How "smart" do you think you are?

[Dogmaphobe]

I know my S.A.T score from the test I took in 1972.

I took it stoned because I wanted everything to be as natural as possible.

 

[Lisa558]

And BTW - I have no idea why they placed Hawking/Einstein as "similar IQ" - both are believed to be 160 or higher

Thanks….I made the same point. The OP seems to be placing herself in the same category as those geniuses.

 

[Thinker101]

Just took an IQ test for the hell of it. It wasn't one of the free ones either.

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When I was in my 20s, I thought I knew everything. In my 60s I realized I didn't know a damn thing.

 

[Meathead]

Just took an IQ test for the hell of it. It wasn't one of the free ones either.

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How is it then possible you're a USMB mod, and a senior one at that?

 

[toobfreak]

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Not sure about Jobs but I'm pretty sure Einstein and Hawkings IQs were more in the 180-190 range. That said, you are all in the 99th percentile which is a good place to be. 130-140 is about the upper tier of intelligence with a modicum of normalcy still. Once you start getting up into 150 and higher, individuals start losing social skills and become nerds, geeks, obsessed with math and spending more time like Sheldon Cooper scribbling on a blackboard than worrying about the normal and important things in life, like girls.

 

[AyeCantSeeYou]

Thanks….I made the same point. The OP seems to be placing herself in the same category as those geniuses.

You couldn't be more wrong.

 

[Lisa558]

I know my S.A.T score from the test I took in 1972.

I took it stoned because I wanted everything to be as natural as possible.

I had HORRIBLE menstrual cramps that day. (I’m sure you can’t relate….unless you are one of those transgender people.) Probably impacted my score somewhat, but it was still well above average. If I were black, it would have been good enough for Harvard! For a white, it was good enough for 2nd tier.

 

[BackAgain]

For the record, I think I’m smart enough not to start a thread about how high my IQ is.

I do keep exploring the validity of my own views. I have even changed my mind on some issues based on being able and willing to see “both” sides.

 

[Lisa558]

You couldn't be more wrong.

You just posted in your OP that Einstein and Jobs had IQs similar to yours.

 

[toobfreak]

When I was in my 20s, I thought I knew everything. In my 60s I realized I didn't know a damn thing.

As I got older, looking back, I realized that in my 20s I was still a child, just beginning to learn and that one does not really see the world clearly yet until they enter their 50s.

 

[AyeCantSeeYou]

How is it then possible you're a USMB mod, and a senior one at that?

Is that your way of saying mods aren't smart?

 

[Concerned American]

I know my S.A.T score from the test I took in 1972.

I took it stoned because I wanted everything to be as natural as possible.

Did anyone take the SAT in 1972 that wasn't stoned?

 

[AyeCantSeeYou]

You just posted in your OP that Einstein and Jobs had IQs similar to yours.

That is what the results stated, not me. Big difference there. I don't claim to be smarter than anyone.

 

[Meathead]

Is that your way of saying mods aren't smart?

The thought never crossed my mind.

 

[Lisa558]

When I was in my 20s, I thought I knew everything. In my 60s I realized I didn't know a damn thing.

When I was 13, my parents were idiots who knew nothing. When I was 21, they were smart and knowledgeable. Amazing how much they improved in eight years!

 

[Lisa558]

That is what the results stated, not me. Big difference there. I don't claim to be smarter than anyone.

So the results of your IQ test claimed that Jobs and Einstein had similar scores to you? I’d wonder about the validity of that test.

 

[Concerned American]

When I was 13, my parents were idiots who knew nothing. When I was 21, they were smart and knowledgeable. Amazing how much they improved in eight years!

Your post sounds like an old Frank Sinatra song.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

 

[Meathead]

When I was 13, my parents were idiots who knew nothing. When I was 21, they were smart and knowledgeable. Amazing how much they improved in eight years!

Old saw

 

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160+	Extraordinary Genius	Top 0.003%
145 – 159	Highly Gifted (Genius)	Top 0.1%
140 – 144	Genius / Near-Genius	Top 0.4%
130 – 139	Gifted / Very Advanced	Top 2%
120 – 129	Superior Intelligence	Top 10%
90 – 109	Average Intelligence

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Emotions determine how intelligence is applied so to make a serious test you need to do an MMPI along with the IQ test.