(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.