What is average for I.Q. level???

[bondgirl2217]

the IQ tests would be ok if the tested people what ever way they wanted. either through written tests or verbal tests.. i do not believe them since people are better at different things.

 

[runner]

i believe "real" IQ tests are centered at 100, with a standard deviation of 16. with a normal distribution, something like 68% of the population lies within +/- one standard deviation. about 95% lies w/in +/- 2 standard deviations (68-132). that leaves about 2.5% with IQ's over 132.

i would be highly doubtful of the accuracy of any internet IQ test...

 

[Island Son]

Average is 100 for both sexes, but the distribution is different.

So let me guess.. everyone will now have 160 IQ as well as being 230lb and benches 315 using a 9-inch dick.
Smarts ain't everything...I think one of the worlds smartest guys is a bouncer who lives in a bedroom converted from a garage in back of his parents' house (documentary, long time ago so my memory is hazy). According to "The Millionaire Mind" most of today's decamillionaires couldn't compete with the future lawyers/doctors in their schools so they picked a different route to success.

 

[PlateheadJim]

I Q fun for E V E R Y O N E

Go figure, I'm a mensa - 179 IQ, registered.. Yet, my nickname is platehead - I look and act like an animal in the gym. My vocabulary came out a George Carlin dictionary and everybody that knows me outside of my job (I manage computer nerds) thinks I'm just a dumb roid head... It's amazing what a high IQ can do for your image!

 

[gwl9dta4]

Average is 100 for both sexes, but the distribution is different.

So let me guess.. everyone will now have 160 IQ as well as being 230lb and benches 315 using a 9-inch dick.
Smarts ain't everything...I think one of the worlds smartest guys is a bouncer who lives in a bedroom converted from a garage in back of his parents' house (documentary, long time ago so my memory is hazy). According to "The Millionaire Mind" most of today's decamillionaires couldn't compete with the future lawyers/doctors in their schools so they picked a different route to success.

Right. I think it just that they saw what larger opportunities lay ahead if you do not go the way of the herd. Make your own path and rely on you own wits for success.

The doctors and lawyers have different ambitions in life then the self made millionaire. IMO the millionaries are more intelligent in the game of life, but may not neccassarily be as "formally educated" as the lawyers and doctors.

Besides lerning to become a doctor or a lawyer takes more of a memory capacity type of learing as opposed to a problem solving ability type of intelligence required to become a mathematician, code writer or a physicist. Those are much more difficult and really do require a higher IQ.

 

[gwl9dta4]

Sorry to tell you this, but they are indeed bullshit. The fact that your GF got a 140 probably means that she is fairly intelligent, but it does not mean that she actually has an IQ of 140, which would make her borderline genius. I got tested by an actual test that took about 3 hours to take and scored a 132, but I've taken tests on the Internet that say my score is anywhere from the upper 140s to the lower 150s. IQ is highly overrated anyway. My father is an Orthopedic Surgeon and scored a 115 on the same test I took. Hard work and determination are what's important.

It's all a matter of opinion, especially since there is no set universal standard for the test.

I could easily say your 3 hour test is not proper because at the end of the 3 hour period your brain is no longer performing at 100%. Or a you could take a speed IQ test to test your intelligence in how quickly you can come to different conclusions in problem solving, but then that too could be bullshit because you may think "slower" but more analytically and still come to the same conclusions.

Also a long test will not hold your concentration as well as a short test. So which gives the true score? You will never know. You say you took several internet tests. You lowest internet score was only 10 points higher then your "real" test. NOt much of a difference, and the spread could have been repeated if you took the "real" test as many times as you have taken the internet test.

A 3 hour IQ test is more of a endurance test than anything and will not show your optimal performance.

 

[BuggyWhips]

I took an IQ test when i was in highschool. They dont tell you the results because they think one of two scenarios...

A. Say you score a 150. Now you become conceited and refuse to do any homework or study because you believe you are above it all.
B. Say you score 50. Now you know your below average and everyone else is better than you, even Forrest Gump. You decide since your an idiot to drop out of school or give up because you think you are an idiot.

That was their reasoning for not telling us our scores unless we were 18 and asked for them. I think the tests are bullshit-mostly because they are tests. Some people I know are very intelligent but just cant take good tests. I know when i was in 10th grade and they gave this to us i couldnt sit still anylonger during the test and just started making up answers. Then i started to get frustrated thinking that they are going to throw me away and i just starting messing up on purpose even more so. I've since learned to control my anger and I refuse to accept a stupid test as a measure of intelligence.

 

[runner]

not to say that this is the case with you, buggy, but i think most of those who "don't test well" are really just stupid.

 

[buddy28]

Re: I Q fun for E V E R Y O N E

Go figure, I'm a mensa - 179 IQ, registered.. Yet, my nickname is platehead - I look and act like an animal in the gym. My vocabulary came out a George Carlin dictionary and everybody that knows me outside of my job (I manage computer nerds) thinks I'm just a dumb roid head... It's amazing what a high IQ can do for your image!

Platehead -- the prevelence of 175 > IQ in the general population is probably between 1/500,000 - 1/1,000,000


If u scored a legit 179 IQ, thats sick.

 

[buddy28]

IQ is highly overrated anyway. My father is an Orthopedic Surgeon and scored a 115 on the same test I took. Hard work and determination are what's important.

Not really. 30 years ago when your father applied to med school, academic requirements for med school acceptance were much lower than they are today.

Why?
decreased college enrollment compared to present day = decreased competition for med school entrance = lower academic averages necessary for med school acceptance.


In addition, science has come along way in the past 30 years. I would wager that the majority of "pre med" or biological science students completeing their undergrad today are taught the majority of material that was included in 1st and 2nd year medical school curiculum.

Its true. Its not incrediably difficult to become a proficent doctor, its just that theres so much med school entrance competiton presently, med schools can afford to take the cream of the crop. Also, national MD associations regulate yearly medical school enrollment and the creation of accredited new medical colleges. Y? to keep current MD wages high. Supply and demand. Regulate the supply of doctors through medical school student enrollment limitations and regulate the creation of *accrediated* new medical schools, and u can regulate the supply of MD's....therefore, regulating wages commmanded by medical professionals.

So, in my opinion, hard work, presently, doesnt equate to success in the professional occupations, at least in the medical feild. Youve got to have an edge.