I think that the "special needs" class you were put into doesn't mean retarded kids, but like gifted kids.The_Logician19 said:I took the Stanford-Binet once, in fifth grade. They were trying to put me in a special needs class. I scored a 142. Take from that what you will.
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Really smart.lilmisspotatoes said:I took the Weschler when I was 16, and ended up with a score of 160... I'm not sure exactly what that means but woo.
I'll will tell you rate now my poested IQ is legitamit.Wuvlycuddles said:Basically, whatever numbers you guys are spouting are probably bullshit and using some random ass scale. And there really are alot of different scales used for iq tests, one tests 150 may be another tests 80. Unless you took the test from these guys: http://www.mensa.org/ I call bullshit to any number anyone spouts at me.
Even then, you have to take into account the ever increasing average intelligence of humanity (The average iq of 50 years ago is techinically retarded by todays standards) so your "gifted" or "genius" ratings may just end up being only average a few years from now.
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Sure, Mensa requires an approved IQ test to join, but why hold them as the one and true authority of IQ tests?Wuvlycuddles said:Unless you took the test from these guys: http://www.mensa.org/ I call bullshit to any number anyone spouts at me.
Who better to trust with an iq test than the top 2% of people who take em?geldonyetich said:Sure, Mensa requires an approved IQ test to join, but why hold them as the one and true authority of IQ tests?
http://onemansblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/iqtest.swfsyndicated44 said:Have you ever taken an IQ test? If so where do you go to take one usually and what is your IQ?
I have never taken one but I really would like to just to know. However I have no idea where one would go to do this.
Lincoln would be screwed because every year, the difficulty of (offical) IQ tests tends to rise. This is because 100 is the supposed average level of intelligence. As generations got smarter and smarter, the tests had to become more difficult to keep 100 as the average intelligence. Therefore, the intelligence required to get a 100 nowadays is much greater that the intelligence required to get a 100 a century ago. Even males and females get different tests to keep the averages at 100 for each genderchild of lileth said:I've never taken one. I heard on a news show along time ago, that they have more to do with current culture than anything else. They said if someone like Abe Lincoln took one today, he'd test as legally retarded, just because he wouldn't know anything about current stuff.
I guess what bugs me about this is that they're not establishing that an IQ test is really a valid measure of intelligence, which is on another tangent entirely.Wuvlycuddles said:Who better to trust with an iq test than the top 2% of people who take em?geldonyetich said:Sure, Mensa requires an approved IQ test to join, but why hold them as the one and true authority of IQ tests?