Higher IQ

[SteelCurtain]

I had to do it with a creepy old lady taking notes.

It was all puzzles and logic problems, as I remember.

[ignoramus]

I've always been much better with abstract theory than practical things. I can sit there and work out some technical stuff a lot of people would find hard, and then get up and walk into a door frame or fail to open a packet of crisps properly.

I've got better with practical stuff, but my full progress is sadly marred by my ME. The logical part of my brain still seems to work pretty well somehow, but the "general daily life" part of my brain gets fucked with so bad that I appear to be a gibbering idiot at times.

Wow! Mine's between 15 and 20!
Have you reached the "tying shoelaces" milestone?
I have! I've got 2 more semesters than I should be fully toilet trained!   Woot!

Well aren't you mister fancy pants I'll get there one day!

Ignoramus laughs uncontrollably but lucky the bib caught all the drooling!

[RozKek]

Where do you do an IQ test?
Is there any reliable online tests that are free?

The internet ones are not reliable at all.

[RozKek]

Someones IQ is a good indicator in how good they will do in life i.e how succesful they'll be, their lifestyle choices etc. So, it isn't only an indicator about how good someone is at taking tests, if we think statistically, you guys have a higher chance of being more succesful than me, if we exclude other factors like birthplace etc.

I sincerely doubt that the correlation is very strong.

BTW, by excluding those other factors - which are significant - you essentially make any statement bout correlation meaningless.

IIRC it's generally a good indicator when it comes to education, lifestyle choices, longevity etc. If let's say two siblings have a very similiar upbringing, life, receive the same education etc but one scored higher on an IQ test it's more likely the one with higher IQ turns out to be successful i.e fares better academically, makes better lifestyle choices, lives longer. But, of course, it's definitely not causation. Although IIRC grit, motivation, self-control is even better.

[Athene]

As some of you may have noticed I've had other threads talking about intelligence, the malleability of it etc because I am geniunely interested in it, I'd prefer not have any comments about how I shouldn't worry about this, how I should think less about this and do my best etc. This thread is not because I want to compare myself. I'm simply interested in how brains work differently, what are the signs, in what way they are different etc.

Now to the question; are there any members here with an or any members who know someone with a higher IQ of >120? If so:
1) How did you fare academically?
2) How fast did you learn a new concept?
3) Did you have to study much outside of school?
4) What was difficult for you to learn and what wasn't?
5) How did it feel being around people that had it a bit more difficult to learn new concepts, remember things, solve problems etc
6) When you solve a problem in let's say mathematics (you can use another example) what is your approach and thought process when solving it?
7) How was your experience when learning a new language? Did it come to you easily?

Personally I believe someone with a higher IQ has a much better and much more efficient thought process combined with a more powerful subconscious (pattern recognition, memory and such is very important too).

1)I was a shitty student in high school and barely skated by, because I was highly prone to daydreaming, falling in love, and other flights of fancy. I did excel in the work I actually managed to turn in. I was an excellent student post high school.

2)Fast learner.

3)I've never had do much in the way of studying. Taking notes, or writing a brief outline once allows me retain most things.

4) I found math to be the most tedious and challenging subject, particularly in high school. Language and life sciences have always been the easiest.

5) I never really concerned myself with other's student's academic progress. 

6) IDK...I suppose I break problems down into smaller ones, and tackle them one at a time.

7) I would be very excited and gung ho initially, then tend to become bored and inattentive when it came to conjugating verbs and such. I thought I hadn't retained much, but I've found that I'm able to engage in fairly lengthy conversations IRL, as an adult. 

I do have a good memory.

Incidentally, I have a "brilliant" sibling, with an excellent memory and an extremely high IQ, who's totally inept when it comes to addressing every day problems, like paying or bill, or what to do if the light's go out. She's simply unable to apply any of the knowledge she's retained to real-life practical situations, poor thing. She's got plenty of smarts...But it's all book and no street, so to speak.

Go figure.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

@Rob

Sounds like you're a fellow member of the club of those who get relentlessly mocked by their wives for their complete inability to open any food container without making a mess.

pfft. Simpletons, the both of you. I mastered the key-type sardine tin by the age of 35, thanks to positive re-enforcement (I got a biscuit if I opened the tin without dropping it, an ice cream if I managed it without cutting myself). I'm now 46, and well on the way to opening a packet of crisps without getting crumbs all over the cat.

Look on my might and despair...

Boru

[Alex K]

Not bad, Boru - I'm currently working on opening cereal boxes without them tearing through the middle and everything spilling out, and also opening German style milk cartons without getting milk in my face. A worthwhile but difficult project.

[ignoramus]

Alex. Learn from the pros!

[Alex K]

Alex. Learn from the pros!

Oh, the cartons are the problem, I totally can do bottled

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Ignore my somewhat desolate looks, I don't think I had slept much that week, and the sleeping I did was partly on hospital chairs.

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[Whateverist]

So young and dark haired. Who needs sleep when you've got such tiny one that needs you?