I'd like to put forward 2 questions to those who have taken an IQ test in controlled exam conditions, overseen by any governing body which mensa would accept as genuine enough for entry (in this case, disregarding the score of course).

i.e the real deal, no online tests, home tests etc (I'm sure someone will still make a joke concerning this regulation, I'm waiting.....)

Questions:

a) What is your IQ? (out of interest :smile:

)

b) Do you accept IQ scores (in general) as good measurements of general intelligence?

Thanks.

Unofficial one: 133

I had one done by someone at my school, and they said it was impossible to average out a score for me, as I'm in the 95th percentile with literacy and memory skills but in the 40th percentile for mathematical skills or something like that, so an average wouldn't give a true reading. :dontknow:

Basically, I'm good at English, writing and remembering things, and awful at maths. Which I already knew! :tongue:

Reply 27

Mann18

I have an IQ of 145.

I was in the 99th percentile of verbal abilty.

But only in the 77th for mathmatical abilty...

But nah, I'm ****in' with you, I don't know.

Reply 28

Paxdax

Original post by tazarooni89

148 according to Facebook test
154 according to Mensa test
I consider both to be pretty meaningless numbers. Although IQ tests are still fun sometimes :smile:

I'm sure

Reply 29

SuperGuy

Original post by .Ali.

Basically, I'm good at English, writing and remembering things, and awful at maths. Which I already knew! :tongue:

See Title. (however, it's a free country + forum)

Reply 30

.Ali.

Original post by SuperGuy

See Title. (however, it's a free country + forum)

Yes, I know, hence why I included the bit about the official one I had done at school...there wasn't a concrete score, which is why I included the unofficial one. :tongue:

Reply 31

SuperGuy

Original post by .Ali.

Yes, I know, hence why I included the bit about the official one I had done at school...there wasn't a concrete score, which is why I included the unofficial one. :tongue:

Then the average is your score on the IQ test (if it was official), even if your poor mathematical ability drags it down.

Everyone is judged by the same system to see how good they are at handling the questions on the test. If this wasn't the case, there wouldn't be much point to the points/score system.

Reply 32

+ polarity -

Original post by tazarooni89

148 according to Facebook test

One of my lecturers said that intelligence is a measure of the ability to take a complex concept and make it simple and easy to understand. I think that's a pretty good view to have.

Original post by tanzeel

...which is somewhere in the 97th percentile(top 3% worldwide).

But not everyone in the world does the SAT...

I'm not a number.

176.

No.

Who even really cares about IQ anyway? The tests don't measure "intelligence", they merely measure how well you can respond to their questions which, aside from mathematical ones, never really appear in life.

Reply 35

SuperGuy

Original post by F i s

I'm not a number.

No one said you were. ^^^ What a zero! :wink:

Reply 36

Law123mus

I did an IQ test. I got a number so large that i cannot write it down as it is too large for your tiny brain to comprehend. :biggrin:

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 37

F i s

Original post by SuperGuy

No one said you were. ^^^ What a zero! :wink:

Hahhah, No.

Reply 38

alex_hk90

Original post by SuperGuy

a) What is your IQ? (out of interest :smile:

)

b) Do you accept IQ scores (in general) as good measurements of general intelligence?

If you don't want to know or care then click.

Reply 39

TheBigCh

a) What is your IQ? (out of interest )
Two summers ago I sat the Mensa test at express Leeds and came out with an IQ score of 163, which I'd assume has increased somewhat since then.

b) Do you accept IQ scores (in general) as good measurements of general intelligence?
Well if I was to accept IQ scores as important, then I'd be a veritable genius, which I'm not really. So no? I think anyone with an IQ of over 120 is clever enough to maintain an intellectual conversation with though