With an IQ of 84/85 are you stupid and dumb?

[PaleoEuropean]

Did you take an official test, or one online? I've taken some online just for the laughs, and I usually get around 160. I'm nowhere near that level. When I took the official test a few years ago, I got 129.

Either way, your IQ does not reflect how "dumb" you are. For example, someone can be very book smart but have a low IQ. IQ tests mainly test your ability to reason and problem solve, among other things.

I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Look at prisons, those dudes are very smart but probably have very low I.Q's

[Adamastor]

I think that depends on certain states of affairs; For instance, I don't think smartphones are as conducive to good writing style compared to Personal Computers and Laptops. I think my posting skills and writing style is significantly better on the latter two devices than on the former device(s). I think people on smartphones are more used to writing simple one liners or two liner text messages with acronyms etc.. it makes them lazy.

I was not talking about you.

[Joso]

Most people commenting on this thread are very likely low IQ as anyone can see based on their writing styles. Low verbal and writing capacity is also a proof of lower intelligence.

[luc2112]

Definitely not true, actually, some people have an inteligence that is more visual and such cases often tend to have some problems with language when it comes to the expression of what they really thought because of some uncommon neurological factors such as autism.
Many autists are extremely successfull in their area of expertise, which most of the time is not related with verbal stuff, unless they are some sort of Asperger.
Many persons in the internet are actually much smarter that they seen to be, verbal/gramatical defficience and behaviour doesn't say much about an individual's true inteligence, as strange as it may sound.

I really met an Engineer with a light Asperger, he was very intelligent as a person, regardless of professional achievements

[Annihilus]

You need people below 100 to have people above 100.

[TheOldNorth]

No, IQ is measure mostly for a modern human type of inteligence but this one, almost certainly, is not the only type that exists.
At the end, IQ alone doesn't mean much.

I’ll agree that it doesn’t mean everything but there is a strong provable genetic correlation to IQ as well as salary and life success correlations

[mitalit]

From what I see I don't think you're stupid, don't worry those tests are not 100% reliable

[luc2112]

I’ll agree that it doesn’t mean everything but there is a strong provable genetic correlation to IQ as well as salary and life success correlations

There is no relationship, however will hardly be a poor person.

[Aldaris]

Algebra is not about repeating equations but working with them

Most of algebra is not about working with equations elementary school style, since, like, five hundred years ago, so I don't really follow that guy's point either. From reading a modern mathematical paper, an amateur wouldn't be able to tell the difference between even the most distant subfields anymore, due to centuries of concept exchange between them.

[Tauromachos]

Definitely not true, actually, some people have an inteligence that is more visual and such cases often tend to have some problems with language when it comes to the expression of what they really thought because of some uncommon neurological factors such as autism.
Many autists are extremely successfull in their area of expertise, which most of the time is not related with verbal stuff, unless they are some sort of Asperger.
Many persons in the internet are actually much smarter that they seen to be, verbal/gramatical defficience and behaviour doesn't say much about an individual's true inteligence, as strange as it may sound.

Mortimer is one of the smartest persons on this site i believe