Do you know your IQ

josip wrote: »

100 today is higher than 100 fifty years ago?
Is this something like inflation?
At least with inflation the numbers go up but the thing itself stays the same so it's easier to understand.

It just suggests each generation of children has actually, on average, been more intelligent than the one that came before. Over the last ~100 years anyway.

There is some speculation that this trend is related to improvements in diet, health and education in the western world, and may be coming to an end. But I'm not sure if that has been proven.

kupus wrote: »

I done one in school and results came back showing I was one of the best,
still didnt stop me from just about passing the leaving cert.

its a number at the end of the day its not worth the piece of paper its written on.

The Leaving Cert has very little to do with intelligence, no more than many of these "I.Q. tests" have.

josip wrote: »

So how bad is a score of 84?
If I was in a room with 100 other people how many would be smarter than me?

Well first of all, your actual IQ might not be 84 if you got that from an online test. I wouldn't put too much stock in that. If you really want to know, go and take a proper one, but you'll have to pay for it.

If your IQ really is 84, then in a room filled with 100 random people (Well, 99 random people and you), on average about 85 of them would have a higher IQ score than that.

If you want a quick fix, take the exact same test again and you'll probably get a higher score. Which is why I don't have much faith in them as a measure of actual intelligence to begin with.

RiverOfLove wrote: »

I did a maths quiz or something in second year in school and came out second in the class.

In later secondary school like maybe 4th or 5th year we did an IQ test. I never received my results from that for some reason. The teacher gave me the run around when I asked for them.

I'd like to do another though. I did an online one just there. My mother was standing and yapping to me while I was doing it. Just yap, yap, yap, yap, yap, yap, yap - christ! It came to the results and they asked me for payment.

There's a free one here that doesn't seem to ever look for any payment. But I'm not sure how good it is.

Post title should read: Post your Epeen IQ here.

Have never done an IQ test. We did differential Aptitude tests (DATs) in secondary school. I scored in the lowest percentile for spatial awareness meaning out of 100 people 99 have better spatial awareness than me. The person who was giving me my feedback commented that he doesn't know how I can walk through doors without walking into a wall. His head nearly went through a wall.

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

But you missed, right?

:pac::pac::pac:

Oh well-hoofed, chief!

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

There's a free one here that doesn't seem to ever look for any payment. But I'm not sure how good it is.

Just did that one and got 124 which is about where I usually score on those. I have done a few over the years so that would have an impact I suppose.

Pj! wrote: »

Dear Pj!,

Thank you for your interest in the test at IQTest.com.

Your general IQ score is: 136



Give me a shout if you ever need a hand with anything.



But seriously, I must be missing the part of the brain that mentally works out the following:

Three congruent regular hexagons can be drawn in such a way that all of them overlap each other and create exactly ten distinct areas or compartments.
True or False

131 on that test. I are stumpid.

Never tested my IQ, it's one of the things I'm always saying I'll get around to.