Is It Possible to Boost Your IQ with These Simple Tips?

[Zygotic Embryo]

Mine isn't great but it's ok

136

 

[Mk]

This threads stupid. I have nothing else to say, until I change my mind.

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

Hey, mk

You need a haircut.

+1 to my IQ

 

[hitssquad]

136

Is that a score you received on a test?

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

Yes, an online test.

 

[Mk]

lol, an online test? Those aren't the most accurate per se, its better if you have a psycologist give you a test.

 

[hitssquad]

Yes, an online test.

There are no IQ tests online.

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

Yes there are...

 

[Mk]

tickle.com

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

deathclock.com

 

[marlon]

Yes, an online test.

i did some of them tests myself. I learned that my IQ varies between 102 and 157...the only valuable data you can get from those tests is if you can compare scores. several people should take the same test and the scores yield relative IQ values...

marlon

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

Oh, really?


I've taken two, and recieved

126 and a 146..

always end with a six for some reason

 

[marlon]

Oh, really?


I've taken two, and recieved

126 and a 146..

always end with a six for some reason

give me a link to a test that you did and i will do it myself...trust me , i will be honest in revealing my IQ

marlon

ps please not a test that takes too long because i got to work

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

http://www.iqtest.com/test.html?PHPSESSID=65baa6a7ebd7ed42a796acdad1b6d1e0


or just goto www.iqtest.com

it's the most scientifically correct test on the net

 

[Mk]

You just say that because you own the site.

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

good job MK

 

[marlon]

i own you mac

i did the test, yet i do not get any results in my email. ps : i think you should be ashamed of yourself, asking money for IQ tests, *******

marlon

 

[Mk]

Zygotic Embryo doesn't own the site. I was just kidding.

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

****bagger

 

[Evo]

Online IQ tests are just games, they aren't serious tests. If you enjoy doing them, some people find the one at queendom.com one of the hardest.

I was tested at the request of my school when I was 11, so I do actually know my IQ, or rather what it was at that age. IQ just shows potential, if you don't do anything with it, nothing will happen. I would guess that some of the smartest people here have less than stellar IQ's, but they pursued a higher education and know more than some with very high IQ's that were not as motivated.

 

[Chi Meson]

The most horrifying thing about IQ scores is the fact that half the population must have IQ's lower than 100! Shudder.

 

[hitssquad]

The most horrifying thing about IQ scores is the fact that half the population must have IQ's lower than 100

And relative to Britain's population, half of America's population has IQs below 98.
google.com/search?q=lynn+britain+100+united+states+98


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VDARE.com: 08/29/04 - Lynn and Vanhanen’s IQ And The Wealth Of ...
... 110, 109, 107, 107—on a scale where Britain is 100 and the US is 98. ...
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[Grogs]

136 would actually be a pretty good IQ. With a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 or 16, it would put you 2+ SD's above the mean. That would put you in the top 1-2%.

As for me, I don't think I've ever taken an actual IQ test. The closest I've ever come would probably be the GRE, which had a table that calculated your IQ based on your percentile on the test. Of course since it's fairly easy to prep for standardized tests and improve your score (studying vocabulary lists for example) I don't see how it could be very accurate. Maybe in my case (since I did zero prep) it would be, but I tend to doubt it.

 

[Danger]

Of course since it's fairly easy to prep for standardized tests and improve your score (studying vocabulary lists for example) I don't see how it could be very accurate.

Unless things have changed in the past 20 years or so, Oriental children consistently outscore North American and European ones on the same tests because they have a cultural appreciation for patterns (ie: gardens, complex pictographs, etc.). Likewise, someone with a lot of reading experience, even if it's just Jackie Collins novels, will outscore a more intelligent TV addict on the verbal sections.
As Evo said, IQ is just a measure of relative capacity for knowledge. What you put in there and how you use it is the true test of intelligence.

 

[Zantra]

It's already been proven that IQ isn't necessarily an indication of personal success. Many people of average intelligence go on to be very successful while many people with high IQ's (say anything over 140) have have average or little success.

Online tests are just for kicks. To get a truly accurate representation you could use a stanford-binet test, or a WISQ III test. A truly accurate test will measure response times to certain things, problem solving and spatial reasoning. Some components of a true IQ test can't be measured online.
Like Evo I was tested by a psychologist as a child, and I will telll you that the actual tests may have some similarities to the real thing, but they lack a lot.

Like so many other things in life, it's not the size, it's how you use it

Also on the asian thing- that's a myth. You have to understand the cultural differences. In countries like japan(and I know some people will back me on this) which are collectivistic, there is a lot more societal pressure to do well in school. I know for instance, that in Japan, a job is what defines your whole self. If you don't have a successful career, you have nothing. So there is immense pressure to do well in school, and get a good job. So they study study study. Which could explain why the suicide rate is quadruple the US, but that's another story...

EDIT: Danger I skimmed your post and I went back just now and reread more closely... you're probably right on the visual acuity parts

 

[hitssquad]

Of course since it's fairly easy to prep for standardized tests and improve your score (studying vocabulary lists for example) I don't see how it could be very accurate.

Since many persons prepare for the GRE, and learning is a function of g, the preparation itself might constitute a highly-g-loaded IQ test.

 

[hitssquad]

Likewise, someone with a lot of reading experience, even if it's just Jackie Collins novels, will outscore a more intelligent TV addict on the verbal sections.

Your math does not seem to lead to that conclusion.

 

[Grogs]

Since many persons prepare for the GRE, and learning is a function of g, the preparation itself might constitute a highly-g-loaded IQ test.

Can you define 'g', or even better give me a link?

If they assume a certain amount of prep, then that would certainly indicate to me that my IQ would be higher than indicated. In my particular case (at a military academy) we were told 'Hey, instead of going out drinking Saturday night, you all get to take the GRE's instead.' Needless to say we were not particularly thrilled about the prospect and nobody I know did any prep whatsoever. Of course on the other side of the equation would be the fact that I was a Senior in college at the time, majoring in physics, and my math skills were probably better than at any time before or after that.

Also, the GRE, like any multiple choice test, suffers from its form. I don't think I've ever failed a multiple-choice test in my life. On the other hand, I've had friends who were *far* more knowledgeable on a subject than I was who failed. I think it has a lot to do with the ability to separate reasonable from unreasonable in the answers. While I would suggest that's at least one part of intelligence, I don't think it necessarily has anything to do with true knowledge. In the real world, rocket scientists don't problems like 'you need to lift a 100-ton rocket into LEO orbit, how much thrust do you need (choose A, B, C, or D).'

 

[wolram]

queendom.com

Are you sure? EVO

 

[plus]

Unless things have changed in the past 20 years or so, Oriental children consistently outscore North American and European ones on the same tests because they have a cultural appreciation for patterns (ie: gardens, complex pictographs, etc.).

THIS IS A HIGHLY INSULTING RACIST STATEMENT AND THIS THREAD SHOULD BE LOCKED.

 

[brewnog]

THIS IS A HIGHLY INSULTING RACIST STATEMENT AND THIS THREAD SHOULD BE LOCKED.

Regardless of whether that statement was right or wrong, well, what the hell are you on about?!

Would you call me racist for saying that Danger's a Canadian, and that I'm a Brit, and that I'm cleverer than him?!

 

[Evo]

queendom.com

Are you sure? EVO

About what? The IQ test is there. http://www.queendom.com/tests/iq/classical_iq_r2_access.html

 

[plus]

Regardless of whether that statement was right or wrong, well, what the hell are you on about?!

Would you call me racist for saying that Danger's a Canadian, and that I'm a Brit, and that I'm cleverer than him?!

I disagree with asian supremany theory - the pc version of white supremacy.

 

[wolram]

- 136 but I am told i have great potential

 

[zoobyshoe]

I disagree with asian supremany theory - the pc version of white supremacy.

"...the pc version of white supremacy." I haven't heard this one before!

Anyway, Danger was referring to a cultural phenomenon, not a racial one.

 

[GCT]

IQ tests online are drastically different than such tests as WAIS, Stanford Binet, etc...For one it is completely inaccurate to put a test which takes 15 minutes and one which takes several days (hours a day) on the same level. Concentration is an integral aspect of IQ, anyone who has taken advanced math realizes this. One may be able to imagine up an outline to a solution, the aspect of getting to it precisely is almost a separate issue (that is many can achieve the former, but screw up endlessly on the latter).

Despite what the disclaimers proclaim in pertinence to the correlation of their tests to WAIS, Stanford, SAT, the reliabilty of their tests is just not the same.

It would be foolish trust an online IQ tests, IQ in the original term can soley be measured by the tests attributed to the inventors of such a concept. For me, IQ is such an unimportant concept...one can claim a ingenious IQ and waste their lives away, they have either had no potential in the first place, or have completely lost it somehow; sadly, most people who brag about their high IQ are pathetic underachievers.

 

[zoobyshoe]

"When I was a kid I sneaked off and got into the files and looked up our IQs. Mine was 124 and his was 123. So I was actually smarter than he was!"

Joan Feynman
Quoted in No Ordinary Genius by Cristopher Sykes, 1994

When I read things like this I came back to the same thought: IQ tests are a very good measure of how well a person does on IQ tests.

 

[Adrian Baker]

THIS IS A HIGHLY INSULTING RACIST STATEMENT AND THIS THREAD SHOULD BE LOCKED.

Aren't we over-reacting a little bit here plus??
How is it highly insulting?

At my school, we have a 10-15% rate of Hong Kong Chinese students who for whatever reason seem to be far better than us Brits at Maths. Indeed, the further maths 'A' level class at our school is referred to by many students as 'Chinese Maths'!
This is done in a friendly way, and it is a fact that this always seems to be the case with our HK students.

Is my honest description of our multi-cultural College racist??

Incidentally, the Head of the Maths Department tells me that his pet theory is that in learning such a complicated written language, the students learn early on to recognise patterns and this is what gives them an advantage. This may or may not be total nonsense, but it certainly isn't racist.

Chill out!

 

[1123581321]

deathclock.com

you got your test on deathclock.com, and you believe it? mine is 134 from a school given test, but who cares, nobody really cares about IQs for anything important in life.

Fibonacci

 

[Zygotic Embryo]

deathclock.com is a joke lol

 

[Grogs]

you got your test on deathclock.com, and you believe it? mine is 134 from a school given test, but who cares, nobody really cares about IQs for anything important in life.

Fibonacci

You're right, I don't think anyone would ever ask what your IQ is at a job interview. They might ask about your grades in school, standardized test scores, etc, but those are *indicators* of what it might be. IQ is only half the picture after all. As with other things in life, what you do with it is nearly as important as what you are given. There have been many people with low IQ's who have done very well for themselves. On the other end of the spectrum, I'm sure more than one person with a 140+ has ended up in a gutter strung out on drugs.

 

[Adrian Baker]

... On the other end of the spectrum, I'm sure more than one person with a 140+ has ended up in a gutter strung out on drugs.

It was a ditch!

..and how did you find out?

 

[moose]

THIS IS A HIGHLY INSULTING RACIST STATEMENT AND THIS THREAD SHOULD BE LOCKED.

How in the world is that insulting when it's a fact? Nobody said you were stupid, or that some particular Asian is smarter than you. They just provided a fact, just like those reports which state the best schools in America and stuff. It's the same thing, except with races...Why do you think that there are such high percenteges of Asians at top schools in America?

 

[ShadowKnight]

THIS IS A HIGHLY INSULTING RACIST STATEMENT AND THIS THREAD SHOULD BE LOCKED.

I smell troll so I won't even bother going into this one, being a white kid raised by a Chinese father and all...

I always wanted my IQ tested in my early 20s and after taking a few (both real and online) came to the conclusion that these tests really do test one thing, how good you are at taking IQ tests. In one case I took the same test twice 6 months apart and scored about 14 points different between them. Possibly I was distracted the night before the second one? Not in the mood to take a test? It doesn't matter I don't think the # is nearly as important as what you do with your own potential.

 

[James R]

Either I am a genius, or online IQ scores are generally higher than "real" scores.

 

[Mk]

But a number is one of the qualifications to get into gifted and talented programs at some primary and secondary schools.

 

[ShadowKnight]

But a number is one of the qualifications to get into gifted and talented programs at some primary and secondary schools.

That's another thing, does the IQ score of a 9 or 10 year old actually mean anything? If they test high at that age is it an indicator that they would also score high as an adult?

 

[Evo]

But a number is one of the qualifications to get into gifted and talented programs at some primary and secondary schools.

After my IQ results came back, the public school I went to tried to get my parents to send me to a school for the "academically able", you had to have a minimum IQ of 140 to even be considered. A few years ago, "60 minutes" did a special on these schools for child geniuses and the school that was suggested to my parents was one of the ones featured. Among the graduates were a belly dancer, a short order cook, no one went on to anything great. Glad my parents didn't make me go.

 

[Evo]

That's another thing, does the IQ score of a 9 or 10 year old actually mean anything? If they test high at that age is it an indicator that they would also score high as an adult?

I believe scores actually tend to go down later in life for those that score very high when young.

 

[Mk]

Oh? I thought they kept going higher, until the mid-teens, then plateaued out.