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Yeah, but we have no way of vertifying it, plus, this site may have other factors that attract those with above average IQs, etc. . .

Me, too. My IQ is almost perfect. It's 98.

Also, different IQ tests norm differently. I took two IQ tests some years ago, one was numerically higher than the other, but represented a slightly lower percentile.

I resontley did an IQ Test but teh resolts man sed they didon't deel in frakshons.

Also a lot of things make a difference in intelligence testing. According to tests mine falls between 129-135 depending on the test, however; and this is a big however, I have very poor math skills so what do these tests really reflect? They're very culturelly biased too. I wouldn't do as well as I do coming from where I came from were I not self-educated for the most part. In other words: rural North Carolina, public school system...where I was terrorised for thirteen years.

Hey Twitch, I'm originally from North Carolina (little Washington, then Greenville; high school, college and thereafter in the Durham-Chapel Hill area. Go Tar Heels, in case you're wondering whether my allegiances lie in Durham or Chapel Hill ). What area are you from?

During the diagnostic process for my AS daughter here in the Netherlands, she was given an IQ test in Dutch. Her Dutch was pretty good, but not as good as her English. Eventually the tester told her she could answer in English. Well, that's nice, but when the question is "how many words can you list that begin with the letter K?", answering in English doesn't really help (there are lots of words that begin with K in Dutch, but try naming more than about 5 real fast in English).

They also asked her, as part of her testing, "Who is the Queen of the Netherlands?" She didn't know. Fortunately they were aware enough to then ask her who the president of the US was, which she did know.

IQ tests are, indeed, very culturally biased.

Rural Duplin county. Although I did live 30 minutes from Raliegh when I was in college in a little town called Buies Creek.