Thread: IQ

I just got my IQ test done and i got a score of 138.

is this considered high, and also what does the IQ actually represent?

@Heinsbergrelatz I seriously admire You, I'm jealous, mine is around 100 which is average, so yes, 138 is a high IQ. In fact, just 3% of world population has IQ above 130....

Inteligence actually represents your ability to comprehend tasks fast, to solve logical problems more easily, to be able to think "outside of the box"
IQ is a way of measuring intelligence. It is actually measured like this

IQ= MA/CA * 100%

where MA represent your mental development(mental age)
and CA represent your age (calendar age)

For example: my CA is 17(y.o.). If I do all the questions for that are made for 16 year olds but not the ones for 17, my MA will be 16

IQ= 16/17 *100% => 94 which is below average

On the other hand, if I do all the questions for 17 year olds my IQ is:

IQ= 17/17 * 100% => 100 which is most common

the same thing is if you do questions that are above your age. Considering your IQ is 138 I'd say you did quite well on those "upper level" questions =))

Ay thats good.

It would be great to see if you could get rid of the uncertainty principle though. It will save me a job 8)

You can't really tell anything from the IQ number alone.

If an IQ test has a maximum possible score of 140 and u score 139 then clearly you're very smart.

But another test might have a maximum possible score of 160. But if you scored only 139 in this test that would be a lower score in comparison to the other test.

I know that the UK IQ test and the US IQ test are scored differently so direct comparison is impossible.

Thus you have to look at what percentage you are in. That is, does your score put you in the top 30% of people? top 10%? top 2% (mensa class)?

Also, you can't trust those IQ tests off the internet. You can get widely different results from different tests.

Originally Posted by sox

Also, you can't trust those IQ tests off the internet. You can get widely different results from different tests.

Yeah, I wanted to say that too.... If you did that kind of test, it is definitely not correct. The only ones that I count are MENSA and similar.

Originally Posted by JennLonhon

@Heinsbergrelatz I seriously admire You, I'm jealous, mine is around 100 which is average, so yes, 138 is a high IQ. In fact, just 3% of world population has IQ above 130....

Inteligence actually represents your ability to comprehend tasks fast, to solve logical problems more easily, to be able to think "outside of the box"
IQ is a way of measuring intelligence. It is actually measured like this

IQ= MA/CA * 100%

where MA represent your mental development(mental age)
and CA represent your age (calendar age)

For example: my CA is 17(y.o.). If I do all the questions for that are made for 16 year olds but not the ones for 17, my MA will be 16

IQ= 16/17 *100% => 94 which is below average

On the other hand, if I do all the questions for 17 year olds my IQ is:

IQ= 17/17 * 100% => 100 which is most common

the same thing is if you do questions that are above your age. Considering your IQ is 138 I'd say you did quite well on those "upper level" questions =))

Don't be jealous of other people for ANY reason. You'll only end up bitter.

Also, I wouldn't measure your IQ when your this young as you are still growing. It is quite possible it will increase up until you're in your early 20's. My IQ has increased significantly since I was 17.

It's not really jealousy, just a wish to see how it is like to have that kind of intelligence. But on the other hand, I have never measured my IQ on a verified test, so.... who knows =)

of course the result i told here is not the internet one, but Mensa International here in Singapore.

if i take the ones on the internet, its like 160+, and that is definitely wrong

Originally Posted by Heinsbergrelatz

if i take the ones on the internet, its like 160+, and that is definitely wrong

haha, a modest guy =)) That's a new =))

He's only a teenager too...

I see bright horizons for you heisenberg, what is your real name by the way?

I see bright horizons for you heisenberg, what is your real name by the way?

Stephan Kim

I thought you were older.... How old are you? :?

16, still along way to go

There seems to be something about that name and liking physics...

Your giving out your name on the internet???

Your IQ has just dropped drastically.

Your giving out your name on the internet???

Your IQ has just dropped drastically.

i hardly think so

Originally Posted by Heinsbergrelatz

16, still along way to go

Dude, we're the same age, I seriously thought you were really near thirty-s (@_@) There really is something in liking physics and that name =))

Originally Posted by sox

Your giving out your name on the internet???

Your IQ has just dropped drastically.

But, he might have taken in account that there are other people with the exact name, so finding him would still be pretty tough.

What if 'they' do find me anyway. What will they do? Spam my letterbox with chinese restaurant leaflets? :P

There really is something in liking physics and that name =))

My goal is to become a theoretical physicist :-D

Originally Posted by Heinsbergrelatz

There really is something in liking physics and that name =))

My goal is to become a theoretical physicist :-D

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle is a load of rubbish...

There you go, theoretical physics

Theoretical physicist studying what?

Originally Posted by Quantime

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle is a load of rubbish...

I'm not sure about that.

Theoretical physicist studying what?

im not quite sure, but ill have to say Quantum field theories, or quantum mechanics does seem intriguing. Though i know, its not an easy task, i am still willing to go for it.

Originally Posted by Heinsbergrelatz

Though i know, its not an easy task, i am still willing to go for it.

Good mindset. That's what will get you places.

In my experience of things, it's the people who work hard that master the hardest concepts.

Originally Posted by Heinsbergrelatz

There really is something in liking physics and that name =))

My goal is to become a theoretical physicist :-D

Leonard Hofstadter ha? =))

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1480300544/ch0034093

Joke, of course =)

Wow, what a high score. Did you fall within the 2% margin?

Originally Posted by sox

Originally Posted by JennLonhon

@Heinsbergrelatz I seriously admire You, I'm jealous, mine is around 100 which is average, so yes, 138 is a high IQ. In fact, just 3% of world population has IQ above 130....

Inteligence actually represents your ability to comprehend tasks fast, to solve logical problems more easily, to be able to think "outside of the box"
IQ is a way of measuring intelligence. It is actually measured like this

IQ= MA/CA * 100%

where MA represent your mental development(mental age)
and CA represent your age (calendar age)

For example: my CA is 17(y.o.). If I do all the questions for that are made for 16 year olds but not the ones for 17, my MA will be 16

IQ= 16/17 *100% => 94 which is below average

On the other hand, if I do all the questions for 17 year olds my IQ is:

IQ= 17/17 * 100% => 100 which is most common

the same thing is if you do questions that are above your age. Considering your IQ is 138 I'd say you did quite well on those "upper level" questions =))

Don't be jealous of other people for ANY reason. You'll only end up bitter.

Also, I wouldn't measure your IQ when your this young as you are still growing. It is quite possible it will increase up until you're in your early 20's. My IQ has increased significantly since I was 17.

I agree wholeheartedly. Not too long ago I was a lazy, unproductive, unintelligent teen who hadn't realized his potential (still haven't fully). I didn't even try to read any books other than a few stephen king novels until I hit 20. By chance one day I started reading about evolution in a bookstore. I had heard about it before but I, like so many ignorant, uninformed people in this electronic age did little other than play video games, talk on the phone and watch internet porn at the time. Soon after the first book, I bought several others and read them over a period of two years. What really got my attention was the philosophy behind the implication of the theory (or fact, as people with a high IQ would say :wink: ) brought to my attention by Richard Dawkins, and in retrospect what should have been common sense. Dawkins got me thinking that we aren't perhaps as special as we humans once thought we were in the grand scheme of things. I already think I knew that simple fact but it wasn't something I really thought about often before then. Knowing about Copernicus as a kid led me to believe that we were but specks of dust in an enormous solar system (it didn't, however keep me from believing that as a human I was somehow superior to all other forms of life); Dawkins let me know I was an animal. I had heard it several times before from biology teachers in high school but he got the point across with undeniable scientific evidence that I hadn't been exposed to before then. I had lived a sheltered life in a small town where there was very little focus on evolution in the classroom. Yet that's beside that point I'm trying to make. What I really want you to get out of this is that A.) finding a subject of interest can boost your IQ, B.) It's never too late to get smart :-D . My advice, expand your intellectual frontiers one subject at a time and always ask for help if you need it.

Originally Posted by gottspieler

I agree wholeheartedly. Not too long ago I was a lazy, unproductive, unintelligent teen who hadn't realized his potential (still haven't fully). I didn't even try to read any books other than a few stephen king novels until I hit 20. By chance one day I started reading about evolution in a bookstore. I had heard about it before but I, like so many ignorant, uninformed people in this electronic age did little other than play video games, talk on the phone and watch internet porn at the time. Soon after the first book, I bought several others and read them over a period of two years. What really got my attention was the philosophy behind the implication of the theory (or fact, as people with a high IQ would say :wink: ) brought to my attention by Richard Dawkins, and in retrospect what should have been common sense. Dawkins got me thinking that we aren't perhaps as special as we humans once thought we were in the grand scheme of things. I already think I knew that simple fact but it wasn't something I really thought about often before then. Knowing about Copernicus as a kid led me to believe that we were but specks of dust in an enormous solar system (it didn't, however keep me from believing that as a human I was somehow superior to all other forms of life); Dawkins let me know I was an animal. I had heard it several times before from biology teachers in high school but he got the point across with undeniable scientific evidence that I hadn't been exposed to before then. I had lived a sheltered life in a small town where there was very little focus on evolution in the classroom. Yet that's beside that point I'm trying to make. What I really want you to get out of this is that A.) finding a subject of interest can boost your IQ, B.) It's never too late to get smart :-D . My advice, expand your intellectual frontiers one subject at a time and always ask for help if you need it.

Well, I do read a lot of Stephen King, but to be honest, I am a person with a great variety of interests: I play guitar, write poetry, do a little bit of microscopic research, craft items, do voluntary work etc, and above everything else, tend to find answers to a whole bunch of scientific questions I have, as well as do my best to fulfill my dream of becoming a neuroscientist. =) Somewhere in free time, I read King, Pekic or similar writers and books like "Perfect memory" :-D :-D

I took a IQ test and the results were 126. I am only 14 years old. When I become older and know more knowledge will my IQ be higher?

yes

Originally Posted by Smurkey Smurk

I took a IQ test and the results were 126. I am only 14 years old. When I become older and know more knowledge will my IQ be higher?

No, IQ and kowledge are two completely different things.

Originally Posted by Twit of wit

Originally Posted by Smurkey Smurk

I took a IQ test and the results were 126. I am only 14 years old. When I become older and know more knowledge will my IQ be higher?

No, IQ and kowledge are two completely different things.

Not strictly true. If the knowledge includes how to score well in IQ tests then your IQ will register as higher.

Originally Posted by Twit of wit

Originally Posted by Smurkey Smurk

I took a IQ test and the results were 126. I am only 14 years old. When I become older and know more knowledge will my IQ be higher?

No, IQ and kowledge are two completely different things.

Most IQ tests are geared towards older people who tend to have a slightly wider base of knowledge. His IQ won't necessarily have a higher IQ when he graduates, but he likely will.

i thought 140 or so was average. i got 149 during my adhd tests and they told me i was simply 'above average'. do they score it differently for that test?

IQ is an invalid way of testing intelligence. An IQ number is not at all significant. What really matters is if you know how/when to apply such knowledge or not. That is what measures intellect, not a mere lowly pathetic exam.

The only persons that brag about IQ tend to be intellectual narcissists.

Originally Posted by abcd1019

What really matters is if you know how/when to apply such knowledge or not.

And that is exactly what IQ measures.

Originally Posted by Twit of wit

Originally Posted by abcd1019

What really matters is if you know how/when to apply such knowledge or not.

And that is exactly what IQ measures.

That's what IQ is intended to measure, not what is actually measured.