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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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i have no idea what my iq is, prob much nearer 82.
(, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:08, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
182 is going to be high-functioning Aspergers, to be honest.
(, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:09, Reply)
I'd say you're probably averaging out at not a complete mong though :p
(, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:10, Reply)
because the 11+ is a direct IQ test.
I suspect years of alcohol abuse have lowered it somewhat.
(, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:11, Reply)
I ran to Mensa and they told me that was impossible as the scale only goes to 161
(, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:13, Reply)
depends on the test used of course, but the standard Stanford-Binet scale techincally has no limit, but a practical limit of about 200. anything above 164 is the technical definition of genius.
(, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:17, Reply)
that the highest IQ person living must be about 195-200.
But you can prove anything with statistics. Incidentally, I googled, you're correct, MENSA don't record IQs over 161. Not that you can't have one, but 161 is their "max" so you are recorded as 161 or over. No idea why.
(, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:25, Reply)
I think it's because IQs are based on a standard distribution, and standard distributions are inaccurate outside 3 standard deviations, and the stadard deviation of the IQ distribution is about 15, so an IQ test is only really accurate between 55 and 145.
fucking hell, I could be in my pants drinking G&T and I'm at work debating the SD of an IQ test? I'm going to kill myself.
(, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:33, Reply)
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