(08-03-2020, 08:20 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(08-03-2020, 07:56 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: I am not sure anyone is whipping out their IQ outside of the post that got this all started. I'm just sharing what I know about the subject, since I used to teach about it and have researched it extensively. I have stated multiple times that IQ by itself is not an indicator of competence, common sense, or success (although it does correlate with those criteria to a certain degree). Any individual can mess up what they have.

I suspect that everyone on this board is probably overestimating their IQ by a bit, including me. It's not so much that we aren't smart. It's just that it's so hard to go up a point once you start going up to higher numbers. For example, the probability of a person with 135 IQ is probably 1 in 102, with a standard deviation of 15. So, you might find a person with a 135 IQ in a room full of 102 people. If you add 5 more points to make a 140 IQ, the probability jumps to 1 in 261. If you add 5 points again, you're looking at 1 in 741. For me to suggest 145-155 for myself is an absurd window, and I probably should have been called out for it. I'm probably about 10 points too high, and my window is far too large. It only makes sense to have a gap like that when you're near the norm, and I should know better.

I may go take a test just to put this question to bed for myself. If I were being completely vulnerable, I would have to admit that it would be difficult for me, personally, because a lot of my identity has been based around my intelligence.

All that said, it wouldn't surprise me if many of the posters here had a higher IQ than the norm.

Don't do it!  Live with the fantasy IQ!  You'll be so much happier!

Besides, if you score really high, everyone's going to think you cheated.  So you can't win.  Don't do it.