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Posted on 10/11/17 at 5:33 pm to Zach
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But I know a LOT of people who lie about their golf scores.
My golf score is roughly equivalent to my IQ, 131
Posted on 10/11/17 at 6:10 pm to NoHoTiger
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My golf score is roughly equivalent to my IQ, 131
So you're also one point away from MENSA like everyone else in this thread?
Posted on 10/11/17 at 6:16 pm to Obtuse1
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The truth is a person with an IQ over 140, who is already in the thread, if probably far more likely to read it than someone with an average IQ. To that person the, I'm guessing, 500 words don't strike them as the ramblings of Marcel Proust and the time that it takes them to read it and digest it are minimal. They are also far more likely to be interested in discourse even if the subject matter is not directly germane to their lives.
Most people can pick out the more intelligent posts on a forum rather quickly. It is hard to post intelligently if one is not mentally well endowed but it is easy to make stupid posts even if you are Kim Ung-yong. Self-reporting IQ on a forum is like self-reporting dick length where most people in the discussion have never seen a ruler and have little concept of an inch.
A person with an IQ over 140 would likely know that long forum posts are usually not read. And thus choose a more judicious use of their time, such as writing an academic paper. Or solving cold fusion.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 6:19 pm to FT
288
Posted on 10/11/17 at 6:30 pm to Seldom Seen
I reading through the post to see how long it told for an old poster to cite this number. Good job
Posted on 10/11/17 at 6:32 pm to FT
Fake news! 
Posted on 10/11/17 at 6:39 pm to FT
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Is Donald Trump smarter than you?
I have a much higher than average IQ.
Donald Trump is a billionaire.
Donald Trump is President of the United States.
Odds are not looking good that my IQ is going to put me in either billionaire status or the White House anytime soon.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 6:43 pm to stout
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So you're also one point away from MENSA like everyone else in this thread?
Well, yes. Isn't that the rule?
Posted on 10/11/17 at 6:54 pm to Obtuse1
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The truth is a person with an IQ over 140, who is already in the thread, if probably far more likely to read it than someone with an average IQ. To that person the, I'm guessing, 500 words don't strike them as the ramblings of Marcel Proust and the time that it takes them to read it and digest it are minimal. They are also far more likely to be interested in discourse even if the subject matter is not directly germane to their lives.
Most people can pick out the more intelligent posts on a forum rather quickly. It is hard to post intelligently if one is not mentally well endowed but it is easy to make stupid posts even if you are Kim Ung-yong. Self-reporting IQ on a forum is like self-reporting dick length where most people in the discussion have never seen a ruler and have little concept of an inch.
Tldr
Brevity is the soul of wit and wit denotes intelligence
Posted on 10/11/17 at 7:17 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 10/11/17 at 7:20 pm to buckeye_vol
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Honestly, I find everything about this post believable, except for the bolded statement.
With a 172 IQ, then your score would be at the 99.9999181946 percentile, and by my quick calculation (with my lesser intelligence) would be higher than all but 263 out the 323.1 million Americans.
And since about 107 billion people have ever lived (according to google), and if we assume the distribution is the same across the world, and across time, then you would have a higher IQ score than all but 87,356 people in history. And since we've gotten progressively more intelligent with each generation, and the US likely skews higher than most of the world, you're one of the most intelligent people to have ever lived, if you have a score of 172.
Completely fair, and I respect your skepticism. I have no idea what I’d score on one now, but I remember the score because the school counselor had me talk to a really annoying Mensa rep a couple weeks later. I don’t think it’s anything special, and never cared enough about how IQ is measured to investigate it. I’m just good at pattern recognition and bar trivia.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 7:54 pm to FT
147 in 1990, but I am waaay stupider after reading this board.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:04 pm to CptRusty
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I took the Mensa home test a couple of years back to see if it would be worth my while to sit for the full blown test and try to get in.
Turns out my IQ was measured at 130, but I needed 132.
I looked into Mensa (my SAT score qualifies me), but it doesn't look like they do anything worthwhile so I didn't bother.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:14 pm to FT
Perhaps we should ask what their occupation is and calculate from that. Probably more accurate.
LINK
The results are:
130.0 Physics
129.0 Mathematics
128.5 Computer Science
128.0 Economics
127.5 Chemical engineering
127.0 Material science
126.0 Electrical engineering
125.5 Mechanical engineering
125.0 Philosophy
124.0 Chemistry
123.0 Earth sciences
122.0 Industrial engineering
122.0 Civil engineering
121.5 Biology
120.1 English/literature
120.0 Religion/theology
119.8 Political science
119.7 History
118.0 Art history
117.7 Anthropology/archeology
116.5 Architecture
116.0 Business
115.0 Sociology
114.0 Psychology
114.0 Medicine
112.0 Communication
109.0 Education
106.0 Public administration
LINK
The results are:
130.0 Physics
129.0 Mathematics
128.5 Computer Science
128.0 Economics
127.5 Chemical engineering
127.0 Material science
126.0 Electrical engineering
125.5 Mechanical engineering
125.0 Philosophy
124.0 Chemistry
123.0 Earth sciences
122.0 Industrial engineering
122.0 Civil engineering
121.5 Biology
120.1 English/literature
120.0 Religion/theology
119.8 Political science
119.7 History
118.0 Art history
117.7 Anthropology/archeology
116.5 Architecture
116.0 Business
115.0 Sociology
114.0 Psychology
114.0 Medicine
112.0 Communication
109.0 Education
106.0 Public administration
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:25 pm to ChEgrad
I've taken two as an adult. I have a terminal degree and I am a college professor. I have qualified for the Jeopardy contestant pool but I am too ugly for television.
128 as a 25 year old Ph.D student and 126 as a 38 year old professor.
I'm getting dumber in my old age.
128 as a 25 year old Ph.D student and 126 as a 38 year old professor.
I'm getting dumber in my old age.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:27 pm to FT
After I got to 180, I stopped challenging myself....
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:41 pm to anc
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I'm getting dumber in my old age.
quote:Actually this is almost exactly how we would expect it given the regession towards the mean. We would expect a score to be closer to 100 than the previous score, with the most extreme scores expected to have a larger difference.
128 as a 25 year old Ph.D student and 126 as a 38 year old professor.
This is why one poster's ridiculous high score of 150 was difficult to believe in its own, because it's so unlikely, but the 161 he/she reported the second time around, is not only more unlikely given the score itself, but it's completely counter to the expected regession toward 100 following the previous score.
So while I'm sure other posters inflated or flat out lied about his/her score, that's only poster who was presented the scores as completley legitimate, they I'm pretty confident is lying.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:43 pm to FT
Who cares?
Is the next thread "when does the poliboard start posting their net worths?"
Who cares?
Is the next thread "when does the poliboard start posting their net worths?"
Who cares?
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:50 pm to ChEgrad
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128.5 Computer Science
128.0 Economics
127.5 Chemical engineering
127.0 Material science
126.0 Electrical engineering
125.5 Mechanical engineering
My job as a combination of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science (I am an engineer and work with industrial control systems) So for me this is pretty close
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