Last one, honest
Sky Sports presenters.

Ok - a bit vague bit my reasoning is sound.

Their use of the word "genious". "Christiano Ronaldo is a genius", "Shane Warne is a genious" blah.

No they are not. OED and MENSA state that a genious has an IQ over 130 (may be 140 tbh). You show me any sports person with an IQ that high (apart from may Chess players, although it's not quite entertaining enough for Sky) and I will point at a big fat liar.

That is all.

PS - my spelling is appauling. Sorry.
(gjb006, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 0:35, 8 replies)

Bobby Czyz – Boxer, former two-time World Boxing Association Cruiserweight Champion
Marcus Grönholm - two-time World Rally Champion
Henry Milligan – A boxer and scholar; he was the 1983 National Amateur Heavyweight champion
Nicky Piper – Boxer

There are probably lots more...
(XmanX captain upsetter hahahahaha, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 8:09, closed)

Joey Beauchamp
footballer... became a member of MENSA, apparently. My mate sold him the 'test yourself at home' book from Waterstone's.

He scanned the book, looked at him, and thought, "what the fuck are you doing buying this?"

A few weeks later, it was reported in the local rag that he had joined Vorderman and co.
(The Kwyjibo A big, dumb, balding North American ape., Wed 10 Feb 2010, 9:06, closed)

Colin Charvis
2 years above me at school, it was a grammar school which took the top 100 junior school pupils in the LEA catchment, which in practice means an IQ of 130+.

Also a damn fine rugby player (he was in the first team & I was in the second).
( thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 9:20, closed)

I would give you a click for "my spelling is appauling"
If I thought you were being ironnick.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 10:18, closed)

Bad spelling is one thing
But at least be consistent
(Pesky Eskimo Gadzooks!, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 13:03, closed)

IQ levels
This can vary depending on the test. I seem to recall reading somewhere years ago that an IQ of above 30~50 was required to be clinically defined as a human. Below 85 was clinically mentally retarded (remember the film Alien 3 and the ass-kissing character with the nickname 85?). Also I thought genius was defined to be above 180 with a sliding scale going from average - intelligent - very intelligent - gifted - very gifted - genius.

A quick google search seems to indicate that there is no common decision on the matter and it'll just depend on which test and scale you use.
e.g. www.personality-and-aptitude-career-tests.com/wechsler-iq-test-ratings.html

Entry into MENSA requires an IQ in the top 2% of the population, which I think works out as an IQ greater than 148.

/relurk
(Dr_Faustus filius of a femina canis, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 13:06, closed)

Pretty much
The difference to be noted is the standard deviation of the scale you've chosen if you need to compare.

For most IQ tests that a psychologist administers, the SD is 15. So an IQ of 130+ is the top 5%. For most tests that people quote, the SD is 21-23, so an IQ of 140+ is in the top 5%.

This means that most psychologists worth their salt use percentiles to avoid confusion. So you'll usually get a percentile range (eg 75th-84th percentile) which you can then convert to whatever score you "want".

Basic statistics really needs to be covered at school. All I remember is asking people about their favourite ice cream flavour and charting it...
(mmmm curry doesn't really understand this sig lark, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 15:16, closed)

You could stop your sentence
at "show me a sports person with an IQ"

and it would be very funnay!
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Wed 10 Feb 2010, 20:51, closed)