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View Poll Results: do you know your IQ ?
yes 213 59.00%
No 137 37.95%
I won't tell you, I don't have to 11 3.05%
Voters: 361. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 05-16-2016, 08:31 PM
 
Location: NY/LA
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Most people with a HIGH IQ are not going to spend time on a Internet forum.

EDIT: A person with above level IQ will not spend time on useless trivia as seen here many times.....as for me I'm on the admitted lower scale even with a degree.
I would wager that the vast majority of people I've met playing trivia have above average IQs.

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Old 05-17-2016, 10:08 PM
 
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101 based on a culture-fair internet test.

132 based on SAT conversion.

Not particularly good either way, to me, considering I don't act smart and kind of failed in life.
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Old 05-19-2016, 07:08 PM
 
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150 - oh, wait a minute - that's my weight.
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Old 05-19-2016, 07:38 PM
 
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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128
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Old 05-22-2016, 09:26 AM
 
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150. Both kids are above 145; One is a PhD level experimental nuclear physicist, and the other is a writer.
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Old 05-22-2016, 09:27 AM
 
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Most people with a HIGH IQ are not going to spend time on a Internet forum.

EDIT: A person with above level IQ will not spend time on useless trivia as seen here many times.....as for me I'm on the admitted lower scale even with a degree.
You'd be amazed what you do when you are retired.
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Old 05-22-2016, 10:10 AM
 
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142 - Stanford-Binet
The test was required back when I took it.
They recommended I go to a middle school for the gifted. My mother asked if I wanted that. I said "No".
I did very well in school. It was very easy for me at all levels. LOL, considering I had severe 'school phobia' who would have thought!? I've done well professionally. Master's Degree, wonderful career. Socially, not so much. Introvert and missed out on a lot.
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Old 05-23-2016, 02:43 AM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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Most people with a HIGH IQ are not going to spend time on a[n] Internet forum...
Even those with a "HIGH IQ" can't anticipate what motivates others with a similarly "HIGH IQ."
Heck, I enjoy learning ways of creating fire using techniques developed thousands of years ago by individuals we consider "primitive."
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Old 05-23-2016, 04:38 AM
 
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How does estimated IQ score work? Newton's IQ was ___. Einstein's IQ was ___. Is Terrance Tao tested or estimated at 240?

As a self employed plumber, I value common sense math skill over an IQ score. My "estimated IQ" is 125.
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Old 05-23-2016, 05:12 AM
 
Location: Nesconset, NY
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Of the two tests I remember taking (6th grade & 9th grade) I scored 129 & 135, respectively.

During the latter test, I distinctly remember a question asking, "which didn't belong?", and four drawings: a sailboat, an automobile, an airplane, and something I couldn't identify. Years later, I figured out that the latter drawing was of an electric trolley. I guess the test designers assumed everyone, everywhere grows up knowing what electric trolleys are.
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