Have you ever been IQ tested?
By James72
@James72 (26790)
Australia
December 30, 2006 12:49am CST
I undertook an IQ test out of curiosity when I was in my early twenties. It took around three hours to complete. I did so with a number of friends and we all had very different educational backgrounds. The results were very, very unexpected! Have you ever undertaken one? Care to share what score you received?
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@Wizybr (110)
• Australia
30 Dec 06
I sat the IQ test when I joined Mensa 30 years ago. High IQ are great but all they really predict is your ability to think and learn from life. They are not a requisite for success or achievement. The Mensa members I knew were the brightest, most interesting group of under-achievers I ever met.
@zigzagbuddha (4601)
• United States
19 Aug 08
One of my all time best friends once said to me that he liked to keep his weight the same as his IQ. I thought that was very funny, and a good idea besides. So now I no longer feel compelled to keep my weight at 120 and if anyone were to have the temerity to criticize me for being overweight I would just tell them "I like to keep my weight the same as my IQ". 
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@Thomas73 (1467)
• Switzerland
30 Dec 06
I undertook an IQ test a few years ago, as I was suffering from terrible migraines and the neurologists couldn't
determine any physiological cause for them.
I won't brag about it, but let's say that it was unexpectedly high. I consider myself a reasonably intelligent person, but I was still amazed by the outcome.
@Thomas73 (1467)
• Switzerland
30 Dec 06
Education and intelligence are two very different things. I know very intelligent people with hardly no education, as well as a few dumb-arses who still managed to get a Ph.D.
The migraines are still there for no apparent reason. I'm used to them by now as long as they don't flare up as often as they used to a few years ago. Thanks for your concern! :)
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
30 Dec 06
I agree wholeheartedly! But unfortunately in a lot of cases it is a basic assumption that someone with a PhD will be intelligent! In my line of work it is pretty much expected that you have educational qualifications but I have thankfully been able to get around that due to experience.
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