IQ

[Anonymous No.7603676]

Hey

I am considering taking the IQ test to join Mensa.
I scored 124 on a 40 min test online, and thought I would just give it a shot.
As far as I know you have to score 130.
I know IQ doesn't mean anything, but I just want to see how it goes.

Has anyone taken the test? And has any advice?
I know IQ is something you can increase to some degree, and was hoping someone had some experience in this.

Otherwise anything related is welcome.
Pic related, it's the test I took.

[Anonymous No.7603679]

>>7603676

mensa person here

sure take those tests join mensa and then go to the meetings

in my several years of attending in 2 different cities mostly lots of non-achiever types who's only claim to success is passing an iq-test

why is this ? because successful people or even people who have applied themselves in life don't have time to go to meetings about how smart they are because they are busy living their lives

that typed I did have some fun and meet some nice people back in Atlanta bigger city than here in seattle bunch of goofs but even the Atlanta group faded after a few years they got too mensa-onlyish

whatever

[Anonymous No.7603683]

>>7603676
"I know IQ doesn't mean anything"

Well... it does, actually.

[Anonymous No.7603716]

>>7603683
Not very much, it's like judging a car by a photo.

It may look good but if the engine is missing the car won't be moving.

If you score 160 on an IQ test but have a paranoid personality with delusions of mind controlling lizards ruling society you're still not going anywhere.

[Anonymous No.7603745]

>>7603679

Interesting. I haven't really read a whole lot on Mensa, could you describe these meetings for me?
And is there any benefit of being a member?

I kinda though that it was a clever idea to charge people a fee to take their test, and then give them a piece of paper to show off, if the managed to get 130 or above..

[Anonymous No.7603747]

>>7603679
The funny thing is that plenty of people can get into Mensa. Top 2% isn't exclusive. Millions could join. But it's generally only going to be insecure people who join. High IQ isn't an accomplishment in itself.

[Anonymous No.7603755]

i think 126 is ok considering im tired and drunk

[Anonymous No.7603770]

>>7603755

I think it said on my test, if you got over 120, you had pretty high chances on getting 130 on your official Mensa test.
However it might just be a clever way of feeding the ego of someone willing to pay a fee to take the test, and most likely fail.. I dno

[Anonymous No.7603778]

>>7603747

True. However I don't agree that it isn't a accomplishment. It says that you have a greater IQ than a lot of people, regardless of what sort of "wisdom" it measures.
The fact is that IQ test can only be used to measure how good a person is a taking IQ tests, not as a measurement of wisdom.
So a person with a high IQ should not consider one self a wiser as a person with lower IQ, but he can say that he is better at taking IQ tests and solving those tasks. If it makes any sense..

[Anonymous No.7603810]

>>7603770
>it might just be a clever way of feeding the ego of someone willing to pay a fee to take the test, and most likely fail
Probably this tbh, has anyone even scored less than 120 to any internet IQ test ?

[Anonymous No.7603826]

>>7603810

I've seen people seriously take that specific IQ test and end up around 100.

It was some basic psychology course so who knows what kind of type they were

[Anonymous No.7603846]

>>7603676
>>7603676
Both times I've taken this test I have scored 126.
First time normal, quiet, caffeine.
Second time drunk too the point where I'm singing out loud the patterns I'm recognizing.

That other test that floats around here I score sub130 as well.

[Anonymous No.7603851]

>>7603676
I'm 130 on that test. I've never taken an official one in person so I have no idea how accurate it is. I would not go so far as to say that IQ does not mean anything, by a long shot. It's more accurate to say that high IQ alone does not guarantee life success, though it does help a great deal. The concept's reputation has taken a beating due to inconvenient associations with race and gender over the years.

In principle I understand the utility of high IQ societies, they're clubs that let people be around others with a certain minimum level of ability. If you happen not to work/live in a high IQ environment but want a particular kind of company, they could be useful.

[Anonymous No.7603894]

>>7603851

Have you taken the test multiple times?
Or have you taken a lot of tests? If so, has the IQ increased due to know what kind of tasks there will be?

I could just imagine that there is a difference between just taking a test once and doing it regular.

[Anonymous No.7603913]

>all these posts claiming genius-tier IQs
>they're still riddled with misspellings

Lmaoing @ this thread

[Anonymous No.7603918]

>>7603894
I haven't taken that one multiple times, I have taken others floating about online, that was a couple of years ago though. I actually took this one a few months back after seeing a discussion of IQ.

I'm not sure if the others are still up, they were whatever the harder tests were for highiqsociety. I just looked and I see that they're now charging for the test! There used to be a bunch for free.

You probably can increase IQ scores somewhat with practice, but that isn't going to matter for the really hard questions, the ones that force you to track lots of variables at once. I also believe that IQ score is fairly consistent when retested. Mine has been around the 130 mark from the online stuff I've done, except for obviously shitty ones where I get 150+. I can tell you right now I don't have a 150 IQ.

[Anonymous No.7603922]

>>7603913
Literally not a single post claims this.

[Anonymous No.7603928]

>>7603922
Hes butthurt about his low IQ, just ignore him.

[Anonymous No.7604031]

Does IQ increase/decrease with age? I took an IQ test when I was 12 and got 132 iirc. I gave it more importance than I should have for a time, but now I'm wondering if that would be higher or lower now that I'm older.

[Anonymous No.7604039]

>>7604031
Childhood IQ tests are weighted by age. In other words they increase your score in proportion to how young you are.

[Anonymous No.7604042]

>>7604039
Ah, I see. Shame, I always thought the 130-ish score I got was sorta low for my expectations. I guess I'm just not that smart :(

[Anonymous No.7604054]

>>7604042
Why not get tested and find out? If you care.

[Anonymous No.7604059]

>>7604031
>>7604042
So you think your brain power is the same as a smart 12 year-old ?

[Anonymous No.7604065]

>>7603778
I don't think this is true. It's just a common meme. I just think that IQ doesn't really matter in society unless it's in the more extreme ranges. Otherwise, society has enough buffers and redundancies, and values a wide enough gamut of skills to more or less level the playing field.
In other words, I think IQ does measure your intelligence, it's only that we've constructed a society in which intelligence is just not as determinant as we like to believe it is so a positive correlation is not as strongly seen in practice. This is, I think, more good than bad, but I guess it can be bad from a certain pov.

[H No.7604069]

>>7604042
What he means is that your child IQ is your mental age divided by your age, times 100. As an adult it has a different definition, but one would expect it to stay about the same.
I don't think that's how they calculate child IQ any more, though.

[Anonymous No.7604173]

>>7603676
What am I even looking at?

This isn't an IQ test, this is a "guess what the test writer was thinking" test.

[Anonymous No.7604194]

>>7604173
Arent all tests like that?
and if nots its, "guess what the author this question originally came from was thinking"

[Anonymous No.7604212]

>>7603676
>wanting to join ego stroking society of people with basically no accomplishments besides getting high iq scores

[Anonymous No.7604219]

>>7604173
Is that what your IQ tells this test is about ?

[Anonymous No.7604223]

>>7604212
> I know everyone in the world and I know people who take IQ tests do absolutely nothing
Calm down kid

[Anonymous No.7604245]

I took one of those IQ tests online and it gave me a 128 rating.

Did I make it, yet?

[Anonymous No.7604249]

>>7604173
Do you not get it?

Hint: It's H

[Anonymous No.7604267]

>>7604031
>>7604039
>>7604059
It is very fluid until 18 I think. I've had my IQ officially tested 3 times. The first time I was 10 and scored 142. The second time It was when I got hospitalized for suicide ideation or whatever bullshit when I was 13. I scored 119 on that one. When I was 16 after I had did lots of drugs and felt very depressed but was getting better than when I was 13, I scored a 135.

In the end though... they are just numbers and psychologist will never be able to quantify a human being no matter how comforting that reality might seem.

[Anonymous No.7604273]

>>7604267
I said 18 by the way but thats actually a common misconception. The brain still shows some signs of growth and development up to your mid 20's even.

[Anonymous No.7604312]

>>7603846
just unfortunately spent 40 minutes on that too. got 126 as well.

[Anonymous No.7604475]

I scored 122 in this test: http://www.free-iqtest.net/

I am a genius?

[Anonymous No.7604490]

>>7603676
You can't increase your IQ, you can increase how well you do on the tests.

[Anonymous No.7604513]

psychologist here, IQ is a good representation of whatever you're testing for and nothing more

[Anonymous No.7604824]

>>7604475
I got 145

I wonder if html works in this

<html>
<a href="http://www.free-iqtest.net" title="IQ Test for Free">
<img src="http://www.free-iqtest.net/images/badges2/1145.gif" width="200" height="100" alt="IQ Test For Free" border="0"></a><br/><a title="IQ Test for Free" href=http://www.free-iqtest.net">IQ Test for Free</a>
</html>

I did it on my phone so i can't screencap.

[Anonymous No.7604831]

>>7604513
>psychologist
>thinks he knows what he's talking about

[Anonymous No.7604949]

>>7604831
>implying I'm wrong

[Anonymous No.7604957]

My IQ is 15.

[Anonymous No.7604963]

>>7604949
>implying both of you arent right

also >>7603676 fuck off with your stupid ass unscientific shit

[Anonymous No.7605424]

>>7603810
2 of my friends took it and got 115 and 113 on this one https://mensa.dk/sites/default/files/index.swf

[Anonymous No.7605430]

>>7604957
liar

[Anonymous No.7605432]

behold my epenis

[Anonymous No.7605778]

>wanting to join memesa

[Anonymous No.7607336]

>>7605778
You can put it on your resume and impress normies into giving you a job.

[Anonymous No.7607341]

Pretty much everyone at my law school has a high enough LSAT to qualify for Mensa. Barely anyone here is actually smart though.

[Anonymous No.7607552]

>>7605432
My iq negro

[Anonymous No.7607567]

>>7607552
>138 iq
>Can't use print screen

oh im laffin.

[Anonymous No.7608249]

IQ does mean something, but it doesn't mean everything.

[Anonymous No.7608266]

>>7607567

>point's out someones idiocy snarkily
>can't spell for shit: " im laffin"
>fucking mongoloid

[Anonymous No.7608331]

>>7603676
Fucking idiots in this thread

How much does it cost be join mensa anyway? Im assuming they dont do it for free. I might join just for shit and giggles if its cheap.

[Anonymous No.7608335]

>>7608331
$40

[Anonymous No.7608340]

>>7608249
Schrodinger's IQ

[Anonymous No.7608341]

>>7603755
>>7605432
>>7607552
You niggers are cheating, a 138 IQ is like 0.001% of the population

[Anonymous No.7608365]

>>7603676
I have been testes 3 times professionally and the last one(Mensa test) got me 156(for some reason they use standard deviation of 24 here, it's equivalent to 135 for standard deviation 15). However I didn't joined them. Mostly because I'm working and attending to university at the same and I rather want to spend the little of free time with friends. Maybe I will join them for fun when I will have enough spare time and money.
>And has any advice?
You shouldn't be doing online tests, they can falsify result of your test. And I hope you just genuinely want to test yourself, not only get invited to "cool guys club".

>>7608331
13$ for test and 26$ per year, here.

[Anonymous No.7608390]

>>7608365
>polish mensa
>implying that you slavic savages can actually compete with normal brains
>156 for you is probably barely functional in the west

[Anonymous No.7608422]

>>7608390
west sucks, as all the other niggers

[Anonymous No.7608446]

>>7608365
If you pay for a subscription to MENSA, I don't care what your IQ is, I'm smarter than you.

[Anonymous No.7608448]

>>7608341
>he scores below average
IQ is dragged down by all the retards so it's piss easy to score high, yet you are still below the dragged down average, wtf man

[Anonymous No.7608489]

>>7608448
It's a normal distribution, 50% of people are above and 50% are below.
It says I have a "normal" intelligence anyway, and it might be even higher because of the approximation error

[Anonymous No.7608490]

What always strikes me as odd is that there doesn't seem to be a clear consensus about what areas IQ tests should actually cover.

Like, I did an IQ test some years ago, which was considered to be mostly legitimate (although still online) and did score an average result. In addition to logic puzzles, which most tests seem to include in some way, there also were quite some puzzles related to language and math. I'm not used to doing calculations in my head, so I lost quite a significant amount of time to the latter.

On OP's test, in comparison, I scored 126, because it's puzzles are only related to logic, which is much more up my alley. This is a total difference of about 20 points. And a gap of 20 points is ridiculous, considering that IQ is supposed to be a quantifiable and unalterable factor.

[Anonymous No.7608503]

>>7608390
>being this butthurt

>>7608446
Learn to reading comprehension.
I don't have enough spare time and money for this and I fear it would be just bunch of dudes with huge-egos. I know enough people who are similarly smart/smarter than me and don't have to pay for spending time with them.

[Anonymous No.7608504]

>>7603716
Holy fucking fuck this was a accurate description

[Anonymous No.7608590]

>>7608489
Nah IQ is absolute, they just add the std to make people feel less bad.

[Anonymous No.7608592]

I got tested by Mensa when I was 19, scored >=135, that's top 1% point so I always assumed that was the highest possible score on that particular test and left it at that.

Never bothered paying the membership fee but don't really regret the $15 i spent to take the test.

[Anonymous No.7608593]

>>7608341
145 nigga. I'm a fuckin' genius. Stay mad though.

[Anonymous No.7608598]

>>7608590
Tell that to OP who's talking about increasing his IQ

[Anonymous No.7608625]

>>7603683
having autism means a lot
passing an iq test because you have autism means nothing if you can't assert yourself in the real world

iq tests amount to nothing unless you do quizzes and go on game shows

what's my iq? well i don't gaf i know enough to get by

[Anonymous No.7608652]

>>7608625
>low test niggertard detected.

[Anonymous No.7608654]

>>7608341
They're not cheating, these tests just over report higher than average results because they are quick and super easy.

Which makes you even more retarded than we all thought possible.

[Anonymous No.7608685]

>>7608654
If these are quicker and "easier" than the actual test, then it means they just test specific, arbitrarily chosen capabilities, and thus are not genuine IQ tests. Doesn't mean I can't score better than you do when it comes to other stuff than autistically finding patterns :^)

[Anonymous No.7608691]

>>7608590
>IQ is absolute
Can't tell if satire or serious /pol/ retard who doesn't understand statistics

fuck you poe's law

[Anonymous No.7608696]

>>7608504
'a accurate'
let me guess, you're one of the 160+IQ people?

[Anonymous No.7608702]

>>7608685
You are just making the pic I posted even more relevant

[Anonymous No.7608718]

>>7608702
>not refuting my point
I guess answering puzzles is easier than arguing

[Anonymous No.7608730]

>>7608718
Go ahead, find a test and we can compare results then.

You were the one who claims to be smarter than me. All I did was make an observation based from the results you yourself provided.
I don't claim to be smarter than anyone in particular. I just known that anyone with sub-100 IQ who thinks they're not dim is real special.

[Anonymous No.7608749]

>>7608730
>Go ahead, find a test and we can compare results then
Probably can't. Most IQ tests on the internet are all about solving logical patterns, since testing other abilities requires to know much more factors than a simple multiple choice form can transmit.

>You were the one who claims to be smarter than me. I don't claim to be smarter than anyone in particular
Sure, so you never said I was retarded right ?

[Anonymous No.7608798]

>>7608749
>Probably can't. Most IQ tests on the internet are all about solving logical patterns, since testing other abilities requires to know much more factors than a simple multiple choice form can transmit.
Yes, they test these things because people with low IQs find them difficult. It's not that you are "smart" for being to able to do them, there's just a strong correlation with being able to solve them and not being stupid.

>Sure, so you never said I was retarded right ?
No, I definitely said that. Maybe you are smarter than me, if that makes you feel any better. But you're still retarded.

Anyway since you're too scared to back up your own claim, here's my results for contrast.
The test is tedious, but it is not hard. If you take more than 20 minutes to get a score of 100 or less I'd consider seeing a doctor, you might be able to claim disability for your condition.

[Anonymous No.7608838]

>>7608798
>People with low IQs find them difficult.
>People able to solve them are smart
>Therefore people not able to solve them are highly likely not to be smart and those tests are a reasonably accurate representation of actual IQ tests
That'd probably be true if intelligence was a linear faculty, but I doubt it

>Your calculated IQ is 122
Lel you're in the lower quartile of this thread too tho

[Anonymous No.7608852]

>>7608838
So when you want to criticise someone else, suddenly the results of this quiz become pertinent?

I'll happily take lower quartile of this thread over lower quartile of the general population.

[Anonymous No.7608860]

>>7608838
>Therefore people not able to solve them are highly likely not to be smart and those tests are a reasonably accurate representation of actual IQ tests
>those tests are a reasonably accurate representation of actual IQ tests

Projection: the post

[Anonymous No.7608885]

>>7608860
Alright forget the last clause, but you're still implying there's a strong correlation between being stupid and not being able to solve those tests, which does not follow from the above proposals

[Anonymous No.7608892]

>>7608885
I mean, a causal link between not being able to solve those tests and being stupid.

[Anonymous No.7608897]

>>7608885
>>7608892
Unless you have a need to prove to people on a Korean IRC server that you are not stupid, why do you care?

[Anonymous No.7608924]

>>7608897
Idk, because I think it's untrue and I'm bored enough to let it know ? It's not about my ego tbh
gtg anyway

[Anonymous No.7608931]

>>7608341
my iq was 135 when I was 14. I used to suffer from adhd as a kid and a lot of different test were required for planning my education, because I was a stupid shit who could not study at usual schools. I assume my iq is 133-137 so this test is not super off. It's super genetic, all of my family that is older than 30 has a phd, so the iq thing is really not surprising.

[Anonymous No.7608983]

>>7608931
>implying you need to be smart to get a phd

[Anonymous No.7609003]

lel

[Anonymous No.7610071]

>>7604475
>http://www.free-iqtest.net/
nope, you are not a genius:
I had 147 AND I'm not very good in english (in fact I'm french).

[Anonymous No.7610154]

>>7604475
No, not really

That's a pretty bad test, it expects you to say that England is a country, when strictly speaking this is not true.
The United Kingdom is a country, and England is a state of that country. They use state in the US context though.

[Anonymous No.7610160]

>>7610154
England is most definitely a country

[Anonymous No.7610169]

>>7610160
It's more of a constituent Country.

Not many organisations actually recognise England/Scotland/Wales as individual countries anymore, it's much easier to just recognise the United Kingdom.

England is as much of a country as a tomato is a vegetable: by label only.
By all other classifications a tomato is a fruit, but it's sold in the vegetable section, eaten with vegetables in salads and most people think of it as a vegetable.

[Anonymous No.7610259]

>>7610154
I agree with u.
Do you know some free&good IQ tests?

[Anonymous No.7610261]

>>7610154
Wot?? England not a country?
Fook off you dirty paki bastard fook off

[Anonymous No.7610266]

>>7610261
>He crosses out "British" and writes "English" on his passport

OK m8. Nationalism in all forms is cancerous.

[Anonymous No.7610302]

>>7610266
Yeah, it's a pretty obvious diversion tactic to cement class rule and any short-term gain by the white proletariat is eventually outstripped by both material damage to the class as a whole and challenges to unification themselves. Besides, taking pride in something you are by pure dumb luck rather than personal achievement is always asinine.

>inb4 says the paki

[Anonymous No.7610330]

>>7610302
Things are almost too logical around here before the burgers wake up.

If you really want to have fun, try explaining to someone that celebrating gay "pride" whilst assuming that you are born with your sexual preferences is the ultimate hypocrisy.
We don't have left-handed pride, or I'm-deaf-in-one-ear pride. That shit is no more justified than a KKK rally.

I should mention I don't doubt that sexual orientation is almost certainly in your biology, or at least partly. I just don't see why anyone should be proud of being gay, anymore than a skinhead would be ridiculed for being proud to be straight.

[Anonymous No.7610357]

>>7610071
>Pyjama en éponge femme
You're into some weird shit m8
Also, same here

[Anonymous No.7610376]

>>7610357
>You're into some weird shit m8
>Also, same here
what do u mean?

[Anonymous No.7610401]

>>7610376
kek I mean I got 147 as well and my English is terrible

[Anonymous No.7610404]

>>7610401
so you did like me, isn't it?

[Anonymous No.7610420]

>>7610404
I guess so, without the weird advert thing though. It seems everyone who did the test so far got 145/147, except for >>7604475
So either we're all geniuses or he's retarded.

[Anonymous No.7610426]

>>7603679
As a member of mensa from Czech republic, live in a +-400k city,
absolutely agree with this

I was very dissapointed with the anual meetings

On the other hand we can get VIP entrances to shit like power plants and other interesting stuff

[Anonymous No.7610433]

>>7610420
so >>7604475
is definitly not a genius

[Anonymous No.7610435]

guaranteed not one poster above average IQ in here...these comments are so idiotic, the basic ignorance and misunderstandings and pseudo science and etc.

[Anonymous No.7610440]

>>7610435
Statistically that's quite unlikely.

You come in here talking about pseudo-science, while having no knowledge of standard distributions

[Anonymous No.7610442]

>>7610435
ps. my iq range from 137-142. results of real tests, of different types, administered starting in grade school through my 20's. gifted and honors program since grade school.

and so what? i am a scholar/intellectual (i won't even read anything fiction and not academic, it bores me...i only read professional journals/essays and books from scholarly publishers), but that's hardly all i am. not listing all my academic achievements but they are everything you'd expect. mostly i skipped classes in high school/college because i could teach myself better. still got the highest of degrees and placements and awards and etc.

[Anonymous No.7610444]

Guys, I know a girl with an IQ of 149 that didn't do well in high school and then you have those with 115 that did very well. If you don't apply yourself, you're not going to go anywhere.

[Anonymous No.7610445]

>>7610440
that wouldn't be pseudo science you average, it would be simply epistemic limitation (ignorance) or fact denying.

like i said...

ps: 4chan is not a representative sample of the population. and even if it was, only about 10/100 have an iq over 110 (high average). there haven't been that many posts in here yet. learn2basic math kiddo.

/out

[Anonymous No.7610450]

>>7610435
>guaranteed not one poster above average IQ >in here...
That false,I'm in the 2% better IQ and succeded in the Mensa test

<french text> J'ai également participé au concours général de mathématiques, et ai obtenu un 4è accessit, càd une 7è place sur toutes les personnes de mon âge, au niveau nationnal, en France (7e7 hab)</french text>

so vdkdvr!

[Anonymous No.7610451]

>>7610445
1) Nobody claimed that these online tests are representative of a proper IQ exam

2) Nobody even claimed that a high IQ is meaningful

I don't care what the average user's IQ is or how many are above 110 (you didn't specify on which scale/using what s.d. so that's meaningless anyway).
It is very unlikely that not a single person who posted in this thread has higher an IQ than 100.

If you would like to run the numbers on what the average IQ needs to be to get reasonable odds than not one of 64 posters is better than average, please do go ahead.

[Anonymous No.7610484]

>>7610451
65


65 posters

[Anonymous No.7610504]

>>7610445
I guess chucklefuck here never passed stats 101

Assuming the site is representative example (bear with me here):
The odds that not one in the 64 posters has an average or better IQ is 0.5^64 = 54.2 x 10^-21
That's 0.00000000000000000542%

So now let's go ahead and assume the average IQ here is 1 s.d. lower than the global population (~85).
That means on our shifted distribution, we're looking for the odds that not one single poster is 1 s.d. higher than our average.
Any given poster has a 16% chance of being 1 s.d. above the group average, so 84% chance they are not
0.84^64 = 14.3 x 10^-6

That's a whopping 0.00143% that nobody in this thread has a >100 IQ, even when we assume the average /sci/ poster is dumber than 84% of the population.

Something tells me you're not as successful as you make out, friendo.

[Anonymous No.7610518]

Post results boys
Finishing Year 11 this year, anyone got better at a younger age?

[Anonymous No.7610520]

Following from >>7610504

In case you are wondering, you'd need a local population in the lowest percentile (dumber than 99% of the global pop.) to get a 52% chance that nobody here has >100.

[Anonymous No.7610606]

Not sure how accurate this might be.

[Anonymous No.7610616]

>>7610606
then you probably arent very intelligent : ^ (

[Anonymous No.7611089]

>>7607567
Come on, you can clearly see that 4chan isn't open in his browser, so it's likely that he's posting from a phone or a tablet. Maybe he likes to use an app or he had 4chan open on his phone cause he just came back from the shitter.

[Anonymous No.7611092]

>>7610518
i got 143 in year 11

[Anonymous No.7611093]

>>7610518
>underageb&
and yes.

[Anonymous No.7611100]

>>7603716
I think that just means you're autistic

[Anonymous No.7611100,1]

>>7603778