Do you know your IQ?

[NCC1968]

My fav bumper sticker:

"I'm as smart as a horse and hung like Einstein"

 

[Philo]

Thanks, Elmo. And sorry everyone for rambling on.

I'm not sure what to make of IQ tests. I've never taken one, but I don't think I'd score too highly if I did - when it comes to exams, tests and similar things I am the King of Epic Fail. Too nervous and distracted with my brain racing in neutral at the speed of gibberish. What?!?. It makes sense to me.

I was always considered intelligent by teachers, friends and family, yet never expressed it academically no matter how hard I tried.

Where I am I going with this? Anyone?

That probably means you're gifted.

 

[The]

I like pie.

 

[Davros]

Last time I was tested I was rated at 140.

I like pie.

3.14 is my favorite number.

 

[Finn]

I can't speak to any linguistic differences, but I think it's a pretty pervasive attitude in all of western society, at least. People equate smart with someone who's good at Jeopardy.

I've also seen English majors throw their grammarian weight around, correcting the writing of physics majors in a very haughty manner...yet they have difficulty adding fractions. Who's to say who's smarter?

(and no, the answer isn't the English/Physics double major )

I know an English Major who writes sloppy grammar mistakes (or just lazy writing) in some emails.

 

[msbae]

Tested at age 10, achieved a score of 184 with a reading level 6 years ahead of my then-current grade level. I have no idea what my IQ would be now but, that doesn't matter. I've only become smarter (and wiser) with time.

 

[ITL]

Thanks, Elmo. And sorry everyone for rambling on.

I'm not sure what to make of IQ tests. I've never taken one, but I don't think I'd score too highly if I did - when it comes to exams, tests and similar things I am the King of Epic Fail. Too nervous and distracted with my brain racing in neutral at the speed of gibberish. What?!?. It makes sense to me.

I was always considered intelligent by teachers, friends and family, yet never expressed it academically no matter how hard I tried.

Where I am I going with this? Anyone?

That probably means you're gifted.

Nah. It means I'm probably not as much of a blithering dunce as my academic crappitude would indicate.

 

[Philo]

^

Ah, see, true to my name, I'm just a philosophunculist.

 

[ITL]

^

Ah, see, true to my name, I'm just a philosophunculist.

Google is my friend. I now know what that word means. Not that you are one, of course.

Or...are you? 'Tis a mystery.

Or...is it?

Shutting up, now.

 

[Philo]

It's possible, but it's also possible I'm just a philoxenist instead.

 

[ITL]

STOP MAKING ME GOOGLE THINGS, YOU CANADIAN SWINE!

(Yes, this stranger is entertained).

 

[Eric Cheung]

I've only taken online tests, and not even those for some time, but I gone anywhere from the 120s to the 150s. Of course IQ tests examine both intelligence and knowledge. This makes them inherently biased, often culturally.

 

[Philo]

STOP MAKING ME GOOGLE THINGS, YOU CANADIAN SWINE!

Oh, don't be such a crambazzle! You'll give yourself drapetomania!





Okay, I'm done. I swear. Really. In fact...

crambazzle - A worn out old man
drapetomania - An overwhelming urge to run away from home

 

[ITL]

STOP MAKING ME GOOGLE THINGS, YOU CANADIAN SWINE!

Oh, don't be such a crambazzle! You'll give yourself drapetomania!





Okay, I'm done. I swear. Really. In fact...

crambazzle - A worn out old man
drapetomania - An overwhelming urge to run away from home

Canuckodefenestratomania. An overwhelming urge to throw Canadians out of windows.

 

[Philo]

Canuckodefenestratomania. An overwhelming urge to throw Canadians out of windows.

I get that one a lot.

 

[ITL]

Canuckodefenestratomania. An overwhelming urge to throw Canadians out of windows.

I get that one a lot.

The urge, or the window based airborne action?

 

[Danoz]

I don't know.

I do remember taking a test like this in early middle school when I was diagnosed as ADHD and needed to score a certain amount before they could place me in higher learning English courses. But, that was a long time ago!

 

[trekkerguy]

I've only taken online tests, and not even those for some time, but I gone anywhere from the 120s to the 150s. Of course IQ tests examine both intelligence and knowledge. This makes them inherently biased, often culturally.

I don't remember any being based on knowledge...

 

[ManOnTheWave]

Lies.

I think he was just born with an extra finger.

Or maybe he counts using his....

Oh dear.

[Bender]Hey, my antenna's gone! Oh, there it is.[/Bender]


I've never taken a sit down IQ test. I've taken a few online tests and had drastically different results each time. I'm not sure I really want to know.

 

[Eric Cheung]

I've only taken online tests, and not even those for some time, but I gone anywhere from the 120s to the 150s. Of course IQ tests examine both intelligence and knowledge. This makes them inherently biased, often culturally.

I don't remember any being based on knowledge...

Even IQ tests are based on an understanding that someone has knowledge of a particular language, and the style of learning indigenous to the area where the test was developed. It's impossible for such a test not to be culturally biased in some way.