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Average OT IQ Poll
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AdamCrock
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For example = "Are You to bored to answer this question ?" Y/N , retry ! ..... You should always choose "retry!" 
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AdamCrock
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Pegasus_77
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Crap I don't remember...
Wait...
1420 apparently.
OMG, you searched for a post you made in 2005?man, this shows that you are a legend here---a true fanatic of this forum!
Sometime a long time ago someone posted an IQ thread and someone, I forget who, I think Fifty, posted the golden rule of IQ threads: lots of people saying "oh IQ tests are really poor indicators of intelligence...and oh by the way I got a [high score] but whatevs."
Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
So IQ tests are a poor indicator of intelligence, but a thread about IQ tests on the other hand can be a more accurate indicator.
Are there any examples of the opposite? Someone posting that IQ tests are perfect measures of intelligence, and by golly their low score is accurate?
Borachio
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My laziness is perfectly reflected in my low IQ score.
I.e. I would have had a seriously high score, if only I'd been motivated enough.
But this sort of reasoning just goes to show how dumb I really am. I think. Maybe. How the hell would I know?
I.e. I would have had a seriously high score, if only I'd been motivated enough.
But this sort of reasoning just goes to show how dumb I really am. I think. Maybe. How the hell would I know?
A good 'definition' of intelligence is the relative degree of complicated thought or other mental consciousness you are able of. It varries from time to time, of course, but if one does not factor deteriorating mental illness then it likely doesn't alter much in time (adult lifetime). If one is able of an X degree of intricate/complicated mental state(s), and another person of 10X, then the latter is clearly more intelligent.
Of course it's not like we can account for all that as easily, cause intelligence is not of one type only. Women do seem more emotionally-based, and emotions are part of mental complexity as well.
Another factor is just how aware or able one is of self-examining his/her own mental states, and their alterations.
Of course it's not like we can account for all that as easily, cause intelligence is not of one type only. Women do seem more emotionally-based, and emotions are part of mental complexity as well.
Another factor is just how aware or able one is of self-examining his/her own mental states, and their alterations.
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Kyriakos posted before me, and it's already established on the first page that he would score higher than any poster before him, so that means I'm definitely lower than the poster before me! 
I've never taken an IQ test, so I don't know where I'd fall exactly. Other indicators (academics, standardized testing, being able to pick up knowledge from various professionals in different fields, etc.) makes me suspect I'd probably be above average, but by how much I'm not sure. I've certainly met people who are smarter than me, as well. Although like Borachio, I think I'd also be at least more effectively intelligent if I were highly motivated to advance myself mentally all the time.
I've never taken an IQ test, so I don't know where I'd fall exactly. Other indicators (academics, standardized testing, being able to pick up knowledge from various professionals in different fields, etc.) makes me suspect I'd probably be above average, but by how much I'm not sure. I've certainly met people who are smarter than me, as well. Although like Borachio, I think I'd also be at least more effectively intelligent if I were highly motivated to advance myself mentally all the time.
Kyriakos posted before me, and it's already established on the first page that he would score higher than any poster before him, so that means I'm definitely lower than the poster before me!
I've never taken an IQ test, so I don't know where I'd fall exactly. Other indicators (academics, standardized testing, being able to pick up knowledge from various professionals in different fields, etc.) makes me suspect I'd probably be above average, but by how much I'm not sure. I've certainly met people who are smarter than me, as well. Although like Borachio, I think I'd also be at least more effectively intelligent if I were highly motivated to advance myself mentally all the time.
Well, given this post i have to stress even more that i was joking
I am not that much of a jerk to actually claim without any playful attitude that i am the smartest ever etc. I am a bit less of a jerk than that. While i like my own mental abilities, i was joking 
Crap I don't remember...
Wait...
1420 apparently.
Didn't they change the way that they scored the SAT a number of years ago? Is that 1420 out of 2400? Or out of 1600? I'm fairly certain I remember it was 1600 when I took it. I recall I got 1140 or something like that on it. Of course, when I took it I hadn't finished 2 years of high school.
Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
Does IQ increase while reaching adulthood and decrease after that?
Would seem logical to me.
Would seem logical to me.
IQ is compared to people your age. It's standardized to how old you are.
So, a person who becomes 'adult average' faster than his peers will have a high IQ when he's young and a middling IQ when he's older. It's more impressive to be able to do algebra at 6 than at 16.
Many high scoring youths will effectively come down because a reasonable number of high-scoring youths are merely maturing more quickly
So, a person who becomes 'adult average' faster than his peers will have a high IQ when he's young and a middling IQ when he's older. It's more impressive to be able to do algebra at 6 than at 16.
Many high scoring youths will effectively come down because a reasonable number of high-scoring youths are merely maturing more quickly
Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
Of course it is. What was I thinking?
I hope the rest of mankind is going senile as fast as I am.
I hope the rest of mankind is going senile as fast as I am.
If you think that, I wager you just haven't spent enough time hanging out with neuroscientists and engineers.
Loppan Torkel
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They're still likely to score high on IQ-tests.
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