Fun fact, a man had the liquids in his brain swell up to the point of leaving the brain as a spread out layer on the walls of his skull.

Despite this extreme disfigurement of his brain, he had a job, a family with multiple kids, and the only possible side effects of 70 IQ (which wasn't even proven to be because of this) and a twitchy leg, which went away when they drained the pressure from the fluid.

The official test iq i did(for autism diagnosis) had questions that had you order words in alphabet order(i did not know the alphabet order) and asked me to define a word that is not used anymore

I know someone whose IQ is measured at 86 and she has a PhD and makes a quarter million dollars a year.

IQ is a spectrum.

At 70, though, I believe you would be special needs.

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I actually like this exchange; you know how many people I know who think they've got a 160+ IQ because of an online test they took that then tried to sell them something?

At least a dozen, a few of which are even family members. Statistically impossible, but do they care? No, they're super geniuses. God what I'd pay to see what they respond to their real score, lol

Psychilicist: a psychologist that is super chill.

Iq doesn't matter really. Everyone has a skill. For example I had a coworker who when hired was in a dark time. Not to give any personal details but he lost his job, his wife left him, she took the kids all in like 3 months. He came in and plainly said I don't want to think, I don't want to solve problems just just give me a machine and tell me how to run it and it will be run.

He was the best damn coworker I had ever. He beat my record of work in that machine by about 150% on average, his record was something like 3x my record. Now if the machine gave an error he would come get me and tell me to fix the error. He didn't care how the machine worked or what was happening, he came in, made product and went home. He was insane at it. He didn't want to think, he didn't care. That's someone else's job, I just run machine. He probably made more profit for that company then any other 2 people combined.

4chan, please never change

SAT scores are just as meaningless as IQ tests. Both are more an indication of your test taking skills. Certification programs can be a little better, but if you buy a decent study guide and use your test taking skills you should be able to pass many of these.

I’ve never actually taken a formal IQ test, and I’d have trouble justifying the time and effort.

I know exactly one person who took a formal IQ test, and it was because their parents pushed them into it in middle school.

If I won $50M in the powerball and never had to work again, maaaybe I could justify doing one just for shits and giggles.

IQ tests don't measure shit. And for the most part are pretty easy. There are only so many "follow the pattern" drawings the test makers can come up with. And outside field specific nomenclature, English isn't getting a whole ton of extra words as time goes on. I've taken two formal ones at two different times in my life (child for school and then as an adult for an interview with a HFT company). And scored in the top 2-3 percentile. Is my score von Neumann levels of smart? Nah, not even close.

I'm pretty sure IQ is something that varies a lot over a lifetime. The last time i had one was while on a 3 month psychiatric rehabilitation stay because i was in a pretty bad shape, with a value of 103. I am pretty sure that if i had repeated that test after all of that therapy and distance to the bullshit of everyday life, that i would've scored higher. After my stay i was a lot quicker on the uptake, a lot less stressed by exam situations and left a lot of brain fog behind.

IQ tests are an imperfect snapshot.