Who does not have a high IQ?

[Amethyst]

I don't, according to a few online IQ tests that I've taken, it's in the higher end of average (around 115).


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I'm just wanting to see who else here does not have high IQ? As most people here (who post regularly or who have posted as lot) seem to me, and/or have said, that they have high IQ.

The only one thing that I want to say on this now, is that, for some people, having a high IQ is essential for their life purpose (i.e. look at Einstein...) and for some people, it isn't...my father (I'm very sure) has a high IQ, my mother doesn't...(she doesn't need it...)...

Most of us here already know that there are different types of intelligence - just putting that there in-case someone decides to try to educate me on this, I know!

I know what it feels like to be top of the class, I was with most of the bio-science classes at uni...I would often get the top grades in my class...but I do not have a high IQ.

I also know what it feels like to be bottom (or near bottom) of the class, like at school, I got poor grades...poor feedback...

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anyway

Do you not have a high IQ?

(feel free to comment if you do, all IQs welcome, lol)

[fred aus indo]

me too... according to iq tests my average is 120.. similar case with you amethyst... i have experience poor feedback (actually it's ok-ish mark...70s.. if that counts ) if i do get low mark... its because of the language barrier and i also have experience being on top of the grade for certain subjects...

i think i'll do well with uni kind of learning system....

[InsertCreativeAliasHere]

being inteligent and read-up on subjects are two very different things... solving problems you have solved before doesnt require anything else than memory. hence all IQ tests are rendered invalid if you have ever done similar questions or tests... that being said, i tested for 120 7 years ago

[fred aus indo]

i know it becomes invalid if you see similar type of questions again... thats why aneagram tests is the most appropriate and universal iq test

i know it doesnt indicate anyone's intelligent but i am a bit dissapointed that my iq result fall just above average when compared to others who have higher iq numbers ....

[SecretAgentMan]

I don't know mine but except these online tests getting 112 or 116, some other ones with 130 or 140 something or others , but I haven't done any real one. It' unlikely to be much higher than average if at all.

[Alexandre]

IQ Test doesnt mean/represent anything for me, because its scientific s that tries to understand the brain but they still have no clue of how a brain works
Science is unable to understand the huge complexity of the brain

Online test are usually not precise.

Ive done one ages ago at a Iq specialist thing, She gave me 116iq ( High intelligence ) despite that I was always the worst student in school, the type of dude sitting at the back next to the heater and making funny jokes... I always found ZERO credibility in what they teach you at school, so I never made any efforts or payed any interest except with awesome teachers

[Amethyst]

IQ Test doesnt mean/represent anything for me, because its scientific s that tries to understand the brain but they still have no clue of how a brain works
Science is unable to understand the huge complexity of the brain

Online test are usually not precise.

Ive done one ages ago at a Iq specialist thing, She gave me 116iq ( High intelligence ) despite that I was always the worst student in school, the type of dude sitting at the back next to the heater and making funny jokes... I always found ZERO credibility in what they teach you at school, so I never made any efforts or payed any interest except with awesome teachers

I didn't concentrate at school for the same reason as you, but also because I was constantly bullied...actually, looking back, my fave class was home economics, were we would cooked our own dishes, and did tapestry, I was good at that...

If they had taught cosmology and astronomy in school, I would have paid more attention and been more motivated to do home work...nothing else moved me...I later became interested in biological science and herbal medicine/nutrition/aromatherapy (but at college in my biology class, I would not do any experiments on cockroaches, and luckily the teacher gave us an alternative).

[climbing]

I don't know how much I believe in the online tests, but I've always scored high on them. I know I'm smart because I did very well in every class at school that I had any interest in. The reason I didn't do better was because if a subject bored me, I didn't give a crap about grades and wouldn't really try. Plus I ditched a lot. I just really hated school.

But I have a pretty high IQ and my "emotional IQ" is always off the charts in any test I take. I don't really need certain types of "intelligence" (like being great at math) for what I do in life, but it's good to know I can do it if I have to. I'm a creative person and I write a lot about humans and human relationships in my novels, so that emotional intelligence comes in handy there.

But yeah, I just don't these things can be summed up in a number.

[SecretAgentMan]

It must really piss you off when someone with an IQ of 100 things they are smarter than you for having a high school diploma or college degree..

[Taliesin]

In my opinion, IQ is relative to having a logical mindset. Specifically, being able to answer problems within your head, i.e. spatial and logic questions, as well as being able to come up with said answer quickly by not getting distracted. Amethyst, I agree there are many types of intelligence quotients, but usually those taking the typical IQ test are somewhat young.

The problem with this is if the person takes the IQ test in their early 20's, their pre-frontal cortex is just becoming fully formed by that point in their lives. This part of the brain is responsible for reasoning skills, judgement calls, prioritizational skills, and logic skills. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is also linked to a person's emotional area of the brain (the amygdala), allowing one's feelings and personal experiences to influence a person's judgement and reasoning skills. So, in other words, a person's emotional intelligence strongly influences one's ability to determine right from wrong, prioritizing one's actions, and logical abilities.

Consequently, a person's logic center in their low 20's is in its infancy, resulting in their actions usually guided by their emotions and reactions to strong emotional stimuli from their present in their stored memories.

In my opinion, one's IQ should be tested every 5 years starting at 25 and stopping at somewhere around 75. Then do a statistical analysis of the scores and determine when said person's IQ was at its lowest and highest, then determine the mean and median values to learn one's average IQ throughout their life!

My IQ has increased about 20 points, from 127 (25 y.o.) to 148 (40 y.o.)

**Now of course there are always exceptions...or in statistical terms outlying factors that can slightly alter a statistical analysis

[rabana]

i was tested in school at age 5. how did they set up a test for kindergarteners who couldn't read yet?

[Alexandre]

i was tested in school at age 5. how did they set up a test for kindergarteners who couldn't read yet?

They give you those round, square, triangle cubes you got to put in the correct shape and its timer with a chronometer
Also I remember they put those weird paintings/drawings and they ask you what do they represent for you ( must be the creative part of that test )

LOL every indigos are genius

But for me IQ test dont represent nothing, since when science is able to understand a brain. Its nonsense, science/technology is all based on superiority even if they are right or wrong

You can talk with someone for Hours and you know if the person is a genius or where its hidden intelligence is. I dont believe in science ( its a religion of superiority )

Talking about chess, the biggest chess master an Armenian from Russia who played against IBM ( who apparently cheated )

[Psychic Child]

A friend was taking a Phd in counceling.
She asked if she could test SA [6 yrs old]
TA [4 yrs old]. As the dad I said OK.
This IQ test was verbal. SA scored 145
TA scored 140. Her teacher said that it
was imposible for children to score so high.
Retest them and make sure you do not give
any clues to the answer. SA scored 155 and
TA scored 150. I don't know what you are doing
wrong her teacher said. If you will bring them in I
will test them and show you how it is done. . . . .

The man was not nice to the boys, looking down at
them and treating them rather snotty. SA scored 175
TA scored 170. They said they could havs scored higher
but they were tired of taking tests. TA said to me later that
he could have scored the same as SA, but thought that the older
brother should score the highest.

When I was tested I scored bit more than the teacher expected me
to do; I was considered retired. They did not know what deslexia was in
those days. I scored enough to get by, 115 to 130 depending how I felt.
The boys mom hit 140.
The IQ tests are inaccurate measures. Results can change
from day to day as is true of most testing. There is not a
value standard in IQ tests. Each different IQ test has its
own score scale. Some IQ tests were sexest giving a testing
advantage to males. Others gave a W.A.S.P. a decided edge.

As a personal experiment in a college psychology
class I flipped a coin for 300 T/F questions. I got 298 correct. The
Prof acused me of cheating. I went to the Dean, explained to him
what I had done. He said since I was that lucky, I deserved the A. . . . .
But to verify the testing, would I mind taking the test again, not
flipping, and he would not count that score. I came close to my
flipping score, but did not beat it. He and I did further T/F coin
flipping after I had taken a T/F test. My coin flipping score was
always better. Most interesting. . . . .
Be in Harmony,
be in beauty
PC

[rabana]

but pchild how do they test for IQ in young children? what do they ask or do? i blew the lid off too, at age 5. i was aware of them looking at me funny from there on and treating me with kid gloves in certain matters.

[Psychic Child]

but pchild how do they test for IQ in young children? what do they ask or do? i blew the lid off too, at age 5. i was aware of them looking at me funny from there on and treating me with kid gloves in certain matters.

rabana, it was to long ago for specifics.
But it was a combination of
shape recognition, color matching, put shapes in like holes, picture
relationships: this is like that, and this is this upsidedown. Lots of
picturing: This is to that as that is to this. Point to the dog, a bird,
a car, a boat, an apple, spoon, bowl. Water to a glass is like milk
is to what picture. A bird is to air as a fish is to - - - - -. then later,
fish is to water as a bird is to - - - - - - -.

The child pointed to the answers, or told the answers.
It took 45 minutes to an hour. The physical peg in hole type
answers were timed. Attention span, concentration, all played
their part too. SA and TA had abilities too, but they did not need to use
telepathy for the answers. Even though the tests were not the exact
same, they were similar enough that by the third test they had it down pat.

Their biggest asset was that their mind-brains were balanced through many
family activites. They had a good sense of who they were. We did not talk baby
talk. and read "with" them alot. We did lots of things together.They were taught
to question us to get answers, and to question the answer if it was not clear.
The basics of their learning was through experience. They learned their basic
math in the kitchen in meal preperation and helping cook.
Both are excellent cooks.
Be in Harmony,
be in beauty
PC

[cerise333]

I don't really care much for IQ tests since for me they seem very focused on language, and reasoning like logical things, they do not test ur EQ nor other types of abilities related to more creative things, they test what people would consider the "left side of the brain" abilities more than they do on the "right side", Im much more of a right sided person, I've scored from 131 up to 141 on IQ tests, most of the time I get 136-138, but I don't really believe on those things much... a lot of things can influence IQ test results including culture and even money (like social position- whether you believe it or not)...

[Roier]

158 but the test was tweaked because I was way higher above average, so someone thought that it wasn't real

I'm not a good chess player, but I'm the best rhetoric

I could be a good chess player if I was into it

I'm the smartest person at IS any objection Generic Indigo? H0bby1?

[Psychic Child]

158 but the test was tweaked because I was way higher above average, so someone thought that it wasn't real

I'm not a good chess player, but I'm the best rhetoric
I could be a good chess player if I was into it
I'm the smartest person at IS any objection Generic Indigo? H0bby1?

Roier,
That is one of the things that always interested me as a teacher . . .
There were many students that had the intelligence or a skill but never fully used it.
They just pretended and guessed alot.

As to where you fit into the _IS_ group . . .
I would put you and me in the same group
with illuminatti . . . . .
a little below _IS_ average . . . . . ;-)
Be in Harmony,
be in beauty
PC

[Roier]

Roier,
That is one of the things that always interested me as a teacher . . .
There were many students that had the intelligence or a skill but never fully used it.
They just pretended and guessed alot.

As to where you fit into the _IS_ group . . .
I would put you and me in the same group
with illuminatti . . . . .
a little below _IS_ average . . . . . ;-)
Be in Harmony,
be in beauty
PC

Ok, same group GI and H0bby1 are pretty smart but different platoon

I would not put my self in the same group as you because I grit

Anyway IS __ better than facebook

Been a nerd, geek or freak, has never been better

I acknowledge that the IQ at IS is very elevated

[Amethyst]

I acknowledge that the IQ at IS is very elevated

Yes it is...then there is the minority of us that don't score higher than average (125 and over) on online IQ tests...who also have higher than average intelligence/awareness in certain immeasurable ways, intuition, and wisdom...