How intelligent are you?

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How intelligent are you?

In the top 2%	24%	[ 13 ]
In the top 10%	13%	[ 7 ]
In the top 20%	13%	[ 7 ]
In the top 30%	7%	[ 4 ]
In the top 40%	7%	[ 4 ]
In the top 50%	13%	[ 7 ]
50 to 60 %	9%	[ 5 ]
60 to 70 %	5%	[ 3 ]
70 to 80 %	4%	[ 2 ]
80 to 90 %	5%	[ 3 ]

Total votes : 55

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13 Mar 2013, 6:03 am

Deleted. Sorry.

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13 Mar 2013, 6:15 am

I'll just say I ranked myself considerably lower here than I would if I were comparing myself to the general population, and leave it at that.

hyperlexian wrote:

one last point - i didn't click anything in the poll because i can't begin to figure out how to answer, but if i had to guess i'd say that the majority of people believe themselves to be above average. this is due to a particularly hilarious bias:

72% of people so far decided they were somewhere in the top 50%, and a full 20% ranked themselves in the top 2%, so it looks like you're exactly right.

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13 Mar 2013, 7:26 am

mds_02 wrote:

I'll just say I ranked myself considerably lower here than I would if I were comparing myself to the general population, and leave it at that.

hyperlexian wrote:

72% of people so far decided they were somewhere in the top 50%, and a full 20% ranked themselves in the top 2%, so it looks like you're exactly right.

Actually, the responses *could* be genuine, due to another type of bias: Self-selection.

Posters see a thread called "How intelligent are you?" on WP. Now who would be more likely to post in the thread? People with average or low intelligence? Or people with an opportunity to show off their MENSA level smarts? My money is on the latter...

The concept of IQ is difficult to apply to individuals with Aspergers Syndrome, however, because it is quite common to see discrepancies in Verbal IQ and Performance IQ scores in individuals with AS.

In other words, if WP members are arriving at their IQ scores based on the various on-line Raven tests (and not official Wechsler full IQ tests), they may get misleading results.

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13 Mar 2013, 8:43 am

i think true intelligence does not question itself.
true intelligence "knows" and and looks for more things to know and does not stick around the mirror to calculate itself.

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13 Mar 2013, 6:36 pm

I have a question.

Does the top 2 percent mean that you're more intelligent than 98 percent of people or does it mean that you're not as smart as 98% of people?

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13 Mar 2013, 6:39 pm

my full scale iq is 97 last time I got it tested in 3rd grade.

98 Verbal Comprehension, 110 Perceptual Reasoning, 94 Working Memory, 83 Processing Speed.

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13 Mar 2013, 6:51 pm

I wouldn't mind testing again...

...but it almost doesn't matter - people enjoy treating me like an idiot, ignoring advice or conclusions (or stealing them and claiming the credit.)

Being socially awkward and/or "slow at the draw" gives the appearance of stupidity when, in reality, I'm processing a ton of data most "normies" never even consider. When my response/decision does come, it's usually based on a lot more data than the quick-thinkers who based theirs on emotion, errors, incomplete data or favoritism. :roll:

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13 Mar 2013, 6:59 pm

b9 wrote:

i think true intelligence does not question itself.
true intelligence "knows" and and looks for more things to know and does not stick around the mirror to calculate itself.

^^^

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14 Mar 2013, 1:35 am

I believe myself to be dummer than a sack of hammers.

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15 Mar 2013, 4:06 pm

I'm not book smart per se but in the game called Life, my skills are up there with the best of them. :pig:

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16 Mar 2013, 9:45 pm

I'm defiantly not book smart but I'm intelligent enough to know that learning should be a lifetime process that no one can ever master because no one knows everything thou lots think they do.

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17 Mar 2013, 9:50 am

I'm not very intelligent. But a person don't have to be intelligent to be gifted or have a special skill.

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