High IQ

Just got my results and i'm in the Exceptionally gifted range.

Anyone else got a high IQ like me?

115 to 129 - Above average; bright

130 to 144 - Moderately gifted

145 to 159 - Highly gifted

160 to 179 - Exceptionally gifted

180 and up - Profoundly gifted

I expect that everyone on here will say they have high IQs. Most will bull**** but I won't lie about my IQ score of 184.

I expect that everyone on here will say they have high IQs. Most will bull**** but I won't lie about my IQ score of 184.

...and your real name is Sheldon Cooper?

I won't tell you mine, but needless to say if I were to die the total IQ score of the world would go up!!

...and your real name is Sheldon Cooper?

good answer

Take it you have a high IQ Pugwash?

The scores vary wildly for me depending on the test, they're by no means very accurate in my experience as if they were I should be hitting the same bracket every time.

This sums up the whole idea of people showing off about IQs pretty well:

Is joining Mensa a smart move? I am getting pressure to join

The scores vary wildly for me depending on the test, they're by no means very accurate in my experience as if they were I should be hitting the same bracket every time.

And herein lies the paradox. IQ scores are not immutable. In fact, they age and "go off" like food, and have to be recalibrated every few years, with a mean re-set at 100 (that's to say, whatever score an aggregate of people get, the mean is re-set to the average of their scores. Google "Flynn Effect" for an explanation of this).

I hate to break it to the geniuses on here, but it's likely that if you took an IQ test that was "fresh" you'd get around 100. Mensa tests do NOT count, and actually the only institution which regularly uses properly calibrated IQ tests in this country is the NHS.

So in reality, Glasgow has either been conned or sectioned.

And herein lies the paradox. IQ scores are not immutable. In fact, they age and "go off" like food, and have to be recalibrated every few years, with a mean re-set at 100 (that's to say, whatever score an aggregate of people get, the mean is re-set to the average of their scores. Google "Flynn Effect" for an explanation of this).

 

I hate to break it to the geniuses on here, but it's likely that if you took an IQ test that was "fresh" you'd get around 100. Mensa tests do NOT count, and actually the only institution which regularly uses properly calibrated IQ tests in this country is the NHS.

 

So in reality, Glasgow has either been conned or sectioned.

Quite correct. I'd also like to point out there is no single 'benchmark' test either. I've taken three different tests (long time ago), and did significantly better in the logical/math/analytical types against the verbal/linguistic/recall test. Didn't know the NHS used IQ tests though.

And no, GS, I'm not going going to tell you the results. As Verbal has said, they would be meaningless in today's context.

In case you're in any doubt, take a look at the present and past members if Mensa and decide if you would like to be part if that set. Clive Sinclair (I refuse to acknowledge his knighthood) was their chairman for 17 years. I rest my case.

In case you're in any doubt, take a look at the present and past members if Mensa and decide if you would like to be part if that set. Clive Sinclair (I refuse to acknowledge his knighthood) was their chairman for 17 years. I rest my case.

There was a good TV docu-drama a couple of years ago about the rise and fall of Sinclair's company. I seem to remember it was quite enlightening and changed a lot of opinions about the man.

Im getting the hard sell...... tempted.com

British Mensa has over 21,000 members from all walks of life with IQs in the top 2%. Mensa aims to identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity.

 

Mensa’s members use the Society to share their knowledge, their enthusiasms and their passions with like-minded people

I've done a few IQ tests at college and uni, usually somewhere between 130-140. I'm smarter than the average bear (no offence Bearsy).

Quite correct. I'd also like to point out there is no single 'benchmark' test either. I've taken three different tests (long time ago), and did significantly better in the logical/math/analytical types against the verbal/linguistic/recall test. Didn't know the NHS used IQ tests though.

 

And no, GS, I'm not going going to tell you the results. As Verbal has said, they would be meaningless in today's context.

In which case you probably did Ravens Progressive Matrices (RPM), which tests non-verbal reasoning and can be administered to just about anyone of any age, from very young children. The longer-standing Wechsler tests, which are more heavily linguistic, are really for adults only (and are on their 4th version now I think).

This sums up the whole idea of people showing off about IQs pretty well:

 

Very good video. So basically a load of people not comfy in their own skin?

CJ of Eggheads is a member of MENSA

Is joining Mensa a smart move? I am getting pressure to join

You're supposedly the clever one, you work it out.

Wechsler sounds familiar, but they were 30+ years ago and the memory isn't what it was!

Is joining Mensa a smart move? I am getting pressure to join

Probably not. They'll expect you to meet people in the flesh, chat and stuff.

Im getting the hard sell...... tempted.com

That was taken from their home page - So when you say you are getting the hard sell - Did you just go on their web site

I won't tell you mine, but needless to say if I were to die the total IQ score of the world would go up!!

Given that you seem to be confusing "total" and "average" I suspect that you are right. At least with the intended meaning.

Winky thing etc.

Given that you seem to be confusing "total" and "average" I suspect that you are right. At least with the intended meaning.

 

Winky thing etc.

Nope, not confusing anything, I totally meant total.

But saying that the average would go up as well.

Nope, not confusing anything, I totally meant total.

 

But saying that the average would go up as well.

;-)

;-)

I don't like the way this conversation is going, it's freaking me out..

OK, I meant I have a -ve IQ, honest, it's a line I plagiarised from Terry Pratchett, although I think he was referring to Rincewind's MQ, or Magic Quotient....

Just got my results and i'm in the Exceptionally gifted range.

 

Anyone else got a high IQ like me?

 

 

115 to 129 - Above average; bright

130 to 144 - Moderately gifted

145 to 159 - Highly gifted

160 to 179 - Exceptionally gifted

180 and up - Profoundly gifted

Weschler, Stanford-Binet or Cattell ??

Weschler, Stanford-Binet or Cattell ??

Do you mean Wechsler?

Anyone care to discuss emotional IQ? Given that this is a knee-jerk mongboard of football fans* who can barely post a single post without ignoring the subject completely and just slagging off other posters... could be fun?

* - not necessarily my opinion, more a conglomeration of others'...

Anyone care to discuss emotional IQ? Given that this is a knee-jerk mongboard of football fans* who can barely post a single post without ignoring the subject completely and just slagging off other posters... could be fun?

 

* - not necessarily my opinion, more a conglomeration of others'...

Fark off you scummer cant, why the fuck do you want to know my EQ? And Steve de Ridder was the best footballer to eva play for Saints FACT!

Do you mean Wechsler?

just answer the question

Probably not. They'll expect you to meet people in the flesh, chat and stuff.

I went to a couple of their do's down at the Café Royal a long time back, pretty boring bunch really, not much totty IIRC.

There was a good TV docu-drama a couple of years ago about the rise and fall of Sinclair's company. I seem to remember it was quite enlightening and changed a lot of opinions about the man.

Micro Men?

If you remember the early microcomputer wars - Acorn v Sinclair, this is a great drama. 1 hr 24 min.

I joined Mensa just after I left Uni. I seemed to move around the country a lot following the work and found the social meet-ups a useful way of making new friends quickly. This is in the days before Facebook. Early 90s.

Quite how good they were depended a lot on the people organising them. Great in Birmingham, very good in Poole (I actually met a nice girl I lived with for a while here), awful in Wareham.

I was the only person to turn up to a meeting in Wareham; not even the organiser showed up. I gave him an ear-bashing on the phone for that, and let my membership lapse shortly afterwards. This was about 15 years ago. I never re-joined.

On my travels I did notice that it was quite a good mix of professionals - dentists, pharmacists, lawyers etc - in the early 20s age group, but above 40 it seemed to be populated by people using it as their runners-up prize in life i.e. the professionals had moved on to other things.

My IQ is 83. This is good news as the only way is up.

Micro Men?

 

If you remember the early microcomputer wars - Acorn v Sinclair, this is a great drama. 1 hr 24 min.

 

That's the one. Really good programme - no pun intended!

I was the only person to turn up to a meeting in Wareham; QUOTE]

 

And you were surprised by that?

I was the only person to turn up to a meeting in Wareham; QUOTE]

 

And you were surprised by that?

 

You could say that it wasn't a very intelligent thing to do...

I was the only person to turn up to a meeting in Wareham; not even the organiser showed up.

So, you failed the entry test then?

Thanks for all the comments and advice. Will have a think about things while im in Cuba

You might as well join Mensa. I expect there are quite a lot of benefits you can access if you are a member! Plus you can brag more.

Just got my results and i'm in the Exceptionally gifted range.

 

Anyone else got a high IQ like me?

 

 

115 to 129 - Above average; bright

130 to 144 - Moderately gifted

145 to 159 - Highly gifted

160 to 179 - Exceptionally gifted

180 and up - Profoundly gifted

I imagine you're nearer 160 than 179.

You might as well join Mensa. I expect there are quite a lot of benefits you can access if you are a member! Plus you can brag more.

One might think that bragging about my high IQ around the masses of people with lower IQ's would bring......undesirable results.

Thankfully I am socially and culturally advanced & very modest so never "brag".

One might think that bragging about my high IQ around the masses of people with lower IQ's would bring......undesirable results.

 

Thankfully I am socially and culturally advanced & very modest so never "brag".

Odd then that your persona on here is borderline retarded. Are you deliberately lowering yourself to fit in?

Odd then that your persona on here is borderline retarded. Are you deliberately lowering yourself to fit in?

Didnt I give you free premiership tickets a couple of years back? Bit rude to call me retarded?

Didnt I give you free premiership tickets a couple of years back? Bit rude to call me retarded?

No you did not (unless you are claiming to be dune). And I didn't call you retarded.

One might think that bragging about my high IQ around the masses of people with lower IQ's would bring......undesirable results.

 

Thankfully I am socially and culturally advanced & very modest so never "brag".

Anyone with high intelligence should have the good sense to keep quiet about it.

No you did not (unless you are claiming to be dune). And I didn't call you retarded.

what an interesting post

my IQ has been tested as quite high but I always saw that as just confirming that I was pretty good at IQ tests, nothing more

Thanks for the advice - been away in Cuba and decided not to join Mensa (for now)

I did my Mensa examination in Coventry. Do they still hold it there? World's probably changed since 2003, what with that t'internet really taking off.

I did my Mensa examination in Coventry. Do they still hold it there? World's probably changed since 2003, what with that t'internet really taking off.

You can do the supervised IQ tests accross the UK now - did mine in Glasgow

what an interesting post

 

my IQ has been tested as quite high but I always saw that as just confirming that I was pretty good at IQ tests, nothing more

That's exactly what they show.

Did mine back in the late 70's and was invited to join. They certainly had their share of weirdos

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