IQ, Career & Engineering - Your Thoughts?

[Enigman]

+1

You are so much smarter than me...:shy:

Get in line behind me.

Get in line in front me!

_{$\ \ \ \$Wait, we are going in descending order, right?...I am so dumb.}

 

[lincs-b]

133-149. Is utter rubbish though, I'm pretty average.

 

[cjl]

133-149. Is utter rubbish though, I'm pretty average.

Not at taking IQ tests you aren't, at least if that score is to be believed.

 

[ModusPwnd]

I took a real one. It was during a test for learning disabilities. There were lots of different exercises ranging from the computer to pencil and paper to manipulation of 3-D objects. I don't know which were part of the IQ portion, some were just for testing learning disabilities. I scored three std. devs. above the mean in the IQ portion, which I think is high but not remarkably high. I was not found to have any learning disabilities. As far as career goes though, I am below average. I make minimum wage plus tips with no end in sight.

 

[drizzle]

You are so much smarter than me...:shy:

Oh, that wasn't my IQ. My 'IQ' is zero.

 

[Enigman]

Oh, that wasn't my IQ. My 'IQ' is zero.

I was kidding...

*I am so dumb. you got the joke and were trying to be nice*...I have a negative IQ; Hence proved.

 

[drizzle]

Ok, I was lying, it's -1.

 

[lincs-b]

Not at taking IQ tests you aren't, at least if that score is to be believed.

I think people who study sciences tend to do well on the ravens IQ tests. You get used to looking for patterns in your lab work etc.

 

[inotyce]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I

Oh no their pronunciation is too perfect for me to catch each single word they utter.

 

[jedishrfu]

my IQ is simply i (forget the q)

 

[encorp]

I scored 160 on that IQ test.

I am not remotely that intelligent. Hahahahaha

 

[inotyce]

I like the IQ test I took about text reading and reasoning (no pure math involved). It was like an English GRE test but it directed test takers to reason the causes and effects of the mentioned actions in a long statement more than to find the correct meaning of words.

 

[ABD EL HAMEED]

I took one before,it consisted of 50 questions ,I only answered 38 before I got bored and I scored about 144 but I don't really feel that smart though
I did the math and I figured out that I would've scored 178.56 if I got all the other answers correct

 

[inotyce]

I think I will head up into 250~300 after 6 months from now. That sounds silly to many though

 

[ABD EL HAMEED]

I think I will head up into 250~300 after 6 months from now. That sounds silly to many though

And what IQ test is that?

 

[inotyce]

And what IQ test is that?

It is just my random silly reply, please ignore it. I am thinking now I reach 90 per test, I will try to redo to get 170. I don't know if I can.

 

[lendav_rott]

I scored 175, which is quite accurate if they were to assess my visualisation capabilities, back in high school we had some kind of "IQ test" with pattern recognitions and multi-detail wheel system and so on.. I scored 186 in that test.
"Succesful engineers" having 120+ IQ is completely meaningless. This test was ridiculously simple, for one and measuring IQ only by visual skills is a bit mis-guided in my opinion.
Give me chess problems, anything that requires visualising - no problem. I can remember picture and sound very well, which also helps me learn languages.

Visual logic is not the only kind of logic there is and there are various different fields of engineering that have "succesful engineers" with varying abilities.

 

[Evo]

People should remember that the stuff posted on the internet are not actual IQ tests, they are just games that people made up. While some can be difficult and require certain skills and knowledge to do well, they're meaningless as far as a measurement of your IQ as it is currently assessed by trained psychologists that are required to administer the actual tests. Yes, I have actually been given an IQ test.

 

[Enigman]

People should remember that the stuff posted on the internet are not actual IQ tests, they are just games that people made up. While some can be difficult and require certain skills and knowledge to do well, they're meaningless as far as a measurement of your IQ as it is currently assessed by trained psychologists that are required to administer the actual tests. Yes, I have actually been given an IQ test.

AND? What's your IQ?

 

[lendav_rott]

If a stupid person's IQ was equal to his shoe number, the European stupid people would be geniuses next to AUS/US stupid people. :D No diss, just a funny thought.

 

[Evo]

AND? What's your IQ?

When I was 11 it was supposedly 185, but I've read that IQ scores when taken at an early childhood age will usually decrease as they get older. Also, the tests now are different from when I was tested. I don't believe in IQ tests other than they show how well you do on IQ tests.

 

[Enigman]

It probably increased for you...You scored more than the IQ estimate of Einstein(160)...And here I am stuck with an IQ similar to the room temperature*...
BTW http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
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*in S.I. units of course...[/size]

 

[lendav_rott]

If it's in Fahrenheits then not all hope is lost

 

[Enigman]

It probably increased for you...You scored more than the IQ estimate of Einstein(160)...And here I am stuck with an IQ similar to the room temperature*...
BTW http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
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*in S.I. units of course...[/size]

If it's in Fahrenheits then not all hope is lost

Its not in Farenheit
Read the fine print...we are PFers we deal in S.I. units...<insert evil laugh here>

 

[lendav_rott]

you are too hard on yourself in that case :D

 

[Gullik]

you are too hard on yourself in that case :D

Kelvin?

 

[Julio R]

Mine is imaginary.

Sqrt(-1)

 

[lendav_rott]

Yes that's what I mean, if he feels dumb at ~300 give or take IQ..he's being too hard on himself :D
..unless of course his room temperature is low enough to turn oxygen into liquid or even solid form.. whether he can survive in such environments is another matter.

 

[ABD EL HAMEED]

Dear god what kind of IQ tests do you take guys? O_O

 

[lendav_rott]

Refer to a few posts back, these internet tests aren't actually IQ tests, just for people that have enough time to waste, like me.