I only know mine at the age of 10
because the 11+ is a direct IQ test.

I suspect years of alcohol abuse have lowered it somewhat.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:11, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I once managed to get a score of 163 on an online thing
I ran to Mensa and they told me that was impossible as the scale only goes to 161
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:13, Reply)

They're talking arse
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.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:17, Reply)

I've just realised you got 163
SO CLOSE, badge. SO CLOSE.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:18, Reply)

Story of my life

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:22, Reply)

I think it's reckoned statistically
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.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:25, Reply)

i am guessing
that the founder/chairman has an iq of 161
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:28, Reply)

hahaha

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:30, Reply)

haha
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.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Apr 2011, 12:33, Reply)