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What is your IQ
0-49 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
50-101 4%  4%  [ 5 ]
100-109 4%  4%  [ 5 ]
110-119 5%  5%  [ 7 ]
120-129 19%  19%  [ 24 ]
130-139 25%  25%  [ 32 ]
140-149 23%  23%  [ 30 ]
150-159 10%  10%  [ 13 ]
160-169 5%  5%  [ 6 ]
170-179 2%  2%  [ 2 ]
180-189 1%  1%  [ 1 ]
190-199 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
200+ 2%  2%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 128

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20 Jun 2009, 1:05 pm

quick and dirty poll to see the general IQ level of us Aspies.



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20 Jun 2009, 1:17 pm

133 here.

It's a bad poll question though- IQ measurements don't really go above 160, and aren't very accurate beyond 130. If someone tells you they have a 200+ IQ, they're bullshitting you. Nor does IQ have any predictive value above 120.

You also have to consider that score will vary based on the test taken- the Wecshler test is more conservative than the Stanford-Binet, for example.


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20 Jun 2009, 1:24 pm

I don't understand your poll. Why are you grouping mentally ret*d people with those with average intelligence and why is there an option for 200 and such? This poll wont' really tell anybody anything. Mine's 96 by the way.



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20 Jun 2009, 1:26 pm

Mine's in the 140s somewhere.



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20 Jun 2009, 1:29 pm

142 here

but... your poll is not cleverly divided i'm afraid.

to have an AS Dx you have to have average or above average IQ's ... meaning greater than 85. (by SD 15 that is)

you start dividing above 100.... leaving question about the aspies below 100...


next flaw: WAIS testing becomes unreliable above 130 and below 70 - at least according to the master himself mr. Wechsler.


another flaw is that chances to have the single 1 (or 2) person(s) in the entire world here with an IQ above 200 is appr. zero...


http://www.iqscorenow.com/what_is_a_nor ... score.html



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20 Jun 2009, 1:42 pm

Im guessing from the 50-101 you were mostly wanting to know about the numbers of people above average IQ. Mine was 143 last I checked.

Did you know the average IQ of a human being has been steadily declining for the last 60 years? In the study I saw the average IQ for 1950 was placed at 91.5 and by 2050 it's projected to be 86.5.



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20 Jun 2009, 1:44 pm

IdiousMatt wrote:
Im guessing from the 50-101 you were mostly wanting to know about the numbers of people above average IQ. Mine was 143 last I checked.

Did you know the average IQ of a human being has been steadily declining for the last 60 years? In the study I saw the average IQ for 1950 was placed at 91.5 and by 2050 it's projected to be 86.5.


I blame WWE.



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20 Jun 2009, 1:50 pm

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt82610.html

that is the longer/older thread about it.


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20 Jun 2009, 1:50 pm

IdiousMatt wrote:
Im guessing from the 50-101 you were mostly wanting to know about the numbers of people above average IQ. Mine was 143 last I checked.

Did you know the average IQ of a human being has been steadily declining for the last 60 years? In the study I saw the average IQ for 1950 was placed at 91.5 and by 2050 it's projected to be 86.5.


øh... sorry?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyn_effect#The_rise



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20 Jun 2009, 1:58 pm

aspi-rant wrote:

øh... sorry?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyn_effect#The_rise


Ignoring the fact you're sourcing Wikipedia, that doesn't make sense on face value because an average IQ of 100 doesn't exist among any age group in most countries in the world.



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20 Jun 2009, 2:12 pm

http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/Locations.aspx

ok... more on flynn effect... not from wiki... :wink:



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20 Jun 2009, 2:19 pm

aspi-rant wrote:
to have an AS Dx you have to have average or above average IQ's ... meaning greater than 85. (by SD 15 that is)



Someone can have an autism diagnosis below IQ 85 - however, below about 55 a person would be extremely unlikely to be able to use a computer at all - or even read.



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20 Jun 2009, 2:19 pm

Mine is around 103. Not amazing or anything eh? The prof who diagnosed me said that it is near impossible to get an accurate IQ score for a person with AS because an IQ is made up of the average performance in ALL areas, however a lot of people with AS are both super intelligent, average and totally ret*d! (I am anyway!) I don't know if I've worded this right or not, but hopefully you all understand what I am trying to say!


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20 Jun 2009, 2:23 pm

MattShizzle wrote:
aspi-rant wrote:
to have an AS Dx you have to have average or above average IQ's ... meaning greater than 85. (by SD 15 that is)



Someone can have an autism diagnosis below IQ 85 - however, below about 55 a person would be extremely unlikely to be able to use a computer at all - or even read.


WillWasHere wrote:
quick and dirty poll to see the general IQ level of us Aspies.


to clearify:

AS = asperger syndrome = aspies



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20 Jun 2009, 2:39 pm

aspi-rant wrote:
http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/Locations.aspx

ok... more on flynn effect... not from wiki... :wink:


All that data pertains to Western countries and Japan. How does it relate to other countries, specifically the ones whose populations are actually rising? Changing demographics is the reason for the world IQ lowering.



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20 Jun 2009, 2:44 pm

I believe mine was around 120 when I tested.