IQ check....whats yours and do you believe its correct?

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21 Aug 2007, 1:58 am

Like 160 something. It really was ridiculous. I don't even remember taking the test.



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21 Aug 2007, 2:08 am

My IQ is greatly limited by the fact of the massive amount of blood diverted from my brain to my macro-reproductive organ. :)



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21 Aug 2007, 2:34 am

I don’t know what my IQ is. I think I had them when I was younger but don't remember the results. As for the internet tests I can get nearly a perfect score if I have unlimited time and the questions are logical in nature. If it's timed or includes verbal intelligence I won't do nearly as well.

I think a lot of standardized tests measure speed more than intelligence sometimes. It really pisses me off when I know the answer to the questions but I have to quit because I run out of time. I also know a lot of NTs who are similar or lower in intelligence who nonetheless perform better than me on tests simply because they are faster.



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21 Aug 2007, 3:31 am

I remember taking one when i was young. Grade 1, 2 or 3. I have no way of telling, as i cannot recall what faces where around me. I scored 99, which devastated me, as I knew 100 was average. It never even occured to me that 1/2 the class was also below 100. In fact, I never thought of them at all.. or I'd remember some of them.

This year, at age 34, I took another and scored 124, within a error range of 119 and 129. Later was diagnosed with a problem with symbolics and distraction issues. I would have scored MUCH higher.

So, yes, they are meaningless.



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21 Aug 2007, 10:25 am

150. Tested when I was younger and joined Mensa in Toronto to meet people. I think it goes to 160, so I was like "Why didn't I get 160?", but I've been told I'm still in the top 1%...
IQ tests don't measure creativity though, which is a form of intelligence by association of seemingly disparate elements into another cohesive whole.



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21 Aug 2007, 1:01 pm

skyblu wrote:
My sister in law scored high enough to join mensa; but she is taken in by so many scams its strange.... is IQ not related to gullibility?


not related. gullibility is trusting people whom one should not- something aspies are prone to, because they don't read the signs of deception.



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22 Aug 2007, 12:52 am

Depending upon how much math is in a given IQ test, my scores have ranged from 120-137. I'm not a math wizard by any stretch of the imagination, I struggle with it. However, I'm gifted in the verbal aspects of intelligence and always have been. Unfortunately, you can't talk your way through math, lol


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22 Aug 2007, 3:02 am

The last IQ test I took was MENSA.

My IQ was 76.
I don't really believe that.

On tickle.com I took one and my IQ was 81.
I don't believe that either.

I thought that I would have scored higher.


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22 Aug 2007, 9:46 am

schools and parents always thought am was ret*d as am scored low on tests-most recent one came out as '75'.
am have multiple learning difficulties,which is one big reason why am crap at tests,am do not think they really measure intelligence,as people with learning difficulties who have problems with whats on tests can be really intelligent in another task.



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22 Aug 2007, 9:49 am

I scored 161 on a Mensa test about 20 years ago (so if it only goes up to 160 now they must have changed it!) Plus I had a colleague at work who was a 163 & he said his brother was 171.