Barlow
16-02-2007, 02:36
Mine is about 210. the last test i did said 320 but i think thats wrong..lol
Zarakon
16-02-2007, 02:45
Higher than yours.
Chandelier
16-02-2007, 03:01
My IQ was 132 when I took a test for it in kindergarten.
The Scandinvans
16-02-2007, 06:17
Mine is about 210. the last test i did said 320 but i think thats wrong..lollol times three....:D
Risottia
16-02-2007, 11:22
My IQ is exp(pi*i/2).
Gataway_Driver
16-02-2007, 12:57
Although NSG are intelligent people but I sense some BS in this thread considering the average is 100

Descriptive Classifications of Intelligence Quotients



IQ
Description
% of Population

130+
Very superior
2.2%

120-129
Superior
6.7%

110-119
High average
16.1%

90-109
Average
50%

80-89
Low average
16.1%

70-79
Borderline
6.7%

Below 70
Extremely low
2.2%
http://www.audiblox.com/iq_scores.htm
Ifreann
16-02-2007, 13:04
Around 83 last time I checked. Yeah, can't remember the exact number, but I'm pretty sure it had 83 digits.
No paradise
16-02-2007, 13:05
Mine proberbly is not as high as I qouted in previous threads. Apparent;y my verbal stuff lest me down. But seeing as in most other fields I was in the top 1-2% by rights my IQ should be ~140-150 ish.
Underdownia
16-02-2007, 13:15
Several internet-based tests put my IQ in the 130s. This just proves that you should never trust the internet.

Indeed, those who have scored exceptionally highly and believed their score are, by this logic, the least intelligent people here:p
JobbiNooner
16-02-2007, 13:16
I've taken a few in my life. To give you an idication of how much they can vary, I've ranged about 145 to 170 with no particular correlation to age.

Accumulated knowledge can help increase scores by changing the way you might look at something, or the way you think about a problem. There are tools and processes that can be learned to make you "smarter". Whether or not they actually make you smarter, or simply appear smarter is another question. I'm no expert on it. Your IQ will also change during the day. As you wear on through the day, especially under stress, your IQ will begin to drop.
Andaluciae
16-02-2007, 14:10
Fuck all if I know. I personally don't care.
Compulsive Depression
16-02-2007, 14:19
Several internet-based tests put my IQ in the 130s. This just proves that you should never trust the internet.

Indeed, those who have scored exceptionally highly and believed their score are, by this logic, the least intelligent people here:p

I did a tickle IQ test for an IQ thread (it requested it, to standardise results) many moons ago, and scored over 150!

Unfortunately I took the wrong tickle IQ test :(

And even if it'd been the right one, 150 is complete bollocks.
Khadgar
16-02-2007, 15:37
Well compared to some of the other people I clock in at a rather unimpressive 134. I was tested before they allowed me to skip kindergarten. My brother came in at 112. I don't remember what the test was only that 100-110 was average on it.


I do think it's not wise to tell a kid their IQ, or even to test them unless there's a problem.

I breezed through school, no effort at all, hell I didn't even turn in roughly 70% of my assignments and I still never failed a year. Getting straight As would of been no problem at all had I actually done my work. I aced every test, again without effort, never studied. History and science were my favorite subjects. I can't recall a science test I ever had less than an A on. I had a history teacher who was frustrated I'd finish the tests too fast so he gave me extra essay questions.

The only problem I had was I have a minuscule attention span for anything I don't find interesting (which is why I did poorly in math class once you got to Algebra). So Algebra was very hard for me, I nearly failed it because I didn't pay enough attention to the teacher. He also had a voice that just tore through me, loud booming fellow, I tended to tune him out.

Way I saw school was, there was no reason to try particularly hard. Why work for it when you can do the bare minimum and still pass?
No paradise
16-02-2007, 15:41
. I aced every test, again without effort, never studied. History and science were my favorite subjects. I can't recall a science test I ever had less than an A on.

Me too with science. It has always been my favourite subject by far.
Andaluciae
16-02-2007, 15:50
Well compared to some of the other people I clock in at a rather unimpressive 134. I was tested before they allowed me to skip kindergarten. My brother came in at 112. I don't remember what the test was only that 100-110 was average on it.


I do think it's not wise to tell a kid their IQ, or even to test them unless there's a problem.

I breezed through school, no effort at all, hell I didn't even turn in roughly 70% of my assignments and I still never failed a year. Getting straight As would of been no problem at all had I actually done my work. I aced every test, again without effort, never studied. History and science were my favorite subjects. I can't recall a science test I ever had less than an A on. I had a history teacher who was frustrated I'd finish the tests too fast so he gave me extra essay questions.

The only problem I had was I have a minuscule attention span for anything I don't find interesting (which is why I did poorly in math class once you got to Algebra). So Algebra was very hard for me, I nearly failed it because I didn't pay enough attention to the teacher. He also had a voice that just tore through me, loud booming fellow, I tended to tune him out.

Way I saw school was, there was no reason to try particularly hard. Why work for it when you can do the bare minimum and still pass?

Have I ever related the tale of my junior year, second quarter Honors Chem? It's one of my proudest achievements.

I got incredibly pissed at my chem teacher, as she was a nitwit, so in protest I decided to completely skip doing homework.

I had total success, so for nine weeks I didn't turn in a single assignment. I had prepped myself to tell my parents that I was gonna get a bad grade in chem, but when the report card arrived I was stunned to discover a 93, a B+. It was truly amazing.
No paradise
16-02-2007, 15:53
If we are trading stories about being good at chemistry may I ask your permision to be a little arrogant/ bostfull?

In year 7(My age was 12-13?). I secured an A* grade at GCSE chemistry, an exam my peers are taking this summer. In year 9 (age 14) I got my first AS level A in a chermistry module. And last year (15) I got the second two needed to get a full AS all were As (w00t).

God, I feel like such a show-off, sorry.
Khadgar
16-02-2007, 16:04
Have I ever related the tale of my junior year, second quarter Honors Chem? It's one of my proudest achievements.

I got incredibly pissed at my chem teacher, as she was a nitwit, so in protest I decided to completely skip doing homework.

I had total success, so for nine weeks I didn't turn in a single assignment. I had prepped myself to tell my parents that I was gonna get a bad grade in chem, but when the report card arrived I was stunned to discover a 93, a B+. It was truly amazing.

Forth grade I did absolutely nothing. Got perfect attendance because I hated the bitch I had as a teacher. I very nearly failed that year, but even doing absolutely nothing my test scores were enough to keep me above failing.
Catalasia
16-02-2007, 16:07
never seen so many lies on one thread, everyone on the NS forum is a F***ing genius:rolleyes:
No, everyone who answered this thread did so only because they had IQs of over 130 and wanted to brag about them. Each time they do that, their score lowers by ten points.

No clue. But I know one thing..95% of the people here are lying about their IQ's.
Not necessarily. They could have taken internet tests, which are not as reliable and tend to inflate results.

Mine is about 210. the last test i did said 320 but i think thats wrong..lol
And you still can't capitalise the word "I".

Fuck all if I know. I personally don't care.
^ What he said. 'Net tests have given me anywhere between 130 and 210. but frankly, I wouldn't care if I got 50. (I might not have as inflated an e-penis, but that's a small price to pay.)
Infinite Revolution
16-02-2007, 16:09
a million and a half
Yootopia
16-02-2007, 17:04
Eight.
Lebostrana
16-02-2007, 17:11
Mine is 140, according to the MENSA test, but I got bad results in school.
Yootopia
16-02-2007, 17:14
Mine is about 210. the last test i did said 320 but i think thats wrong..lol
Not only did you post it three times, you also can't capitalise your 'I's, and you put "...lol" on the end.

Yeah. 210 IQ material right there. If it was 320, by the way, you'd be so intelligent that your head would actually explode, your brain would be that awesome.

*waits for the inevitable image of that guy's head blowing up*
Potarius
16-02-2007, 17:21
Not necessarily. They could have taken internet tests, which are not as reliable and tend to inflate results.

Internet I.Q. tests are bunk. The vast majority of them have too many questions that take a literal bookworm to know the answers to (seriously, how many people are going to know what a synonym and antonym are for soliloquy, and just what the hell does that have to do with intelligence in the first place?).

Other tests just don't go deep enough, like MENSA's online test that was posted here a few months ago. It seems to me that an I.Q. test would measure one's ability to learn, rather than measure what one has already learned...
Smunkeeville
16-02-2007, 17:34
Other tests just don't go deep enough, like MENSA's online test that was posted here a few months ago. It seems to me that an I.Q. test would measure one's ability to learn, rather than measure what one has already learned...
Mensa's online workout is not an IQ test and it even says that on the page, it's a workout, a fun thing.
Korarchaeota
16-02-2007, 17:53
It seems to me that an I.Q. test would measure one's ability to learn, rather than measure what one has already learned...

That was the whole point of them when Binet created them, what over a hundred years ago? It seems to me a bit odd that we're still using a method of assessment from the early 1900s to measure intelligence. In fact, people who research intelligence, such as Howard Gardner, *have* moved beyond it, but since other theories don't give you hard and fast numbers to stroke your ego with, they aren't as enticing.
Potarius
16-02-2007, 22:07
That was the whole point of them when Binet created them, what over a hundred years ago? It seems to me a bit odd that we're still using a method of assessment from the early 1900s to measure intelligence. In fact, people who research intelligence, such as Howard Gardner, *have* moved beyond it, but since other theories don't give you hard and fast numbers to stroke your ego with, they aren't as enticing.

Ah. I haven't looked into it in any real depth myself, as I really don't give a damn. :p

Though I can see how the newer theories haven't exactly caught on. Most of the people I've known who were in G&T classes were assholes, and they were usually a fair bit less intelligent than the A-grade students. In my public school experience (as well as my rather lengthy experience in online forums), I can say that I.Q. is a way for dregs to hold their heads above everyone else. They have a high I.Q. score, so they're obviously better than you...

...Not that I ever had a problem with tests or the like. I just completely and utterly dislike most of the people who take them and think they're hot shit for getting a high score.
Compulsive Depression
16-02-2007, 22:27
G&T classes

Gin and Tonic?
Potarius
16-02-2007, 22:27
Gin and Tonic?

*slaps you with a trout*

Gifted & Talented, you jackass. :p

Though a Gin & Tonic class would've attracted a better class of kids, no doubt. Seriously, I can't stand most of the kids in those Gifted & Talented classes. Every time I was put in one, oh god...
Compulsive Depression
16-02-2007, 22:30
Oh, right. Sorry. We don't have those in Blighty. We're not gifted or talented ;)
Luporum
16-02-2007, 22:32
The two online tests I took about two years ago I got: 127 and 146.

Slight difference.
Neo Bretonnia
16-02-2007, 22:34
163
Europa Maxima
17-02-2007, 02:14
Mine proberbly is not as high as I qouted in previous threads. Apparent;y my verbal stuff lest me down. But seeing as in most other fields I was in the top 1-2% by rights my IQ should be ~140-150 ish.
Are you sure of that?

Well compared to some of the other people I clock in at a rather unimpressive 134. I was tested before they allowed me to skip kindergarten. My brother came in at 112. I don't remember what the test was only that 100-110 was average on it.
Have you had it tested recently?

The only problem I had was I have a minuscule attention span for anything I don't find interesting (which is why I did poorly in math class once you got to Algebra). So Algebra was very hard for me, I nearly failed it because I didn't pay enough attention to the teacher. He also had a voice that just tore through me, loud booming fellow, I tended to tune him out.
Bah, same here. Mathematics bored the living daylights out of me - and one of my teachers was so bad, he made me lose interest in it completely, in one of the most important years (material-wise). I'm doing Economics now, so I do need a degree of mathematical knowledge, and I am catching on rather fast; I wish I had paid more attention before though... and that I had not had an asshole of a teacher. :)

Way I saw school was, there was no reason to try particularly hard. Why work for it when you can do the bare minimum and still pass?
Many important things you learn on your own anyway.


I am still surprised to see the ever-increasing stream of Mensa quality individuals entering this thread. As Neesika would say: Bitch, please. :rolleyes:
Smunkeeville
17-02-2007, 03:05
I am still surprised to see the ever-increasing stream of Mensa quality individuals entering this thread. As Neesika would say: Bitch, please. :rolleyes:

yeah, some of them I am reading their "scores" and I am like ........uh.....no.

but I am way too nice to mention names. ;)
Neesika
17-02-2007, 03:06
No freaking clue, nor interest.
Layarteb
17-02-2007, 04:03
Somewhere in the 140s. Who knows though that was a long time ago...
The Scandinvans
17-02-2007, 06:29
Since we are all so smart here on NSG let us consider givning some of ourselves to the brain slugs so that we might propel them to their true places as rulers of the Earth.:)
The Treacle Mine Road
17-02-2007, 20:39
Boasting about your high IQ is meaningless. I quote from "Of mice and men" "A guy don't need to be clever to be a nice guy.". Intelligence is not everything. I personally am quite an intelligent person ,however one of the nicest people i know has an IQ of 50-70 (mild mental retardation). Personally i am a great supporter of the old (pretty much defunct now) DENSA movement for people in the 98% bracket, as i really hate the snobbishness and aloofness of MENSA.
Yootopia
17-02-2007, 20:53
Oh, right. Sorry. We don't have those in Blighty. We're not gifted or talented ;)
*frowns slightly*

We have a whole organisation dedicated to it, the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth.
The Scandinvans
01-04-2007, 07:12
Boasting about your high IQ is meaningless. I quote from "Of mice and men" "A guy don't need to be clever to be a nice guy.". Intelligence is not everything. I personally am quite an intelligent person ,however one of the nicest people i know has an IQ of 50-70 (mild mental retardation). Personally i am a great supporter of the old (pretty much defunct now) DENSA movement for people in the 98% bracket, as i really hate the snobbishness and aloofness of MENSA.Here is my answer to that, guess what side I am own: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHmA3y332NQ
Greater Trostia
01-04-2007, 07:16
I've only taken online ones. Gotten 136, 130, and 126. So I figure I'm probably about 130 IQ.

But that doesn't mean much.
Vetalia
01-04-2007, 07:18
I think I'm around 130 or so. Of course, that doesn't really mean very much, since there are a lot of things people know more about than I do.
The Scandinvans
01-04-2007, 07:21
I think I'm around 130 or so. Of course, that doesn't really mean very much, since there are a lot of things people know more about than I do.Such as the fact that the prymaids where perfectly in line with Orion's belt over 9000 years ago and that the Mongols in the Great Khan's commited human sacrfice.:eek:
Soheran
01-04-2007, 07:30
High enough to serve me when I need it.

I have no idea what its exact number is, and I honestly don't care.
Neu Leonstein
01-04-2007, 07:36
Anyone who loudly proclaims their IQ obviously has a very low EQ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence). That's why we spend our time in front of a computer...much less emotion to deal with...
The Scandinvans
01-04-2007, 07:43
Anyone who loudly proclaims their IQ obviously has a very low EQ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence). That's why we spend our time in front of a computer...much less emotion to deal with...I sadly suffer that to as I do not understand emotions anymore, or it could because of NSG.;)
The Scandinvans
01-04-2007, 07:44
High enough to serve me when I need it.

I have no idea what its exact number is, and I honestly don't care.For that you get a....

Cookie.

*Hands a box of cookies made by thousands of Chinese sweat shop children*
Russian Reversal
01-04-2007, 09:08
Mine is to high to measure, they wanted me to take a special one for the super smart, but I am to lazy.

Ha ha ha?
'too/to'

May have been mentioned before. Oh well. :headbang:

I'm in Mensa. I went to a regional gathering today. There was a cool talk on the history of anti-evolutionary teaching in America. There then ensued an argument between a Mensan who supported Intelligent Design and the rest of the people.

Even smart people believe stupid things.

A sidenote: It is my opinion that an IQ above 140 or so is meaningless. There is a lot of difference between 70, 100, and 130, but not so much between 140 and 170.