My IQ isn't really 145

[LoLeL]

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[Larali]

ON ABF years ago, everybody took the online IQ test and posted their scores. We should do that here and see if Prisoner of Ice's IQ is really higher than everyone else's

(Hint: I think no one got above 130 except Day Tripper who was like Einstein or something)

[Longbowman]

Online IQ tests are worthless

[mieret]

It's actually 155+, as it turns out.

When I first took an IQ test I was in grade school. They told me I got 100% on the test (in spite of missing one question due to not knowing what a square root was yet). Basically I was "scaled out of the test" as I recently learn it's called. You'd have to take a test that goes up higher to assess your real IQ. So I knew this was a minimum anyway. Maybe I would get 150-160, maybe just 145 or even less if I took another test.

Later on it was the same test again or very similar, with the same result. I got 100% (I think actually the max might have been 148 or something anyway, whatever it was it was very similar in scoring and the questions).

However now I realize I also took a THIRD IQ test which I had thought was just psychological tests. I realized this when I read the google article on WAIS. Here I got the same results. In fact, for every single section the test giver was amazed at my performance. My vocabulary was literally one in a million and for things like the number sequencing I was able to go twice as high as the amount needed to get the maximum possible score. They adjust the scores for age but even if I had been 18 and took it I would have gotten the highest score.

Apparently the max on the test is 155. So don't be shocked from now on if I mention my IQ it seems to have jumped ten points. I would consider taking the long form of stanford binet to see if I can get even higher but I am a little older now so I am terrified of seeing that my mind has degraded somewhat. I really wish I had done it back then, though. If I realized it was that much above average I probably would have.

Do you realize your childhood scores can't be extrapolated into adulthood right?
You know that your performance was much lower compared to an adult?
Btw, even in best case there are so many meds outscoring you, what do you have to say to that?