/sci/ - Science & Math

You seem to be going through a stage where you're obsessed with IQ, /sci/. I chalk this up to your insecurities and your need to validate and compare your intellect to (a) prove that you really have an intellect since all of your self-worth is funneled into the idea that you do, and (b) prove that you are on the level of or superior to posters from a site widely considered one of the least intelligent on the Internet. Whether or not IQ measures intellect is irrelevant at this point, since you aren't being productive either way. If you must must must validate your studies with the conviction that you are a genius, you are more hung up on your ego than actual knowledge and progress. As such, you are squandering your potential big-time.

My two cents.

>>2602320
>least intelligent on the Internet
This is /sci/, you must not have truly seen the internet.

95% of the asked population thinks their IQ is above average. This is mathematically impossible.

>>2602613

95% of the "asked" population.

If only 10% of the population were asked, then it is possible.

You are a faggot.

An interesting documentary about IQ, regardless of all its shortcomings: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/battle-brains/

>>2602627

95% of /b/'s population think their IQ is above average.

That is impossible.

>>2602660

>Implying that /b/ accounts accurately in direct proportion to the rest of civilization in due fact to intelligence and social conditioning.

Tested by a psychologist with Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale WAIS-III. 143 points. Can anyone calculate my percentile score? I can't find the papers and statistics is hard when you're high.

>>2602685
Mean is ofc 100 and standard dev is 15 on that test btw

Ugh. Didn't find it too hard but I just ran out of patience at around 20 and randomly clicked the rest. I don't have time for that shit.

That test only has 1 puzzle type. Instafail.

>>2602685
http://www.kids-iq-tests.com/IQ-Calculator-II.html

Says 99.798

I assume it's so that it can be used by anyone, regardless of language.

>>2602731
>>2602731
Danke schön, I had calculated it myself some time ago but had forgotten.

>>2602685
>>2602685
here.

My test was not just a simple and stupid internet test. There where blocks I arranged to make pictures, timed. Memorization tests, number and letter mental manipulation, arithmetic, general knowledge verbal questions, vocabulary and word usage questions, timed exercises, comic strips I had to arrange accordingly, general use of knowledge verbal questions, puzzles, matrix questions and some more, I think. Took three and a half hours.

I love how people actually consider this a valid test. My IQ is lower than that of Forest Gumps according to this test. Wow, just wow.. Graduate fag here, I reject the results.

Furthermore, go look up Mensa tests. They're nothing like this. This is just the manipulation of one problem.

> logic puzzles measure overall intelligence

>>2602820

I know, I'm a medical student, and my score is that of some backwoods retard. I scored lower than fucking Forest Gump(tion). Then again this site isn't hosted through a University..

>>2602799
You should be slightly worried then. The test is crap and deals with only one kind of problem, but your low score indicates you are very weak in this particular type of problem.

Holy crap, just took a look at it. After an entire night spent awake, I'm not doing this pointless crap. It changes nothing anyways, I remain just as intelligent (or retarded) as before.

Read 'em and weep.
But ya, this test is gay and doesn't prove shit.

wtf is this shit. cannot be true.

POST YOU'RE IQ GUYZ

MINE IS 147.362

Seriously, though, you guys are faggots.

>>2602826
Unless you consider rote memorization a major part of a person's overall intelligence, mentioning your being a medical student is meaningless.

>>2602751
Can you find any online problem that are similar to your own test?
Mine was at 8 and I can't remember any of it.

>>2603032

>>2602281
124, suck it OP

I got 108.

I do not care. I'm a pure math student at UT and got an engineering degree from UW.

Work hard, folks. That is all that matters. Work as much as you need to understand something.

I don't get it. How do you guys see any pattern? Either I'm a retard or i'm on a mental set that is preventing me from seeing any patterns.

>>2603078
>>2603078

I don't know of anything similar to a full scale test online, but you could check out how the real deal looks here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wechsler_Adult_Intelligence_Scale#WAIS-III

>>2603032
>>2603032
Being able to hold a shit ton of information in your head and be able to recall/recognize it when its needed is part of intelligence in my book.

I once took an online "IQ test" where about 20% of the questions involved sports and pop culture trivia. Barry Bonds' birthday is apparently srs bsns.

The result of the test

By the answers you submitted your IQ is

108

The same or a better result is only reached by

37.05% of the people taking the test.


Slightly above average feels better than the time I got 90 on an IQ test 5 years ago.

>>2603509

If that's what you believe. I believe that any fool can memorize almost any number of things, given enough time. So while memory may be "part" of intelligence, being able to memorize doesn't make you any smarter than a "backwoods retard".

The work ethic possessed by med students and doctors is certainly to be admired, though.

>>2602281
OP, 129 is 97th percentile on a real IQ test

the fact that your test's data collected thinks it's 88th percentile means your test is shitty and too easy.

>>2603554
>given enough time
Theres the key idea. Ask a medical student what life is like those 4 years and residency.

>>2602685
>has an IQ of 143
>can't use google

you can not prove your IQ. Intelligence is a measure of how you use the information you receive, not the amount of information you retain. That's called memory. i can teach anyone the Pythagorean Theorem, but being able to use it without guidance is where intelligence comes in. I am above average intelligence, not genius, and it has been my experience that the easiest way to tell is that everyone asks you for help for just about everything. even if they have the information, they can not process it in a way that presents them a solution to their problem. and who cares how smart you are, most people don't use their intelligence properly anyhow.

>>2603644

I don't think it's quite that simple. In some of my classes, the professor will ask the class very basic questions (out of lack of faith or to see if we're still awake, I don't know) and everyone hesitates.

It could be a confidence issue where everyone is pretty sure he knows the answer but the fear of humiliation prevents him from going out on that limb.

125, and I'm high as a kite.

I don't trust it. I don't think I am this smart.

How long does this test take? I can't be bothered if it takes too long.

>>2603741
35 questions * 45sec

>>2603741
at most half an hour, with some rounding error

You people are idiots for even wasting your time on a fucking online IQ test.

>>2603741
35*45 secods = 26.5 minutes if you're a slow fuck

>>2602520
No, it's true. We have both the best and the worst of the internet. There's a sharp divide since average people with IQs of 100 are too afraid to make a stupid post to reply.

>purposefully get everything wrong
>make >160 scores easy as fuck to get

>>2603554
I know what book you plagiarized that from.

One day intelligence will be demonstrated by empirical brain scans rather than fishy IQ tests (which one can easily get good at--there are even practice books available).

Skill in a specialization(s) > IQ.

>>2603832
no

IQ:40
>mfw