When I was 17, the headmaster told me I seemed to know everything already and he felt there wasn't anything the teachers could teach me, so I might as well bugger off and stop wasting their time. Excellent advice that I have taken to heart.
1/2 the population have an above average IQ apparently - nowt to brag aboot.
I thought it was actually 48%
I've scored between 150 160 on tests so I definitely question the validity of them.
Wasn't that numpty Major Ingram from who wants to be a millionaire a member of Mensa.
I definitely question the validity of them.
If it was a proper proctered test and not a 'test your IQ' on Facebook then you have the intelligence to do well on IQ tests. A singular measure, granted, but still.
A score needs to be associated with the test though, since they use different scoring mechanisms, so it's what percentile your score is in for that particular test that needs to be looked at.
IQ tests IQ. I never heard a serious academic refer to it.
I’ll buy the damn things tomorrow
Don’t.
Just, don’t.
Buy them the day after. Have a day off. You can do that, right?
I believe our feline friend means don't buy more fags. Definitely worth giving the patches a go (see if you can get on a "proper" support plan too, even if it's just phone support - they work better than going it alone)
Best of luck for a good test outcome
I believe our feline friend means don’t buy more fags.
I did. Sorry, I didn't realise it might be ambiguous, thanks for clarifying.
There was a very interesting chap on radio 4 a while back who creates and assesses IQ tests. His assertion is that a standard IQ test can't actually give you your IQ and certainly not a quick one you take on the internet, he said that if you take several standard tests and they all come back with roughly the same answer then there's a fair chance you're IQ is somewhere in that range, although some people's minds are more suited to IQ tests than others due to the nature of the way the questions work, spacial awareness etc.
I did some IQ tests many years ago as practice for the entry tests for the fire service as their tests were just standard IQ tests and I wanted to get my eye in as it were. The book of tests I took at the time instructed you to do two or three tests to familiarise yourself with the format but ignore those results, you should then go on to do three to five more tests and if the scores were in a similar range then it stated (as the chap above did) that you probably have an IQ roughly in this range, I don't think too many who seek to find their IQs these days have the pateince for such things.
IQ is a z-score, adjusted so the mean is 100, which tells you how many standard deviations away from the mean an individual is on any given test of some or other aspect of cognitive ability. So 1 in 2 people have an IQ of 100 or more, 1 in 17 for 125 or more, 1.1 in 1000 have an IQ of 150 or more, and 1 in 11,000 have an IQ of over 160.
So whilst I guess people posting on stw are not randomly selected, it looks kind of unlikely that everyone's as high IQ as they think they are.
I say that obv as one of the 1 in 5bn scoring over 200 (may as well lie big).
Its not how big your IQ is, its what you do with it.
Until he showed it to the girl next door.
Genuine ROFL!
TJ, for all the arguing on here, what it makes you is one of a handful of people I’d love to meet.
+1
Dyna-ti.
Whatever you can do to lessen the likelihood/severity of health issues - so it and do it now.
From my own experience with strokes and TIA’s from other causes - I would not wish them on anyone. I have also watched my father die - largely as a result of his lifelong smoking habit. He was just 63.
Look after yourself and by doing that you will be also looking after those you love too.
Take care dude!
J
