aspies lying about i.q.

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I just counted 5 cats in this thread, us Hippos feel intimidated.
Also by your astounding Aspie IQs.

The giga society is composed of people who are have an iq of 190 or higher... it happens, but it is exceptionally rare..

This can lead to a form of confirmation bias: Since genius level IQs are rare, then any claim of such is automatically discreditable.

Also, there are a few other things that impact perceptions of self or others as having or lacking intelligence. A major one is the Dunning-Kruger effect, which says that the less competent someone is, the more likely they are to incorrectly perceive themselves as competent and incorrectly judge others as incompetent or less competent in comparison to themselves. Another is imposter syndrome, in which people find it difficult or impossible to internalize their accomplishments and do not believe they deserve the success they have achieved.

As for myself, my IQ was tested in the genius range, but I have a lot of difficult determining whether people are more or less intelligent than I am, and often when I want to think they are less intelligent, it is because they disagree with me over something, not necessarily because they are less intelligent. People can also be intelligent and mistaken or ignorant about particular topics. Or they can come to legitimately different conclusions.

I know that IQ doesn't measure a lot of things (such as adaptive behavior, self-care skills, executive function, etc) which mitigates many of the supposed advantages having a high IQ might have. I am personally dubious about the worth of such tests as they do not seem to communicate information that is actually of use to me.

An IQ expressed in a number is meaningless if the standard deviation isn't known. The most commonly used IQ tests have a standard diviation of 15 or 16. Extreme high intelligence (aka 'gifted') is above two standard diviations, so either 130+ (SD: 15) or 132+ (SD:16).

IQ isn't an absolute, it's a statistic. It tells you how well you do on these tests compared to other people. For that reason extreme high IQ's are very unreliable measurements, simply because there aren't enough people to compare with.

I've gone to the Mensa meetings and made insights that eluded folks that presumably had high IQs. Same thing when going to a really prestigious school--I sort of expected folks around me to be smarter.

I think IQ is so overrated. I go to the best high school in the country and most of the kids here are hardworking people with IQs just above average. It's hard work that counts.

I don't understand why some people say "I don't believe in I.Q. tests" but after saying that, they write their quotient and it's always in the "gifted range"

I know many people with a genius-level IQ (validated by professional tests) who lack common sense and did poorly in college/university. In my honest opinion, one's IQ doesn't truly dictate how intelligent/smart they are, much like getting high marks in class (some people actually have to work hard to get those grades).

I don't know what my IQ is but I assume it's under 100. Not exaggerating, nor putting myself down.

many people are too silly to see that their assertions of their exceptional intelligence will be met with pandemic incredulity, but that is life in a big city..

WISC and WAIS tests (the wechsler scales) are mostly used to determine IQ's.

wechsler himself was very conservative, stressing that his scales were not appropriate for people with IQ's below 70 or above 130.

I don't know what you all are on about. My IQ is 2543.

I don't think this is representative of people here. I've never heard anyone posted an IQ of 193, and while I believe you, think this is just an individual, not an "Aspie" thing.

Who really cares if people have a high IQ or not....what a load of rubbish
this site has people with all kinds of ability and some with severe disability...we are here to connect with eachother's feelings on autisim not to talk about how clever you think you MIGHT BE! ....

that anyone actually puts stock in a 3 digit number in regards to their intellect still amazes me.

thought patterns are of far more importance than any general intelligence.

100% true