You're all quite right Average is 100
What I should have said is 90 is normal and an IQ of 90 doesn't necessarily make you a massive thicko.
( Peej, Tue 30 Aug 2011, 16:22, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

it fucking does.
Frankly anything below about 120 makes you barely worth talking to.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 30 Aug 2011, 16:26, Reply)

Really?
I work with a guy who quite obviously has a low IQ, he would have to read the instructions to know how to take the lid of a jam jar but he has a good memory so has learned and remembered a lot of stuff and is bloody good at his job, he has also led an interesting life so has a lot of interesting things to talk about. The fact that his ability to work things out for him self is low doesn't make him thick
( Peej, Tue 30 Aug 2011, 16:34, Reply)

Similarly
there are incredibly intelligent people out there with no idea of how to function socially or with any shred of common sense whatsoever. A friend of mine's daughter is one of these people. And I'm not talking about autists and Aspies, here.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 30 Aug 2011, 16:37, Reply)

My aunt got 155 in a MENSA test
and she believes in God
( Peej, Tue 30 Aug 2011, 16:40, Reply)

I'd still rather talk to a socially incompetent clever person
than a socially adept Daily Mail reader.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 30 Aug 2011, 16:45, Reply)

yes it does, this is what thick means
whether you are OK with it or not is another matter.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 30 Aug 2011, 16:43, Reply)

There's a massive difference between Knowledge, Experience and Intelligence
You can be extremely knowledgeable about a subject with a low IQ.
( Peej, Tue 30 Aug 2011, 16:50, Reply)