fiooo wrote:
Typical internet IQ thread...major hyperinflation of IQ's here...
Eh, you seem to suggest intentional deception. There are far less insulting ways to explain the higher than typical range of IQs this poll represents. Many of those methods have already been discussed.
I strongly support the one which mentioned that because a high IQ is viewed by some as a status symbol, those with a high IQ are more likely than those with average to low IQs to discuss the issue.
Additionally, those with very low IQs are also less likely to be on the internet discussing anything, let alone what their IQ is.
I have an abnormally high IQ myself (~5 SDs+), and because of the esteem it gives me (I'm not going to lie, I am proud of what I test at) I am far more prone to clicky the thread with the "IQ" in the title than I would be if my IQ was lower. Not that I wouldn’t do so ever, just that I would be less likely to do so.
But if you wish to conclude that this IQ thread has the validity of a typical internet thread (Which I read as; none)...why click on this thread in the first place or hang around long enough to post?
I don't know I am pretty cynical when it comes to people generally...but here on WP I try my damndest to give people the benefit of the doubt and go ahead and assume they are being genuine and honest until I can no longer suspend disbelief otherwise. You certainly don't need to do the same, but it does help if you want to open up honest communication with other posters here if they don't think you automatically assume they are lying.