Originally posted by mikelom
I thought the median in the US was set at 82?

-m.

Just to improve matters?

It is NOW. Did you see the test results showing US ADULTS way behind other developed countries on general knowledge?

http://phys.org/news/2013-10-adults-score-average-worldwide.html#firstCmt

Originally posted by Tygert
According to the Stanford-Binet system, mine is 161. Is this good or bad compared to the average person?

EDIT: what is it like compared to the average chess player?

Tygert, how would we construct an equation to identify an RHP Member's combined Chess and Public Forum Quotient?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Hmm... the prominent positioning of the vertical pronoun may subliminally influence a child's intellectual development in the early years. Wonder if a child with a name beginning with the letter "I" was ever given the nickname "I" by his friends. "Hey, I". Come to think of it, I guess we all have that nickname; it's one we give ourselves all the time.[h ...[text shortened]... .......................................................................... I sorry. lol[/hidden]

IDK, go ask Igor, Ivan or Iago.

Originally posted by Suzianne
IDK, go ask Igor, Ivan or Iago.

"IDK" Cool. How about a measure of online general forum etiquette and savvy? How would the coefficient equation
be determined and what would be its name? Posts X Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down? Forum Q? Mine's a 4.0 lol

Originally posted by sonhouse
Is this the list of the 10 smartest? It has Judit in it but I don't see Vos Savant. Her adult IQ is still above 180, also President Clinton was around 180 also and Stormin' Norman, General Shwartzkopf was about 180. Why weren't they on the list?

http://www.superscholar.org/smartest-people/

This list is just ridiculous.

Of course there are some really bright people up there and I don't say that I can hold a candle to them.
But giving an IQ of 192 is just a laugh. You can't calibrate the IQ in the region above 145 because of the lack of people in that group. And the problem that you would need a much more intelligent person...

The other point is that it is common knowledge that high IQ and success in life are loosly related if at all. Too much of a thing can seriously hinder a person.

Originally posted by Ponderable
This list is just ridiculous.

Of course there are some really bright people up there and I don't say that I can hold a candle to them.
But giving an IQ of 192 is just a laugh. You can't calibrate the IQ in the region above 145 because of the lack of people in that group. And the problem that you would need a much more intelligent person...

The ot ...[text shortened]... success in life are loosly related if at all. Too much of a thing can seriously hinder a person.

The only level an IQ test is capable of measuring is that of being able to complete an IQ tes