What is your IQ?

tszirmay wrote: My IQ= er... Nichols, Jowitt, Edwards, Offord and Holmes 145 , not too hot in math ,but I hope I was "Born Brilliant" (off Dark Matter album)

I was going to post something like that, but I thought my Magma comment was more fitting for me personally to make.

And if you did get a 145, it looks like you were at least born somewhat brilliant.

Syzygy wrote: WinterLight wrote: Select "49 and below" if you have confidence in web-based IQ tests.   I agree with every word, apart from 'web-based'. Read 'The Mismeasure of Man' by the late,great Stephen J Gould for a sane perspective on the concept of IQ testing.

On a serious note, I agree. The fact that people think they can determine "intelligence" with a test baffles me. But like previously stated, it's good for a laugh and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Go listen to some Kohntarkosz , you will be energized! Only cars need to be tired, not hard working proggy ladies!

tszirmay wrote: Go listen to some Kohntarkosz , you will be energized! Only cars need to be tired, not hard working proggy ladies!

Haha, I'm way ahead of you on that one...  Listened to the BBC Londres version whilst taking the test!!   (I guess that accounts for the raised score...?)

song_of_copper wrote: tszirmay wrote: Go listen to some Kohntarkosz , you will be energized! Only cars need to be tired, not hard working proggy ladies! Haha, I'm way ahead of you on that one...  Listened to the BBC Londres version whilst taking the test!!   (I guess that accounts for the raised score...?)

I'm listening to Jannick Top's Infernal Machina and I am not taking the test.

MovingPictures07 wrote: Hey, no copying my Magma raising IQ points joke.

Not copying, just providing some empirical evidence for your thesis.

song_of_copper wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Hey, no copying my Magma raising IQ points joke. Not copying, just providing some empirical evidence for your thesis.

Hmm... okay, that works.

song_of_copper wrote: James wrote: Well I am completely useless at those mathematical tests but I'm not bad at the Literacy and Pattern Matching ones. However because the majority of IQ/Mensa tests I have looked at, consist of a lot of mathematics, I end up getting low scores. So I agree with Chris Syzygy on this. The trick is to guess the maths ones if you can't work them out.  You have a 50/50 chance of being right, even if you are rubbish at maths.  (Er, like me...)

That's what I do... I guess I choose the wrong answer every time.

It's all those:

If Dave has 20p in one pocket, consisting of 5 pennies, how fast is he travelling down the M4 and at what speed must he be going for all his first 5 pence to fall out of his pocket?



That's the questions I hate.


Edited by James - July 16 2008 at 19:36

song_of_copper wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Ha, that's interesting. I'm the opposite (better at the math ones). Now we need to compare this poll to the MBTI poll...

You mean the personality type one?

Your Type is
INTJ

Introverted	Intuitive	Thinking	Judging
Strength of the preferences %
89	25	75	89

You are:

• very expressed introvert
  
• moderately expressed intuitive personality
  
• distinctively expressed thinking personality
  
• very expressed judging personality

That's what I got the first time. The second time I was a bit higher on "Thinking"... it fits me way too well. I'm definitely an analyst.

Hence I do better at mathematics, I've always been that way.

song_of_copper wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: You mean the personality type one? Your Type is INTJ Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging Strength of the preferences % 89 25 75 89 You are: very expressed introvert moderately expressed intuitive personality distinctively expressed thinking personality very expressed judging personality That's what I got the first time. The second time I was a bit higher on "Thinking"... it fits me way too well. I'm definitely an analyst. Hence I do better at mathematics, I've always been that way. Interesting!  I got INFP, which supposedly correlates with linguistic gifts. I find that particular personality test is much more accurate than most other tests I've ever taken. It fit me to a T and also everyone else to whom I showed it. I also like how it shows the percentages of how much someone goes to a certain leaning, as I'm the type of person who just loves looking at numbers and statistics. It seems like there are a lot of introverts on this forum, and now it seems like there are a bunch of geniuses too.  Wow, I'm moving in exalted circles...  Well, could you imagine someone with subnormal intelligence enjoying prog and going onto a website to talk about it? But yeah, it definitely helps feel more at ease with people here more than anywhere else. It's funny really, but it makes perfect sense.