IQ tests

zoom wrote:

If my score is 133, is this above or below average?

If you have to ask, it's below.

100 is average. <70 is retarded. >140 is genius. You are well above average.

subtract 33 points if you have to ask

zoom wrote:

If my score is 133, is this above or below average?

tank u

iq tests are gay....they are like sat tests....they give you points for 'putting your name on the paper'

if IQ tests were gay, they would like other IQ tests, not SAT test. Don't be a homophobe.

Don't ask everybody to post their IQ's though, you'll find everybody who posts on this site are at super genius level.

Don't trust the results unless you are taking a real IQ test with a psychiatrist. Those online ones give you high numbers to draw people to their sites.

If you really want to understand the IQ test and the bullshit that goes along with measuring "intelligence" then I suggest that you read "The Mismeasure of Man" by Stephen Jay Gould. The IQ test was developed by Alfred Binet and it was intended to test children to determine which ones needed special help, it was then further developed and bastardized to be a measure of a person's genetically dictated and unchangleable level of intelligence.

My opinion: IQ testing is a joke.

Good god, if an idiot like me can score 128 what does that say about the tests they give online? BTW: If you seriously think that having an IQ, as well as getting an A in a calculus class, your thinking is seriously flawed.

I told you I was an idiot, I meant to say:

If you seriously think that having a high IQ, as well as getting an A in calculus makes you smart, then your thinking is seriously flawed. Great, I got it right in less than 3 tries.

Getting D's in Calculus class would suggest that you cannot grasp the subject matter while the person getting A's can. Maybe the person getting D's is smarter overall anyway, but I would put my money on the one getting A's and be right most of the time.

it all depends on effort. i know several people who take hard classes and get A's and they are admittedly not the smartest people in either the class or school. The smartest kid might be the kid who doesn't really care about the grade completely understand the concept he just doesn't try, if you gave that kid a reason to try other than PRIDE or SELF-SATISFACTION then he could do as good if not better than the A student who is not as intelligent but try's hard.

you izz smart :O)

zoom wrote:

If my score is 133, is this above or below average?

This thread comes back every so often. Online IQ tests are biased upwards so you will buy whatever they are selling. They know you won't buy if you feel stupid.

online iq tests, at least the ones i have seen, give you a better score if you complete the test quickly. you could xmas tree it, going straight down and clickin "A" for every answer, and get a tremendous score b/c you finish it in 3 seconds.

Carnivore 69 wrote:

They know you won't buy if you feel stupid.

Oh, the irony of that statement!

why is it that most of the people who bash iq/sat tests got low scores on those tests when they took them?????

I constantly score in the Mensa range but sit idly at my computer, my eyes fixed upon the meaningless threads of letsrun.com

What is my problem?