IQ

[championanwar]

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137 - Taken in October 2008

[Reach]

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mine was around 140 last time i tested (dont remember the exact number). i'll take that online test and see how bad i do later on this week.

this site is full of geniuses.

This site is full of liars and people that haven't taken IQ tests.


Not that I wouldn't suspect the average FFR poster IQ is well above average (~115?), given stupid people aren't going to post their scores, but you wouldn't expect to find an average of 130 unless we were in the MIT physics department.

[leonid]

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Above 100. =)

Online IQ tests are BS in my opinion. I took one of them(http://www.iqtest.dk/) one day and got 145 or something(don't remember exactly), and I know I ain't that smart.

So I just believe my IQ is somewhere above 100.

[iCeCuBEz v2]

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um I'm pretty sure an IQ of 140 is like 99 decile so......

yea I highly doubt the IQs people boast about are what they really are; or they just took some joke test.

[rzr]

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IQ tests are not garbage. I'd like to see you provide some evidence to suggest they are.


However, I most certainly agree that 99% of wed based IQ tests are garbage, for an assortment of reasons.


I like how everyone here is posting scores, but not what test they've taken. It's absolutely pointless to post a score without also posting the test you achieved it on. Stop it, please people.


If you want to take a pretty good IQ test, try this:

http://www.iqtest.dk/main.swf

It is a great mimic of the IQ test Ravens Advanced Progressive Matrices, a commonly administered test.


However, it's much easier to obtain reliable measures of IQ through a psychologist. As such, while the score you get from this test is likely fairly accurate, you could get a more reliable score from a psychologist. That is, if you're willing to pay money :P

Got mine from a shrink in my second group home. Agreed on shoddy internet tests.

[OrganisM]

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IQ scores are the measure of one's ability to take an IQ test. Trying to measure intelligence on a linear scale is ridiculous. It's sad that we try to quantify such a thing in such a simplistic way.

As for the study of the brain, I respect that science is young, but to be truthful, we know almost nothing about the brain and most of what we say is basically pretense. Why should an IQ test administered by a psychologist be any better? I've dealt with psychologists and psychiatrists who are the best in this city and have had decades of experience, and they almost killed me through their suggestions (and in the case of the psychiatrist, medications), so if they can't do anything for me than explain the obvious (you are experiencing depressive symptoms, and then you experience manic symptoms..) then I don't see how they can do the impossible, which is to turn the entire scope of the human brain into a numeric value.

There are many criticisms, and the first thing you should have done is googled it. I wouldn't post my statement if there weren't any solid reasoning behind it. First, check the obvious; wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_test

Then look at Asimov's essays, and the opinions of many within the field. Sadly, a lot of this takes common sense, and if you honestly believe that you can put the sum total of a human being's intelligence into a number, it would be a very long and miserably painful discussion. There are many links to and examples of criticism within the Wikipedia article, some of which I would have posted on my own, but I don't wish to be redundant.

[who_cares973]

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I took an online IQ test and got 89 :<

[robertsona]

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i actually legitimately believe mine is around 140

but that was long ago i took the test and i don't exactly remember.

[rzr]

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I took an online IQ test and got 89 :<

I am SO tempted to sig that, lol.

[Reach]

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IQ scores are the measure of one's ability to take an IQ test. Trying to measure intelligence on a linear scale is ridiculous. It's sad that we try to quantify such a thing in such a simplistic way.

As for the study of the brain, I respect that science is young, but to be truthful, we know almost nothing about the brain and most of what we say is basically pretense. Why should an IQ test administered by a psychologist be any better? I've dealt with psychologists and psychiatrists who are the best in this city and have had decades of experience, and they almost killed me through their suggestions (and in the case of the psychiatrist, medications), so if they can't do anything for me than explain the obvious (you are experiencing depressive symptoms, and then you experience manic symptoms..) then I don't see how they can do the impossible, which is to turn the entire scope of the human brain into a numeric value.

There are many criticisms, and the first thing you should have done is googled it. I wouldn't post my statement if there weren't any solid reasoning behind it. First, check the obvious; wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_test

Then look at Asimov's essays, and the opinions of many within the field. Sadly, a lot of this takes common sense, and if you honestly believe that you can put the sum total of a human being's intelligence into a number, it would be a very long and miserably painful discussion. There are many links to and examples of criticism within the Wikipedia article, some of which I would have posted on my own, but I don't wish to be redundant.

I'm not going to sit here and tell you that IQ testing is perfect. However, the idea that it's garbage is ridiculous.

I study Psychology at university and have taken classes in psychometrics. I've already read the entry on wikipedia on this subject, but either way, you're relying on wikipedia to argue that 'IQ tests are garbage'? Please. Find some scholarly sources (not that you will). Modern IQ tests are very predictive of many things and serve an abundance of uses.

That and your rant about psychology and psychiatrists is...borderline ridiculous. We know a ridiculous amount about the brain. I'm going to assume from what you've written that you've never taken a neuroscience class. You're trying to argue we don't know anything about the brain by giving ...anecdotal evidence about...psychiatrists?

Please. I'll be the first to point out that they get paid to give you medicine, and many of their diagnoses are ridiculous (This however, does not in any way apply to every psychiatrist).


I've read opinions on this matter, in particular Asimov's already. He has no idea what he's talking about (Sorry, he really doesn't. As intelligent as he is, he fails to differentiate between intelligence and knowledge, and ...the bulk of his argument holds no water from a scientific perspective. He misunderstands the concept of g entirely.).


That's not to say there aren't valid criticisms of IQ tests. I can generate numerous criticisms. However, I would never claim they're garbage, because it's ridiculous.

[pntballa18]

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http://www.iqtest.dk/main.swf

126 on that one

[GuidoHunter]

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I feel like I should either delete every post that wasn't written by OrganisM or Reach or rename this thread "Post a number that makes everyone else think you're smart! (Hint: start at 130 and just go up from there!)"

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[robertsona]

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reach just argues because his IQ is like 170 8)

i kid i kid

but i'm with reach on this one, IQ tests are surely not garbage.

however, i do like the point organism makes, that they measure "how good you are at taking an IQ test", but i don't really think you can be good at taking an IQ test because there are lots of varied question and stuff

[fido123]

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I took one when I was in grade 7 by a professional. She never gave me my IQ but I scored 98 percentile in logical thinking which is apparently super high, above average on everything else...but I'm borderline retarded at visual puzzles 8D.

[Reach]

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Above 100. =)

Online IQ tests are BS in my opinion. I took one of them(http://www.iqtest.dk/) one day and got 145 or something(don't remember exactly), and I know I ain't that smart.

So I just believe my IQ is somewhere above 100.

145 is the ceiling of this test. If you can answer every question on this test correctly, given the difficulty of some of the final questions, you are so much smarter than the average person you clearly have no idea.

I am legitimately curious as to why you feel you are not that smart. Do you mind PM'ing me the logic behind answering the final question so I know you're not lying?

owever, i do like the point organism makes, that they measure "how good you are at taking an IQ test", but i don't really think you can be good at taking an IQ test because there are lots of varied question and stuff

It's a really bad argument;what if how good you are at taking an IQ test is highly predictive of other things? This is basically the entire point of an IQ test. The material that is on it is irrelevant - it's what this material is measuring indirectly (the answer to that is g, or the general intelligence factor).