When I was a kid I had a few incidents that caused brain damage. I was considered retarded, a term I was frequently called. I rode the short bus to special classes, I was held back a grade. I received many patronizing lectures about how disabled people could still be useful to society. When they wanted to affirm my disabled status, they decided to give me an IQ test. They didn't believe the results and required me to take several more. My lowest test was 130 and my mean score was 168. I was told I was normal enough to no longer go to special classes but I never could adapt to normal classes and was frequently told it was my fault. The brain damage is definitely real as I frequently forget where I am, what I'm doing, and sometimes my own name. It usually comes back with in a few minutes, but it's so damn frustrating. It's even more frustrating to know that you should be more than you are, but just can't because of situations outside your control. I could go into it a lot deeper on how many layers of messed up the situation has, but I'm not trying to write an autobiography here. I guess I'm just saying that IQ isn't everything. The brain is complicated. Life is complicated. Maybe the law of averages isn't a real thing, but there certainly are situations where gifted people feel cursed.
I don't know, I'm a little skeptical about your claim. A mean score of 168 would put you DEEP within the 99th percentile, so you can understand my disbelief. It would be as unbelievable as if you were to say "I won 500 million dollars playing the lottery".
@@doctorhunger921 You missed the point. If you take an IQ test every day for a week, your range of scores should be no more than +/-.5σ from your mean test score. I took a series of IQ tests at age 10 and covered a ranged +/-2σ from my mean test score. My point is about how my IQ seems to vary wildly. What's effortless one day can be overwhelmingly difficult the next. At the time, there was no diagnosis for what caused this abnormality and I don't know if that has changed since I don't keep up with that field. It also means that I have almost no confidence in what I know. Because I know I can vary so drastically in intellectual capability, I have difficulty trusting my own mind.
illiberal autist Math is not my strong suit, but I am pretty sure scoring in the 99th percentile isn’t really the same as having a 1/100 chance at something.
@@onedankind8168 that’s like saying a cripple and a able bodied person move the same speed. As soon as they go over a slow walk it’s very apparent who’s the genius and who’s the cripple. I guess and idiot and genius look the exact same in everyday menial jobs but as soon as the genius goes a lone route he is able to show is true speed
There are three factors in-between IQ and success; a) IQ as raw processing ability, b) what you choose to spend it on, c) what society and circumstance allow.
"What society allows" tends to be a very controversial take. Most people will tell you "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" if you say that some system isn't allowing those with high IQ's some type of forward or upward momentum towards success.
How you react to life is a what guides you and your intelligence usually doesn't come to play. You have to train yourself to think about every little thing and it's exhausting. It's almost impossible
AND.. d) ability to reasonably manage ones own emotional side.. I’ve seen resentment, anger, pettiness, narcissism, and worst of all self pity, absolutely cripple many people with High IQ. They can’t get past their feelings to make a logical decision.. Just like Spock always said!
@@MidMo4020 pretty sure that's letter c, because those volatile emotions are not a product of high IQ, they are a product of being different and the resulting social dynamic.
Ya and then it’s a tautological trap because then you know the Dunning Kruger Effect and then u think because you know it you surpass it, and then me thinking I know all that makes me feel like I’ve surpassed it somehow and you stay stuck no matter how deep u go
Pattern recognition universal tests are available, but it is mainly an aggregate of mathematics, patterns, intuitive and logical abilities, cryptography which is kind of just pattern recognition in your native language. Its not always accurate, but you can do different tests and get an average; it also can be fluid depending on mental health and various factors but tends to remain at a constant.
No, it's the ability to recognize pattern. Being very good at recognizing patterns is of tremendous help in understanding advanced concept in many fields of science, but it doesn't automatically makes you knowledgable. The amount of work and focus you'll be able to put in is a major component of that too, and it isn't measured by IQ, but rather by a personality trait called "conscientiousness". Also, in many fields, especially with the amount of information available today, you need a lot of soft skills to help you properly collaborate with other people, as it's becoming increasingly difficult to produce major results alone. Being very smart is helpful in becoming competent and achieving success, but it isn't an end all be all, and it certainly doesn't automatically makes you knowledgable.
IQ is not knowledge. IQ is Intelligence Quotient, denoting how well your brain works. This is measured by assessing pattern recognition, as well as problem solving and other types of critical thinking.
This is not too related to the video but you are a great teacher! I found myself engaged throughout the entire video and I could understand the lesson quite well! I have adhd, so learning is oftentimes not effortless. I feel like I generally have to put more effort than my peers for the same task. But there are certain teachers, methods of teaching, good environments and conditions, etc. that make learning to me feel like almost no work at all, and your video was one of them. Thank you!
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Look, you can find many people to fit almost any category including people with High IQ who are not affected by a law of averages, however when you account for something such as common sense, it’s a pretty vague and nebulous term I mean common sense could be anything from crossing a street at a green light, to shaking someones hand during a deal, these are things that are often times learned, and could be affected by cultural differences, Terman tested people who were for the most part doctors and lawyers, people that are often times proficient in using common sense, lawyers argue and deduce an individuals innocence, while doctors deduce illnesses and injuries from symptoms, there needs to be another study done to conclude whether or not a law of averages applies to intelligence analysing different attributes in comparison such as, coordination, memory, the ability to produce artwork, ethics, proficiency in language, response time. Some of these are hard to measure but if narrowed down to specific tests that can accurately measure or predict ones proficiency in one subject when compared to intelligence, then we could determine whether a law of averages does affect the human mind and how
I guess I'm not the only one that suddenly had a 2+ year old video appear in their recommended list. It makes me wonder how many other videos we'd all like to watch are out there but are buried by the algorithm because they're not from CNN or Logan Paul.
I just found this treasure trove, your channel. I will be voraciously consuming your content. Thank You. I am 31 and last week received a score of 146. I was diagnosed with Aspergers (HF ASD) about three years ago and now, everything in life is beginning to make sense. Instead of being happy, I'm actually rather sad/disappointed. Being highly motivated, highly creative, and having high intelligence is isolating. Nonetheless, I'm incredibly blessed to have the life I have, and the slings and arrows hurled towards me are simply a different brand name than those hurled at everyone else. Thank You for your content.
>be me >grew up being told i was gifted >got to high school >depression started >failing grades >came out of high school below average >feeling like a failure what do
@@aaronscottmatthews7883 i did lol. i changed my diet, started exercising but at the end of it all i don't feel satisfied with my life and i doubt i will
@@lunaluceat OK I was in a low spot similiar to what you describe and this is what I did and I swear to you I will look back at that as the turning point: I fasted for two weeks, doing a crazy salt-water cleanse (look up master cleanse) when that was done I ate lite, like eggs and rice, super lite, and took probotics (pill form) It cured my depression and gave me a sense of motivation that I didnt have. I used to work in a warehouse stacking greasy tires and now I'm about to take the MCAT
Can I also say that planning out your day-to-day life, setting goals (it fucking really works), thinking about how life would be if you did everything right, taking serious time to look at what you have done in the past and what you could do if everything went perfectly, that will give you a new direction
@blah blah That's not what I'm saying, I'm saying that there are a LOT of people who are intellectually hindered and that you can't just say "oh but its okay, we don't have to worry about them not fitting into society bc its such a small percentage."
The U.S. military found that it could not train people of IQ 85 and lower to do ANY job, so they gave up and Congress passed a law making it illegal for the military to enlist or draft anyone with an IQ of 85 (or 83, not sure which number got into the statute). If the military can't train those people and they've had a lot of time, resources, motivation and support to find some way, or some job they can do. And, as far as I know, psychologists haven't yet found a way of training those people for jobs either, so it looks like quite a problem, especially given that intelligence is mostly genetic and some low-IQ people have a lot of children.
I’ve never seen anyone do a video essay as a PowerPoint presentation on UA-cam until now, but this was a well made and well researched video, you just gained a sub my friend.
they do lack in other areas. everyone is weak in something and strong in something else. what i noticed is gifted people tend to be oblivious to world realities. like they live in a very small bubble.
@@rook4057 that gifted kids are more hyperfocused on their interests than on the problems on the rest of the world. For example, a gifted person might be hyperfocused on chemistry to the point of being oviblious on the social problems from their town.
Regular and dumb people also tend to be oblivious to world realities. What you describe is really more widespread and normal than you think. Not that it's a good thing that it's normal
@@kavenxiong5521 no regular and dumb people are surrounded by world realities to not notice. you're mistaking not caring with not noticing, there's a difference.
@@Deathwish777 Contrary to what you think, people with high IQ aren't magically immune or ignorant of world issues that "normal" people deal with. What you have in mind are folks whose parents are well-off (at least enough to not struggle). The very smart people you encountered like that aren't that way because they're high-IQ, it's because they grew up in a bubble.
@@technicallyinformativestem3032 If you're watching on the computer you can open up The HDML source code function and play it whatever speed you want lol
lmao i think they would actually be able to differentiate the different colours but it be super interesting to see how they interpret them and feel about them
I'm now 62 yo. When I was 20 I had to take an IQ test. Never gave it a second thought because I knew I was one of the idiots in the family. Until this video I had no idea I was in the .01%. I have learned a shit-ton of stuff but I'm still an idiot. If you don't believe me, just ask any of the women in my life.
One of the most admirable people I've had the pleasure to know was damaged by fetal alcohol syndrome. Not a bright chap at all. But when I'd explain things to him, I'm an engineer, he had the most amazing knack... He'd ask basic questions that came from a totally different angle. I'd go away with homework, He'd made me realise I didn't understand the subject as fully as I could. He was mentally impaired, it frustrated him, but he was deeply inquisitive. I owe him for making me dug deeper.
Is this relatable to anyone? I thought I was smart when I fell in the top 7% (supervised IQ test I did when I was 16). Massive ego booster, obviously. It motivated me enough to finish school as top academic achiever. Now however... Took me 2 years longer to finish my studies. The times I've walked the extra mile to understand everything, and deliver projects with in-depth detail; was the times I scored the lowest. At best I got average grades when I just rushed through things to get it done. My peers who skimped tasks and projects often got better results. Uni was a real passion killer for me. So, I don't know. Maybe the career psychologist put me on a trip. Maybe I've had some cognitive decline. Maybe the world is catering for quick & easy.
Yep, I had and still experience the same problem. The high graders just have a great understanding of how to get a good grade and not necessarily understanding the material.
One thing I've had to realize is that it's not like the movies. I don't know what kind of IQ I have, it's bugged me my whole life (I'm only 26), but the reason I say it's not like the movies is because the movies show high IQ people figuring something out and learning something REALLY fast, when in reality it can take years for someone who's incredibly intelligent to figure something out. In a way I'm glad you had that experience because number one it's real, and number two it's humbling. Like the person above me said, a lot of people just figure out how to beat the system, what you need to understand is that learning HOW TO learn is a skill in and of itself, high IQ people still have to take the time to learn stuff, it all takes time and investment.
@@jackrose5077 Most people don’t realize how much effort is required to discover and then accurately define something that is new. The transition from the nebulous to a working definition that does not detract from the nuances perceived in observation. This can literally take years of processing, discussion and attempts at communication to achieve. The details one observes can be so difficult to articulate that your hearers will just gloss over them and substitute the intellectually easier categories through which they understand the world. It’s a major challenge.
One thing that's very tricky with IQ is that you can be unbalanced in your IQ subscores. For example, I have Asperger's (ASD) and my vocabulary is in the "genius" range and some other scores like spelling are in the "gifted" range, but some of my scores (such as spatial puzzle solving) are just average and some are even below average (such as processing speed). For that reason, my overall IQ is 118, but obviously that doesn't reflect the whole picture. That just might be common with the autism spectrum, but it shows that your overall IQ score doesn't reflect whether you are "gifted/genius" or intellectually disabled. Also, most IQ tests don't test beyond the 99.9th percentile or the .01th percentile (for reference 145 or above is considered the 99.9% percentile and I believe 50 or below would be considered the .01th percentile, though I may be wrong), so when you hear about supergenius people with IQs of 160 or 200 or whatever, that's completely arbitrary as most IQ tests aren't even designed to measure that number. In reality, the highest score you can achieve on most IQ tests is 145 and the lowest 50. It does make sense that there would be a very rare few people with IQs above or below that, but like I said, that number is completely arbitrary and is often up to the personal opinion of the person administering the examination. With people with profound intellectual disability, it can also be really tricky as most of them have severe cerebral palsy or another medical condition that can cause them to be unable to speak or move, meaning that it is extremely difficult to administer a traditional IQ test. For this reason, the "profound" category is often just an assumption doctors make about the severely physically disabled, when for all you know some of them could be geniuses (there was a book that came out when I was growing up, I forget exactly what it was called, but its protagonist was a young girl with cerebral palsy who was a genius, but labeled as mentally handicapped). Mild and moderate intellectual disability is easier to measure as most of those who have it are fully or moderately verbal. Again, I'm not saying that people with IQs *that* high or low don't exist, it's just at that point it's really hard to measure. When you toss autism into the equation, that makes it even harder because like I said, most of us have uneven skills (superior intellectual capabilities and memory (except for those with a form of autism where they also have an intellectual disability), but a slower processing speed, as well as sensory and social skills issues. It gets even trickier for those with severe autism, many of who are just assumed by doctors to have intellectual disabilities as well. Because many with nonverbal autism cannot express themselves, they are basically trapped in their own heads, regardless of their intellectual strengths. So IQ is not perfect, it does not take into account a disability or cultural background (what he was saying about a cultural intellectual disability just highlights how some IQ tests are very culture-biased, you can be a genius in terms of intellectual capacity and still score low on an IQ test because you don't know what something common in another culture refers to, or because you can't read English), or other forms of intelligence (i.e. social/emotional intelligence). Sorry for this rambling wall of text lol. Just my 2 cents, I'm not an expert in any regard but I am passionate about this subject. EDIT: I looked up what the bottom IQ percentile is (www.omnicalculator.com/health/iq-percentile) and it's more around 50 (25 would be extremely low, and as I said most IQ tests don't measure that low). So I have changed my answer to reflect that.
I'm an Aspie. My IQ is above 160. My vocabulary is massive. My math ability is massive. My memory is amazing and vast. My main short comings is communicating my visual brain in a brief way. I only have my POV so can't say why others score lower on the IQ assessment yet have a high cognitive ability snd vast knowledge of math, science, English, etc. However I know it's a spectrum. I still see having a IQ this high is a curse. It's very lonely. So grass isn't always greener.
the lack of common sense is probably just autism. that's my case. 148 iq but autistic. the longitudinal study has some flaws. one of them being that autistic individuals with high iqs never got the chance to participate in this study because they wouldn't have been diagnosed or would have had many social barriers to entry. i was in special education with many gifted individuals and as i get older and keep in contact with many of them most of them have an accompanied diagnosis now of adhd, anxiety, spd, ocd, epilepsy or autism. this suggests that giftedness is a neurotype and has developmental factors, and all neurotypes come with comorbidities.
I feel like if you're high IQ, problem solving takes up a lot of mental space. If you have a social problem, you solve it. If you lack skills somewhere, just think your problem through. Etc. If you're clever you just think your problems through no? Regardless of what your weaknesses are.
It is imperative that we set IQ tests for public office. I propose 115 as a minimum for congress and 125 for the senate and the presidents. When one has huge Nuclear arsenals you can't leave idiots in charge like we do now. I worked at Bell labs/Agere systems as an EE for several years and once we compared IQ's, I was the stupidest at 143. Several claimed 160+ and I believe them. None of my colleagues was socially awkward or at a loss.
I will say that at 24, I received 116 on an IQ test, but I had several issues like "severely impaired" in memory. Due to everything, my brain warped into a different form and abilities. People should study that. Of course, now I have more brain damage. We won't get into it.
I wonder how many people here have taken a formal IQ test administered by professionals, rather than one of those "if you can solve this then you have 180 IQ!" phone apps?
That would be valid if you only had 130+ neurologists to apply the test, i have 134 i.q. if i don't cheat the test, i can apply for a test and use my knowledge of how the test works to hack the test and get any arbitrary high value of i.q., i took a test once and got 154 i.q. while cheating the test, in my opinion you can't use the tests administered by dumb people to measure i.q. because intelligence involves much more than pure mathematical hability, to me it's much more important to understand group theory than knowing how to multiply two numbers in the time of a blink, i could do that, i do that by the function of what i'm doing but i don't bother with stuff that the computer can do 10000000 times faster.
Beginning of 6th grade year I was administered an IQ test after transferring from small private school to public school. The Gretna, Nebraska school district psychologist Dr. Winters administered my test. Result was 139. Due to the abuse I received during my critical development years, it's been nothing but a curse. Having an exceptionally powerful mind that runs programming it got as a child in a fundamental christian household, results in subconscious self talk that is entirely self destructive. I have grown weary of fighting this and intend to self delete in the immediate future, in order to shut down the program. I haven't got the resources available to do it clinically.
Is knowledge based on memorization and factoids or total comprehension of the subject at hand and the ability to add cohesive input to the conversation? I would guarantee the later, the problem with measuring intelligence is that it’s quite easy for people to memorize several factoids with no basis of comprehension when asked to delve further into detail. I believe intelligence should be measured by your ability to create independent hypotheses and how true these pan out. Generally that’s why I believe pattern recognition is a fair sign of intelligence as this is a measurement of your capability to recognize your environment, thus also a level of intelligence would be geared towards how well you adapt and can implement these changes.
I've known some smart people who had no common sense, in a survival situation they would not survive. On the other hand, some not so bright people have an animal cunning which enables them to overcome hardships. I think the big factor is strength of mind and will to live. The way society is set up now, smart people who specialize in some field prosper. People with no skill or ability get the worst jobs unless their willing to work hard!!!
@@spyseethegamer2186 Many children see through the sheer hypocrisy of adults and currents systems and will mentally shut-down to try and protect their correct perspective, especially if the adults use force or berate them for refusing to go along with the madness.
@@dr9299 i forgot i left this comment but i turned notifications recently and got notified with the next comment sorry Well that does happen It happens to me as well i have to keep my ideas to myself since i know they ll refuse them im not high iq myself tho not that i know never been tested but i dont think im remotly high iq my memory is trash
I recently read Flowers for Algernon, and this was part of Charlie's struggle; dude was so effing intelligent that he couldn't relate in everyday scenarios. He was disconnected from people around him. He lacked the ability to see what others understood plain as day. Short book, worth the read. Way sad, though. 😢
The use of Mental Age / Chronological Age times 100 hasn't been true in many decades. IQ now is a unit of statistical level of g-factor (general intelligence) based on the statistics of the bell curve. Typically this is done with a sigma of 15 and so the each unit of standard deviation from the norm is 15 points off the mean. A person one standard deviation above the norm has a g-factor of 115 IQ and one who is one standard deviation below the norm has a g-factor of 85 IQ. Seriously this has been the correct use of the term for literally longer than most people watching this video have been alive.
My IQ is 116 with Dyslexia, Bipolar depression and anxiety as tested in PA under the OVR program. After 30 years of antidepressant meds I still don't understand but at some point when the universe disappears no one will remember. I'm a crypto investo.
you gotta stop those meds. cannabis is my tonic it works for me. i use high thc all day every day even at work on a farm. we grow hemp and kind for the legal market. those antidepressants are mind control drugs they're hurting you man wise up.
@blah blah That's total bullshit. If you just a dumb doper and you just smoke weed and sleep sure. Everyone's brain is different and active brain and over stimulated brain a person stimulated by adrenaline can benefit from cannabis. it has no long term effect on IQ other than demotivating the user to not get educated which doesn't affect baseline intelligence just volume of knowledge and experience.
IQ tests measure your level of education not your intelligence! the last time I took an IQ test, I had forgot how to divide fractions,. so I got a lower score. Does that mean I'm less intelligent then I was in grammer/middle school? No of course not! IQ tests are sillyness! Even though I usually got around 130 ish in results...
Not sure which IQ test he's using for distribution. Some tests have a bit more spread. 145 is not top .1% on all tests. On one of the tests I took to enter Mensa I got a 154 that was top2% and the other was 148 that was top 1%. was around 1990 so I have forgotten specifically what both tests were. I think one was castell-b and definitely neither was WAIS.
I don't think high IQ people lack common sense any more than others BUT, EVERY single person I've been around with a high IQ has had some kind of OTHER disability of some sort: Autism, ADHD, seizures, etc. with no exception. Now, this could've just been luck of the draw as I didn't do some kind of long term study of thousands of people but this is what I've personally observed.
That's not the general rule, actually. Intelligence, in the conventional sense of "general mental ability" or "g" or IQ (= the same things) is an expression of the total fine-tuning and coordination of an individual. It translates to IQ, immune system strength, musculoskeletal coordination, longevity, better health in general, oftentimes height, nerve conduction velocity, hand grip strength, and other proxies of whole-system coordination. People who really embody such whole-system strength usually aren't much motivated to be in the public spotlight so the whole-system manifestation of high intelligence isn't reflected in a popular stereotype other than however Hollywood might be presenting it at some time or another. When you're seeing highly-intelligent people who also have neurological deficiencies or afflictions of some sort, you're looking at exceptions to the general rule. Those exceptions, and Hollywood fantasies, are much more familiar, and the others, the more representative examples of high example, as I say, aren't seen in the public spotlight too commonly -- they are too busy in the backrooms devoting themselves to doing brilliant things and don't have any use or time for the distractions of the pubic spotlight. Another general rule, one that you might be seeing in the cases you're referring to, is "the more that's wrong (with a person), the more that's wrong (with that person)", i.e., if one has a morbidity, they strongly, strongly tend to have comorbidities as well. Read the research by Randy Thornhill and others about that.
I noticed that high IQs have overexcited senses and vivid imaginations and can balance multiple interests and activities. But a lot of them haven’t been taught how to maximize their gifts to the point, where it can work against them. That’s the biggest problem with the American school system. Huge waste of untapped potential. I say, if you’re gifted, go for one discipline and study it deeply , because you can go further than people who are not gifted.
I wonder what Terman thought about people with Aspergers and autism? People who have clear difficulties to perform successfully in society. People above 140 I. Q.
Telman may have solved the computer science problem buy concluding "They do not" on a problem with infinite possibilities.. lol.. Give this guy an award.. hahha
@@peaceonearth8693 Math in some corners of education in the U.S. is being called racist these days. My experience with Math was strange. In Geometry, once I understood that a triangle contained 180 deg & a Circle had 360 deg, my mind turned to other things. I did not repeat answers that the teacher wanted to hear, like, congruent parallel lines will have the same angle, when a straight line is bisecting them. Teacher told me that I should not take college prep courses. I ended up studying Mechanical Engineering. Even Calculus bored me. I did get an 'A' in Calc 2 and sent the grade to my Geometry teacher. I finished Aviation High at 16, realized I was too young to work on Airplanes, hence Mechanical Engineering. I am 73yrs on July 5. I can still recite Pi to the 20th decimal place(just for fun).
Very interesting video. It would be much better for these people (I assume this is an educator) to say that these theories are consistent with specific data rather than saying, "Because of this study, this is not true" This is a field largely comprised of changing/evolving opinions.
The only two things I've noticed with gifted people is the inability to put abstract thoughts into the simple version of English we're taught. English is a limiting language. It's not even pretty like Spanish. Anyway, later they become the divine in Clarkesworld, my favorite magazine. Also, they make way more associations than normal people in abstract abilities, and this can make them look crazy. Sometimes, a simple task will be too complex while I'll go straight through. Some individuals pop out of time like anyone could have hit the target but they managed to, and then they say the average man was neglected, a flash in the pan. Welcome to the curse of many tech giants. You have to watch out for the way you introduce technology or that will happen.
Does IQ tend to stay constant? When I was in k-12 I was labeled as gifted, and it seems to me like I am brighter than most people on the streets but many of my peers are very successful, more so than me.
@@knockhello2604 There are a vast amount of people with really high IQ's, but there are also many among these people with Asperger's. Being on the autistic spectrum is a disorder, yet so many people in this upper IQ bracket have it. But generally, autism has nothing to do with intelligence. You'd be ill-informed to assume any autistic kid has any significant "gifts", much like the rest of us.
_Normal Curve_ goes from *zero to 200,* split in _Standard Deviations_ of 15, with 100 always in middle -- the plurality set. How does an I.Q go above 200?
Because the guy completelly fucked up the definition. IQ is devided according to normal distribution with standard deviation equal to 15 points. I wasn't able to find any table that does count more then 4 standard deviations, but bathe matically, IQ can go up to 1/7 000 000 000 being 6.3 standard deviations above the average. 100 + 15*6,3 = 194,5... You're god damn right.
@@konoko1002k 1/7 billion is the chance of someone having an IQ >194.5 assuming your maths is right. You measure the probability of the event IQ > x as 1 - the area of the curve up until the point x. Hence technically the probability of having any given IQ point is actually 0 on a continuous distribution, this isn't observed typically however as IQ is rounded to integers and isn't allowed to be an infinite sequence of decimal places. Back to the idea that IQ >200 isn't possible, If we look at the fact that IQ > 194.5 is a 1/7 000 000 chance, where that 1 / 7billion person sits could very well be a bit after 200 but is not so likely to be past 210. Additionally, IQ tests are generally understood to lose accuracy in effectively separating individuals past the genius level (145-160) hence their reliability is essentially pointless past the fact that "this person is very very intelligent". Point is for the those 1 in a million people it really is irrelevant to consider their IQ as they know themselves to be incredibly intelligent and would much rather prove that by achieving something deserving of that status
@@bingbong2179 Nice comment about the testing, but it misses the point completelly. Assuming that there is one person that is objectively smarter then every single other person on the planet does place his status as 1/7 000 000 000, meaning that statistically speaking his IQ is 194,5. Measuring the actual IQ has nothing to do with this statistical fact.
@@konoko1002k I see what you mean but I don't think it does mean that it's 194.5 necessarily. If you assume that the normal distribution is insufficient at modelling people past IQ of 160 it could very well be the case that under the true probability distribution someone does have an IQ over 200. We use the normal distribution out of its convenience for modelling 99% of people, there's no clear evidence that it is correct for the remaining 1% as there's too little sample size and too much variation across testing and so forth. Edit: that being said at a certain point you must wonder if IQ means anything outside of how rare their level of intelligence is and whether it can possible be compared relative to another person i.e. can you really say one person is "twice as smart as another", probably not, in that sense. The issue is that we're conflating "TRUE IQ" with "Measured IQ". If the number itself means nothing other than assigned rarity than it doesn't matter what distribution you use, as long as it is a bell-shape (this is not necessarily a normal distr I think). Oh additionally, when you think about it does th assumption of symmetry really make sense when you consider gifted vs mentally-retarded. Is there some scientific reason why it would PERFECTLY balance out. Probably not. Your answer is correct if you assume that a normal distribution holds, but I think you'd find there evidence to suggest outside of typical cases it is nowhere near perfect
So I score firmly with an IQ as very superior in the range of 144 - 160+. I was formally tested by a psychiatrist when I was about 5 years old which is young I know, I have copies of the paperwork and everything, including a synopsis . That said I also have/had ADHD which I most likely still do, and I am curious does anyone have any interesting insights into the behavior, psychology, etc of high IQ and ADHD/ADD. Edit: It’s been pretty annoying dealing with it, things that should be hard are easy, and things that should be easy are hard.
I agree because I’m sure someone with a high iq has incredible common sense. I think they have so much common sense that they see common sense so clearly in everything.
I would like to know how accurate theses videos are . I have seen videos of people saying 10 traits of intelligent people or something like that . I can not really believe most of those videos . I knew a guy that saw one of those videos and he was not very smart at all but he thought that he was a smart guy because he showed a couple of those traits . I however would say I am some what smart but I doubt my intelligence .
Ryan, my lectures result from current psychological practices and theory. I typically use them for my students as lecture material for their college classes as I am their professor for the classes in question.
These tests could only be administered to childern. Once you reach about 20 being of an older mental age is detrimental, defining genius as a 10 yr old with a 20 yr old mental process which would have to decline. So the mental age ratio is a fallacy.
love it how in the title he wrote intellectual disabled instead of intellectually. My guess is that he at the very least isn't gifted in the grammar department hehehe.
Did you get a real test for some gifted program at your school to find out that score. Or did you use some online test. As heres a secret online tests boost iqs
I agree the law of averages is incorrect, but i also believe if you are smart enough eventually you start to notice lots of things common sense preaches are not true.
I've witnessed 26 students reading for pleasure the last two years at two different middle schools. However, the others were playing on their phones. Very sad!
Reading a book with more than 100 pages require a lot of patience and perceverance, which young people usually don't have in abundance, and the phone has bright colors, animations, interesting stuff goes on there and so on, if you have no idea in advance what you get from books, which would you choose?
thanks for the video! It seems like people who talk about where 'high iq' comes from, why shouldn't it reflect the same areas where mental 'retardation' comes from?
So what test, administered by what sort of professional, would give an IQ rating that includes a decimal? I have never heard of an IQ score being calculated to 1 decimal place and I've done my share of reading in the area. In terms of the concept of "significant figures" that is used in virtually all scientific calculation, I can't see how an IQ test would give an examiner the amount of data needed to arrive at such a precise figure. The margin of error in the testing would preclude a conclusion as precise as to 1 decimal place, I would think, although I am certainly no expert on IQ testing. What test did you do? What sort of professional administered and marked it?
There are a battery of tests designed for people with different needs and different scenarios such as the one you describe. Also many tests of intelligence allow for commentary where one can note any prior physical, emotional or psychological issues when developing a score. Ultimately, don't worry too much about the IQ number as it is only that, a number.
@@jgambon more so identification to find a group of like-minded peers. I have difficulty connecting on a level in which to be understood. I have made wonderful interdisciplinary connections and the paradox is nobody will listen, And when they do I can’t articulate in a way that makes sense.
You can improve your IQ through study if you want. A lot of the test questions are based on what you know and how good your visual memory is. Math is a big part of it. But at the end of the day, it's probably more helpful to study something you want to be good at. Also, if I may say so, I've known a lot of high IQ scorers who routinely display shocking lack of sense. The brain is like a computer, and processing power is useless if you're using it up trying to suppress shame or fear, for instance. If you really want to be smart, learn to be honest, especially with yourself. The Temple of Apollo at Delphi has inscribed on it "know thyself,"" "nothing to excess," and "surety brings ruin." That's some wisdom.
Thts why I never say nothing I just let ppl do what they want and find something else to focus on. Only once for me, the twin towers were more real than any harassment anyone could ever experience. Never in the history. And thts some reality for the police you can never “talk to” now image no “weapons” no food to know of website to access your food no cash. A disabled bank account. Bodies hanging for the train tracks...the harsh reality they showing me. And no one can show up for a sexual harassment “report”
If a conventional person of 65-70 years old retains his mental age of about 30 years: he looks at the world through the eyes of an adult rich in experience, but at the same time he gladly absorbs new information, keeps himself abreast of the latest events and technologies - does this mean that he is mentally disadvanteged?
@@timothyblake3574 I think you're trying to use big words and sound smarter than you feel you actually are, but I'll bite. The question you asked in a way doesn't make sense, if the individual keeps their mental age of about 30, I mean, I guess they're fine, the problem would be that they're not maturing past 30, so the same mistakes a 30 year old would make compared to someone in their 60's would still be happening and that is a problem, but admittedly it would be nice if those who are 65 to 70 would be more willing and accepting of new ideas and technology, and honestly I think that's happening, in many ways because of the internet, since ideas are so quickly spread and so readily available it's hard not to have an abundance of resources at your disposal to move with the times even if you're significantly older than the newest generation.
@@jackrose5077 first of all, no one asked your opinion here to get answers in the "I think" style. What you think about - you can leave it for your environment. The last place I would like to sound smart is UA-cam comments. I asked the question based on the simplest mathematical formula given in this video. And, most likely, it is applicable to a certain age category of persons, after which it sharply loses its relevance. I am aware of crises and other psychological distress that a person in their 30s can face. Therefore, if you are 70, but in your mind you are 30, then your IQ = 42.85 (formula in the video), but you are not retarded. I just drew attention to this remarkable fact, and did not even think that it would be able to cause aggression in some teenager in the comments. I like it, keep up the good work
Well, I was born with something wrong with me. Even as a small child, I kept trying to kill myself. I was a sick animal, not meant to survive, but I have consciousness (which you don't develop until later, so it's not a big deal to kill babies, but the stupid humans) now and don't want to be the only sinner to go. It insults me. My parents had miscarriages before me, were obviously incompatible reproductively, plus all the other crap, including the doctor not wearing gloves, and this caused an infection. Then I somehow broke through, and I was born 6 weeks early, had ear problems until I was a teenager, was constantly ill, have the wrong blood type with my mother, and she attacked me in the womb. I've had a lot of trauma from many things. I was also psychologically tortured for years and not seen as an equal due to getting an LD and having social issues due to my family. I grew extremely slowly, but I reached 5'1 instead of 4'9, which they predicted. I used to be so determined in life. It's just sad.
@@jamrollz Because you'll find yourself not really relating to anyone and not really being properly understood at times which is quite frustrating. Many of these people with high IQs can also be quite critical of others which also hurts when making/keeping friends.
@@BenniHunnit I have 139iq Mensa score, am autistic, and was severely bullied as a child. Mental and even physical health are attainable and as accessible to you as anyone else. Intelligence does not in and of itself cause suffering, you're making a false equivalence.
@@jamrollz to understand what I said prior takes a certain level of wisdom and understanding. Yes it can be taken somewhat literal but the form of speech is figurative and holds true for many people I know. My cousin is 170 IQ and I've been able to see it first hand. My brothers are also 140 and 150 on Mensa
@@BenniHunnit you drew an absolutist conclusion from a sample of 3? Probably best find ways to help your family instead of thinking: intelligence=suffering.
I am normal but like being alone a lot. 146 to 149 measured multiple times. The hardest thing is listening to the high number of people who are not able to remember information well.
Reading the comments here, it seems lots of people have a real resentment against intelligent people. At the same time a lot of people making the comments here appear not to have actually listened to what is being discussed here. A lot of parading of assumptions and plain prejudice.
@@taylormatthews6086 Thankfully my only disability is extreamly poor planning for somethings. I have one corner of my life extreamly organized well rest house is a mess
i don't think this teacher expected to win the algorithm
I don't remember commenting this.
@@alfred0231 are you two accounts one person
@@Jechew Don't trust the double l imposters.. they're dangerous!
@@alfred0231 lol!
I know right?
When I was a kid I had a few incidents that caused brain damage. I was considered retarded, a term I was frequently called. I rode the short bus to special classes, I was held back a grade. I received many patronizing lectures about how disabled people could still be useful to society.
When they wanted to affirm my disabled status, they decided to give me an IQ test. They didn't believe the results and required me to take several more. My lowest test was 130 and my mean score was 168. I was told I was normal enough to no longer go to special classes but I never could adapt to normal classes and was frequently told it was my fault.
The brain damage is definitely real as I frequently forget where I am, what I'm doing, and sometimes my own name. It usually comes back with in a few minutes, but it's so damn frustrating. It's even more frustrating to know that you should be more than you are, but just can't because of situations outside your control.
I could go into it a lot deeper on how many layers of messed up the situation has, but I'm not trying to write an autobiography here. I guess I'm just saying that IQ isn't everything. The brain is complicated. Life is complicated. Maybe the law of averages isn't a real thing, but there certainly are situations where gifted people feel cursed.
I don't know, I'm a little skeptical about your claim. A mean score of 168 would put you DEEP within the 99th percentile, so you can understand my disbelief. It would be as unbelievable as if you were to say "I won 500 million dollars playing the lottery".
@@doctorhunger921
You missed the point. If you take an IQ test every day for a week, your range of scores should be no more than +/-.5σ from your mean test score.
I took a series of IQ tests at age 10 and covered a ranged +/-2σ from my mean test score.
My point is about how my IQ seems to vary wildly. What's effortless one day can be overwhelmingly difficult the next. At the time, there was no diagnosis for what caused this abnormality and I don't know if that has changed since I don't keep up with that field.
It also means that I have almost no confidence in what I know. Because I know I can vary so drastically in intellectual capability, I have difficulty trusting my own mind.
illiberal autist Math is not my strong suit, but I am pretty sure scoring in the 99th percentile isn’t really the same as having a 1/100 chance at something.
I have heard that IQ cannot be reliably measured above 160 since there aren't enough people with such high IQs to compare against
@@bidu2331324 An IQ of 168 would actually be something like 0.001% of the population, according to the chart the professor showed us.
so around 2% of the population has an IQ under 70. what percentage of the population is on twitter consistently?
All 2%
its 4%. Both the genius' and idiots and we can't tell them apart
@@onedankind8168 that’s like saying a cripple and a able bodied person move the same speed.
As soon as they go over a slow walk it’s very apparent who’s the genius and who’s the cripple.
I guess and idiot and genius look the exact same in everyday menial jobs but as soon as the genius goes a lone route he is able to show is true speed
@@vlogcity1111 you’re overthinking what I said.
Twitter sucks.
@@onedankind8168 no, no genius is on twitter.
I didn’t even know that IQs could go below 25!
Me neither, but I guess now that I think about it, it makes sense.
Hi
I think it’s lower than some animals iqs
When did you get your results?
@@all-father5254 dont chimpanzees have an iq of like 50-60 and some gorillas even more
There are three factors in-between IQ and success; a) IQ as raw processing ability, b) what you choose to spend it on, c) what society and circumstance allow.
"What society allows" tends to be a very controversial take. Most people will tell you "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" if you say that some system isn't allowing those with high IQ's some type of forward or upward momentum towards success.
One more - how much hardworking you are. A lazy person with high IQ may average out the same output as that of a hardworking average IQ person.
How you react to life is a what guides you and your intelligence usually doesn't come to play. You have to train yourself to think about every little thing and it's exhausting. It's almost impossible
AND.. d) ability to reasonably manage ones own emotional side.. I’ve seen resentment, anger, pettiness, narcissism, and worst of all self pity, absolutely cripple many people with High IQ. They can’t get past their feelings to make a logical decision.. Just like Spock always said!
@@MidMo4020 pretty sure that's letter c, because those volatile emotions are not a product of high IQ, they are a product of being different and the resulting social dynamic.
This video was made for people on the left side of the IQ range.
Lol
Pffff ! I’m at the top of the bell curve!
I’m using metric so that’s the positive side
.......wuht?
It just means if you're 80 you have the intelligence of a 40 year old rather than having dimentia.
everyone who watches this video thinks they're above average iq
The dunning kreugers
We all trying to show ya know
Dummies don't watch educational videos
Ya and then it’s a tautological trap because then you know the Dunning Kruger Effect and then u think because you know it you surpass it, and then me thinking I know all that makes me feel like I’ve surpassed it somehow and you stay stuck no matter how deep u go
"Overall knowledge"?
Isn't IQ instead the level of ability to acquire knowledge?
I thought the same thing
Pattern recognition universal tests are available, but it is mainly an aggregate of mathematics, patterns, intuitive and logical abilities, cryptography which is kind of just pattern recognition in your native language. Its not always accurate, but you can do different tests and get an average; it also can be fluid depending on mental health and various factors but tends to remain at a constant.
No, it's the ability to recognize pattern. Being very good at recognizing patterns is of tremendous help in understanding advanced concept in many fields of science, but it doesn't automatically makes you knowledgable. The amount of work and focus you'll be able to put in is a major component of that too, and it isn't measured by IQ, but rather by a personality trait called "conscientiousness".
Also, in many fields, especially with the amount of information available today, you need a lot of soft skills to help you properly collaborate with other people, as it's becoming increasingly difficult to produce major results alone.
Being very smart is helpful in becoming competent and achieving success, but it isn't an end all be all, and it certainly doesn't automatically makes you knowledgable.
IQ is not knowledge. IQ is Intelligence Quotient, denoting how well your brain works. This is measured by assessing pattern recognition, as well as problem solving and other types of critical thinking.
Fluid IQ is the ability to learn new things
Crystallized IQ is general acquired knowledge
This is not too related to the video but you are a great teacher! I found myself engaged throughout the entire video and I could understand the lesson quite well! I have adhd, so learning is oftentimes not effortless. I feel like I generally have to put more effort than my peers for the same task. But there are certain teachers, methods of teaching, good environments and conditions, etc. that make learning to me feel like almost no work at all, and your video was one of them. Thank you!
The "profound" category reminds me of the catatonic people at the old folks' home.
I would be enlightened to if I was popping perks all day with holy old bitches
*horny
I didn't expect a PPT presentation on UA-cam. Hold on, gonna reserve the meeting room over at the Marriott.
UA-cam algorithms brought me here. Im genuinely interested in this type of content. Your format is well displayed, and information is delivered well. You've earned your subscription.
Look, you can find many people to fit almost any category including people with High IQ who are not affected by a law of averages, however when you account for something such as common sense, it’s a pretty vague and nebulous term I mean common sense could be anything from crossing a street at a green light, to shaking someones hand during a deal, these are things that are often times learned, and could be affected by cultural differences, Terman tested people who were for the most part doctors and lawyers, people that are often times proficient in using common sense, lawyers argue and deduce an individuals innocence, while doctors deduce illnesses and injuries from symptoms, there needs to be another study done to conclude whether or not a law of averages applies to intelligence analysing different attributes in comparison such as, coordination, memory, the ability to produce artwork, ethics, proficiency in language, response time. Some of these are hard to measure but if narrowed down to specific tests that can accurately measure or predict ones proficiency in one subject when compared to intelligence, then we could determine whether a law of averages does affect the human mind and how
my friends got Einstein iq but has got no sense when it comes to some things
@@Shaboomquisa watch the video again
Sample bias, eh. Yeah, random sampling or gtfo.
Commom sense and intelligence are not related.
Common sense and awareness are.
I never thought I'd ever say that I agree with Erwin Rommel
I guess I'm not the only one that suddenly had a 2+ year old video appear in their recommended list. It makes me wonder how many other videos we'd all like to watch are out there but are buried by the algorithm because they're not from CNN or Logan Paul.
Same
I just found this treasure trove, your channel. I will be voraciously consuming your content. Thank You. I am 31 and last week received a score of 146. I was diagnosed with Aspergers (HF ASD) about three years ago and now, everything in life is beginning to make sense. Instead of being happy, I'm actually rather sad/disappointed. Being highly motivated, highly creative, and having high intelligence is isolating. Nonetheless, I'm incredibly blessed to have the life I have, and the slings and arrows hurled towards me are simply a different brand name than those hurled at everyone else. Thank You for your content.
what age were you "diagnosed". I feel like I have been misdiagnosed my story reads very much like yours.
What test did you do?
Hey I am also gifted and ASD. I’m 34. Life was incredibly lonely. I feel you. I also have depression (dysthymia) and anxiety.
@@kaybee2286 Hii kaybee, you are not alone. Here we are , you can talk to someone you believe.
r/iamverysmart
>be me
>grew up being told i was gifted
>got to high school
>depression started
>failing grades
>came out of high school below average
>feeling like a failure
what do
Me but now im stuck in college, im flunking out rn, those cert and paper awards literally useless, company need puppets, not revolutionary
change e v e r y t h i n g about your daily routine - especially diet.
plz report back in a year
@@aaronscottmatthews7883 i did lol. i changed my diet, started exercising but at the end of it all i don't feel satisfied with my life and i doubt i will
@@lunaluceat OK I was in a low spot similiar to what you describe and this is what I did and I swear to you I will look back at that as the turning point:
I fasted for two weeks, doing a crazy salt-water cleanse (look up master cleanse)
when that was done I ate lite, like eggs and rice, super lite, and took probotics (pill form)
It cured my depression and gave me a sense of motivation that I didnt have.
I used to work in a warehouse stacking greasy tires and now I'm about to take the MCAT
Can I also say that planning out your day-to-day life, setting goals (it fucking really works), thinking about how life would be if you did everything right, taking serious time to look at what you have done in the past and what you could do if everything went perfectly, that will give you a new direction
I thought anything below 85 was considered disabled but they changed it for a specific reason.
I know why, but we can't say
Why?? I'm 19 so if it's an adult thing then lemme know
@blah blah its 16%, and that is 52 million people in the US alone. that's not a small statistic.
@blah blah That's not what I'm saying, I'm saying that there are a LOT of people who are intellectually hindered and that you can't just say "oh but its okay, we don't have to worry about them not fitting into society bc its such a small percentage."
The U.S. military found that it could not train people of IQ 85 and lower to do ANY job, so they gave up and Congress passed a law making it illegal for the military to enlist or draft anyone with an IQ of 85 (or 83, not sure which number got into the statute). If the military can't train those people and they've had a lot of time, resources, motivation and support to find some way, or some job they can do. And, as far as I know, psychologists haven't yet found a way of training those people for jobs either, so it looks like quite a problem, especially given that intelligence is mostly genetic and some low-IQ people have a lot of children.
I’ve never seen anyone do a video essay as a PowerPoint presentation on UA-cam until now, but this was a well made and well researched video, you just gained a sub my friend.
they do lack in other areas. everyone is weak in something and strong in something else. what i noticed is gifted people tend to be oblivious to world realities. like they live in a very small bubble.
Can you be specific to what they don't notice?
@@rook4057 that gifted kids are more hyperfocused on their interests than on the problems on the rest of the world.
For example, a gifted person might be hyperfocused on chemistry to the point of being oviblious on the social problems from their town.
Regular and dumb people also tend to be oblivious to world realities. What you describe is really more widespread and normal than you think. Not that it's a good thing that it's normal
@@kavenxiong5521 no regular and dumb people are surrounded by world realities to not notice. you're mistaking not caring with not noticing, there's a difference.
@@Deathwish777 Contrary to what you think, people with high IQ aren't magically immune or ignorant of world issues that "normal" people deal with. What you have in mind are folks whose parents are well-off (at least enough to not struggle). The very smart people you encountered like that aren't that way because they're high-IQ, it's because they grew up in a bubble.
this topic could have been explained in 5 minutes
Play it at 2 times speed or download it and play it at 3 times speed.
@@technicallyinformativestem3032 If you're watching on the computer you can open up The HDML source code function and play it whatever speed you want lol
@@MegaErnieMAN How. What variable would I look for?
Deez nuts could have been explained in 5 minutes
@@technicallyinformativestem3032 this is what i did, i have an extension that allows me to play videos at a speed above 2
Wonders if there's a vid on UA-cam where a profoundly colour-blind person discusses Mondrian.
lmao
i think they would actually be able to differentiate the different colours
but it be super interesting to see how they interpret them and feel about them
I've got an IQ of 135, am 45, single, don't have friends and work as a cow herder.
Is that mouse from algernon and flowers?
All of this checks out
You just avoided alot of stress from the big cities
idk how this ended up in my recommended, i aint even in any psychologically classes
Good, general knowledge.
I'm now 62 yo. When I was 20 I had to take an IQ test. Never gave it a second thought because I knew I was one of the idiots in the family. Until this video I had no idea I was in the .01%. I have learned a shit-ton of stuff but I'm still an idiot. If you don't believe me, just ask any of the women in my life.
One of the most admirable people I've had the pleasure to know was damaged by fetal alcohol syndrome. Not a bright chap at all. But when I'd explain things to him, I'm an engineer, he had the most amazing knack... He'd ask basic questions that came from a totally different angle. I'd go away with homework, He'd made me realise I didn't understand the subject as fully as I could.
He was mentally impaired, it frustrated him, but he was deeply inquisitive. I owe him for making me dug deeper.
Is this relatable to anyone?
I thought I was smart when I fell in the top 7% (supervised IQ test I did when I was 16). Massive ego booster, obviously. It motivated me enough to finish school as top academic achiever.
Now however... Took me 2 years longer to finish my studies. The times I've walked the extra mile to understand everything, and deliver projects with in-depth detail; was the times I scored the lowest. At best I got average grades when I just rushed through things to get it done. My peers who skimped tasks and projects often got better results. Uni was a real passion killer for me.
So, I don't know.
Maybe the career psychologist put me on a trip. Maybe I've had some cognitive decline. Maybe the world is catering for quick & easy.
Yep, I had and still experience the same problem. The high graders just have a great understanding of how to get a good grade and not necessarily understanding the material.
Depth of understanding wins in the long term.
One thing I've had to realize is that it's not like the movies. I don't know what kind of IQ I have, it's bugged me my whole life (I'm only 26), but the reason I say it's not like the movies is because the movies show high IQ people figuring something out and learning something REALLY fast, when in reality it can take years for someone who's incredibly intelligent to figure something out. In a way I'm glad you had that experience because number one it's real, and number two it's humbling. Like the person above me said, a lot of people just figure out how to beat the system, what you need to understand is that learning HOW TO learn is a skill in and of itself, high IQ people still have to take the time to learn stuff, it all takes time and investment.
@@jackrose5077 Most people don’t realize how much effort is required to discover and then accurately define something that is new. The transition from the nebulous to a working definition that does not detract from the nuances perceived in observation. This can literally take years of processing, discussion and attempts at communication to achieve. The details one observes can be so difficult to articulate that your hearers will just gloss over them and substitute the intellectually easier categories through which they understand the world. It’s a major challenge.
I felt like that in grad school.
One thing that's very tricky with IQ is that you can be unbalanced in your IQ subscores. For example, I have Asperger's (ASD) and my vocabulary is in the "genius" range and some other scores like spelling are in the "gifted" range, but some of my scores (such as spatial puzzle solving) are just average and some are even below average (such as processing speed). For that reason, my overall IQ is 118, but obviously that doesn't reflect the whole picture. That just might be common with the autism spectrum, but it shows that your overall IQ score doesn't reflect whether you are "gifted/genius" or intellectually disabled. Also, most IQ tests don't test beyond the 99.9th percentile or the .01th percentile (for reference 145 or above is considered the 99.9% percentile and I believe 50 or below would be considered the .01th percentile, though I may be wrong), so when you hear about supergenius people with IQs of 160 or 200 or whatever, that's completely arbitrary as most IQ tests aren't even designed to measure that number. In reality, the highest score you can achieve on most IQ tests is 145 and the lowest 50. It does make sense that there would be a very rare few people with IQs above or below that, but like I said, that number is completely arbitrary and is often up to the personal opinion of the person administering the examination. With people with profound intellectual disability, it can also be really tricky as most of them have severe cerebral palsy or another medical condition that can cause them to be unable to speak or move, meaning that it is extremely difficult to administer a traditional IQ test. For this reason, the "profound" category is often just an assumption doctors make about the severely physically disabled, when for all you know some of them could be geniuses (there was a book that came out when I was growing up, I forget exactly what it was called, but its protagonist was a young girl with cerebral palsy who was a genius, but labeled as mentally handicapped). Mild and moderate intellectual disability is easier to measure as most of those who have it are fully or moderately verbal. Again, I'm not saying that people with IQs *that* high or low don't exist, it's just at that point it's really hard to measure. When you toss autism into the equation, that makes it even harder because like I said, most of us have uneven skills (superior intellectual capabilities and memory (except for those with a form of autism where they also have an intellectual disability), but a slower processing speed, as well as sensory and social skills issues. It gets even trickier for those with severe autism, many of who are just assumed by doctors to have intellectual disabilities as well. Because many with nonverbal autism cannot express themselves, they are basically trapped in their own heads, regardless of their intellectual strengths. So IQ is not perfect, it does not take into account a disability or cultural background (what he was saying about a cultural intellectual disability just highlights how some IQ tests are very culture-biased, you can be a genius in terms of intellectual capacity and still score low on an IQ test because you don't know what something common in another culture refers to, or because you can't read English), or other forms of intelligence (i.e. social/emotional intelligence). Sorry for this rambling wall of text lol. Just my 2 cents, I'm not an expert in any regard but I am passionate about this subject. EDIT: I looked up what the bottom IQ percentile is (www.omnicalculator.com/health/iq-percentile) and it's more around 50 (25 would be extremely low, and as I said most IQ tests don't measure that low). So I have changed my answer to reflect that.
Thank you, I read through all of that and I must say that your imput has been quite enlightening.
Absolutely.
I'm an Aspie. My IQ is above 160. My vocabulary is massive. My math ability is massive. My memory is amazing and vast. My main short comings is communicating my visual brain in a brief way. I only have my POV so can't say why others score lower on the IQ assessment yet have a high cognitive ability snd vast knowledge of math, science, English, etc. However I know it's a spectrum. I still see having a IQ this high is a curse. It's very lonely. So grass isn't always greener.
@@SamGrossmanEG what do you study or have you studied in life, eg physics, math, medicine or engineering?
@@SamGrossmanEG Hi Sam, what advice would you give to a friend with high IQ in his 20s? What advice would you give to your younger self?
Goddam IQ barrier. Watched this and now stuck in my bedroom closet. Please help.
iq has nothing to do with acquired knowledge.
the lack of common sense is probably just autism. that's my case. 148 iq but autistic. the longitudinal study has some flaws. one of them being that autistic individuals with high iqs never got the chance to participate in this study because they wouldn't have been diagnosed or would have had many social barriers to entry. i was in special education with many gifted individuals and as i get older and keep in contact with many of them most of them have an accompanied diagnosis now of adhd, anxiety, spd, ocd, epilepsy or autism. this suggests that giftedness is a neurotype and has developmental factors, and all neurotypes come with comorbidities.
Very well put and very concise, thank you for posting this.
I feel like if you're high IQ, problem solving takes up a lot of mental space. If you have a social problem, you solve it. If you lack skills somewhere, just think your problem through. Etc.
If you're clever you just think your problems through no? Regardless of what your weaknesses are.
shut up
I thought you said "if you're high on IQ"
@@RazorM97 totally stealing that from you xD
It is imperative that we set IQ tests for public office. I propose 115 as a minimum for congress and 125 for the senate and the presidents. When one has huge Nuclear arsenals you can't leave idiots in charge like we do now.
I worked at Bell labs/Agere systems as an EE for several years and once we compared IQ's, I was the stupidest at 143. Several claimed 160+ and I believe them. None of my colleagues was socially awkward or at a loss.
Presidents are predestined. You don't get to choose
I will say that at 24, I received 116 on an IQ test, but I had several issues like "severely impaired" in memory. Due to everything, my brain warped into a different form and abilities. People should study that. Of course, now I have more brain damage. We won't get into it.
You can improve your memory, working memory is negative effected by prolonged stress.
@@duskonanyavarld1786 if you have brain damage you can't
@@duskonanyavarld1786 that why I keep on having mental blanks?
@@taylormatthews6086 It could be. if you think it's likely it probably is.
I wonder how many people here have taken a formal IQ test administered by professionals, rather than one of those "if you can solve this then you have 180 IQ!" phone apps?
That would be valid if you only had 130+ neurologists to apply the test, i have 134 i.q. if i don't cheat the test, i can apply for a test and use my knowledge of how the test works to hack the test and get any arbitrary high value of i.q., i took a test once and got 154 i.q. while cheating the test, in my opinion you can't use the tests administered by dumb people to measure i.q. because intelligence involves much more than pure mathematical hability, to me it's much more important to understand group theory than knowing how to multiply two numbers in the time of a blink, i could do that, i do that by the function of what i'm doing but i don't bother with stuff that the computer can do 10000000 times faster.
Beginning of 6th grade year I was administered an IQ test after transferring from small private school to public school. The Gretna, Nebraska school district psychologist Dr. Winters administered my test. Result was 139. Due to the abuse I received during my critical development years, it's been nothing but a curse. Having an exceptionally powerful mind that runs programming it got as a child in a fundamental christian household, results in subconscious self talk that is entirely self destructive. I have grown weary of fighting this and intend to self delete in the immediate future, in order to shut down the program. I haven't got the resources available to do it clinically.
Is knowledge based on memorization and factoids or total comprehension of the subject at hand and the ability to add cohesive input to the conversation? I would guarantee the later, the problem with measuring intelligence is that it’s quite easy for people to memorize several factoids with no basis of comprehension when asked to delve further into detail. I believe intelligence should be measured by your ability to create independent hypotheses and how true these pan out. Generally that’s why I believe pattern recognition is a fair sign of intelligence as this is a measurement of your capability to recognize your environment, thus also a level of intelligence would be geared towards how well you adapt and can implement these changes.
Using big words does not make you appear more intelligent tbh, there is no point in making language harder for everyone to understand
I've known some smart people who had no common sense, in a survival situation they would not survive. On the other hand, some not so bright people have an animal cunning which enables them to overcome hardships. I think the big factor is strength of mind and will to live. The way society is set up now, smart people who specialize in some field prosper. People with no skill or ability get the worst jobs unless their willing to work hard!!!
maybe they're so smart they realize that this life is not worth living and the void is a much better peaceful alternative
@@spyseethegamer2186 Many children see through the sheer hypocrisy of adults and currents systems and will mentally shut-down to try and protect their correct perspective, especially if the adults use force or berate them for refusing to go along with the madness.
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@@dr9299 i forgot i left this comment but i turned notifications recently and got notified with the next comment sorry
Well that does happen
It happens to me as well i have to keep my ideas to myself since i know they ll refuse them im not high iq myself tho not that i know never been tested but i dont think im remotly high iq my memory is trash
@@socio637 if u r refferring to his their its correct :/
I feel there's a witty joke about the american public education system, but my teachers didn't tell me what to say on that.
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I recently read Flowers for Algernon, and this was part of Charlie's struggle; dude was so effing intelligent that he couldn't relate in everyday scenarios. He was disconnected from people around him. He lacked the ability to see what others understood plain as day.
Short book, worth the read. Way sad, though. 😢
The use of Mental Age / Chronological Age times 100 hasn't been true in many decades.
IQ now is a unit of statistical level of g-factor (general intelligence) based on the statistics of the bell curve. Typically this is done with a sigma of 15 and so the each unit of standard deviation from the norm is 15 points off the mean. A person one standard deviation above the norm has a g-factor of 115 IQ and one who is one standard deviation below the norm has a g-factor of 85 IQ.
Seriously this has been the correct use of the term for literally longer than most people watching this video have been alive.
My IQ is 116 with Dyslexia, Bipolar depression and anxiety as tested in PA under the OVR program. After 30 years of antidepressant meds I still don't understand but at some point when the universe disappears no one will remember. I'm a crypto investo.
you gotta stop those meds. cannabis is my tonic it works for me. i use high thc all day every day even at work on a farm. we grow hemp and kind for the legal market. those antidepressants are mind control drugs they're hurting you man wise up.
@Fenris Wolf People who buy crypto currency tend to have below average intelligence. This has been studied.
@blah blah That's total bullshit. If you just a dumb doper and you just smoke weed and sleep sure. Everyone's brain is different and active brain and over stimulated brain a person stimulated by adrenaline can benefit from cannabis. it has no long term effect on IQ other than demotivating the user to not get educated which doesn't affect baseline intelligence just volume of knowledge and experience.
@blah blah i do not. joe bores me hes serving an audience of average idiots. im a bit more cerebral than he is. he's selling his reaction
@blah blah rogans audience are mainstream morons.
IQ tests measure your level of education not your intelligence! the last time I took an IQ test, I had forgot how to divide fractions,. so I got a lower score. Does that mean I'm less intelligent then I was in grammer/middle school? No of course not! IQ tests are sillyness! Even though I usually got around 130 ish in results...
Not sure which IQ test he's using for distribution. Some tests have a bit more spread. 145 is not top .1% on all tests. On one of the tests I took to enter Mensa I got a 154 that was top2% and the other was 148 that was top 1%. was around 1990 so I have forgotten specifically what both tests were. I think one was castell-b and definitely neither was WAIS.
He is referring to Wechsler scale here
I don't think high IQ people lack common sense any more than others BUT, EVERY single person I've been around with a high IQ has had some kind of OTHER disability of some sort: Autism, ADHD, seizures, etc. with no exception. Now, this could've just been luck of the draw as I didn't do some kind of long term study of thousands of people but this is what I've personally observed.
That's not the general rule, actually. Intelligence, in the conventional sense of "general mental ability" or "g" or IQ (= the same things) is an expression of the total fine-tuning and coordination of an individual. It translates to IQ, immune system strength, musculoskeletal coordination, longevity, better health in general, oftentimes height, nerve conduction velocity, hand grip strength, and other proxies of whole-system coordination. People who really embody such whole-system strength usually aren't much motivated to be in the public spotlight so the whole-system manifestation of high intelligence isn't reflected in a popular stereotype other than however Hollywood might be presenting it at some time or another. When you're seeing highly-intelligent people who also have neurological deficiencies or afflictions of some sort, you're looking at exceptions to the general rule. Those exceptions, and Hollywood fantasies, are much more familiar, and the others, the more representative examples of high example, as I say, aren't seen in the public spotlight too commonly -- they are too busy in the backrooms devoting themselves to doing brilliant things and don't have any use or time for the distractions of the pubic spotlight. Another general rule, one that you might be seeing in the cases you're referring to, is "the more that's wrong (with a person), the more that's wrong (with that person)", i.e., if one has a morbidity, they strongly, strongly tend to have comorbidities as well. Read the research by Randy Thornhill and others about that.
@Ryan Alex do other people with high IQ do poor in school? Get bored and restless. Mind wanders.? Ever heard of this?
I noticed that high IQs have overexcited senses and vivid imaginations and can balance multiple interests and activities. But a lot of them haven’t been taught how to maximize their gifts to the point, where it can work against them. That’s the biggest problem with the American school system. Huge waste of untapped potential. I say, if you’re gifted, go for one discipline and study it deeply , because you can go further than people who are not gifted.
Interesting video! Thanks for the upload.
I wonder what Terman thought about people with Aspergers and autism?
People who have clear difficulties to perform successfully in society.
People above 140 I. Q.
Telman may have solved the computer science problem buy concluding "They
do not" on a problem with infinite possibilities.. lol.. Give this guy
an award.. hahha
As I listen to this information, I am wondering how the USA has slipped from ranking of 28th in Math to 37th in Math among the developed nations?
@@peaceonearth8693 Math in some corners of education in the U.S. is being called racist these days. My experience with Math was strange. In Geometry, once I understood that a triangle contained 180 deg & a Circle had 360 deg, my mind turned to other things. I did not repeat answers that the teacher wanted to hear, like, congruent parallel lines will have the same angle, when a straight line is bisecting them. Teacher told me that I should not take college prep courses. I ended up studying Mechanical Engineering. Even Calculus bored me. I did get an 'A' in Calc 2 and sent the grade to my Geometry teacher. I finished Aviation High at 16, realized I was too young to work on Airplanes, hence Mechanical Engineering. I am 73yrs on July 5. I can still recite Pi to the 20th decimal place(just for fun).
Very interesting video.
It would be much better for these people (I assume this is an educator) to say that these theories are consistent with specific data rather than saying, "Because of this study, this is not true"
This is a field largely comprised of changing/evolving opinions.
i am both intellectually disabled and gifted
Well I have an IQ in the 'Above Average' range and I don't even understand how levers work.
The only two things I've noticed with gifted people is the inability to put abstract thoughts into the simple version of English we're taught. English is a limiting language. It's not even pretty like Spanish. Anyway, later they become the divine in Clarkesworld, my favorite magazine. Also, they make way more associations than normal people in abstract abilities, and this can make them look crazy. Sometimes, a simple task will be too complex while I'll go straight through. Some individuals pop out of time like anyone could have hit the target but they managed to, and then they say the average man was neglected, a flash in the pan. Welcome to the curse of many tech giants. You have to watch out for the way you introduce technology or that will happen.
Wow. Such narcissism. And not even your own thoughts.
Does IQ tend to stay constant? When I was in k-12 I was labeled as gifted, and it seems to me like I am brighter than most people on the streets but many of my peers are very successful, more so than me.
A high IQ doesn't automatically mean success, it's even said in the video that motivation was found to play a bigger role in it.
Often people assume IQ and autism are similar in the IQ curve top 1%
Autism is a disorder to me idk y ppl think it's smart
@@knockhello2604 There are a vast amount of people with really high IQ's, but there are also many among these people with Asperger's. Being on the autistic spectrum is a disorder, yet so many people in this upper IQ bracket have it. But generally, autism has nothing to do with intelligence. You'd be ill-informed to assume any autistic kid has any significant "gifts", much like the rest of us.
_Normal Curve_ goes from *zero to 200,* split in _Standard Deviations_ of 15, with 100 always in middle -- the plurality set.
How does an I.Q go above 200?
Are you referring to the title?
Because the guy completelly fucked up the definition. IQ is devided according to normal distribution with standard deviation equal to 15 points. I wasn't able to find any table that does count more then 4 standard deviations, but bathe matically, IQ can go up to 1/7 000 000 000 being 6.3 standard deviations above the average. 100 + 15*6,3 = 194,5... You're god damn right.
@@konoko1002k 1/7 billion is the chance of someone having an IQ >194.5 assuming your maths is right. You measure the probability of the event IQ > x as 1 - the area of the curve up until the point x. Hence technically the probability of having any given IQ point is actually 0 on a continuous distribution, this isn't observed typically however as IQ is rounded to integers and isn't allowed to be an infinite sequence of decimal places. Back to the idea that IQ >200 isn't possible, If we look at the fact that IQ > 194.5 is a 1/7 000 000 chance, where that 1 / 7billion person sits could very well be a bit after 200 but is not so likely to be past 210. Additionally, IQ tests are generally understood to lose accuracy in effectively separating individuals past the genius level (145-160) hence their reliability is essentially pointless past the fact that "this person is very very intelligent". Point is for the those 1 in a million people it really is irrelevant to consider their IQ as they know themselves to be incredibly intelligent and would much rather prove that by achieving something deserving of that status
@@bingbong2179 Nice comment about the testing, but it misses the point completelly. Assuming that there is one person that is objectively smarter then every single other person on the planet does place his status as 1/7 000 000 000, meaning that statistically speaking his IQ is 194,5. Measuring the actual IQ has nothing to do with this statistical fact.
@@konoko1002k I see what you mean but I don't think it does mean that it's 194.5 necessarily. If you assume that the normal distribution is insufficient at modelling people past IQ of 160 it could very well be the case that under the true probability distribution someone does have an IQ over 200. We use the normal distribution out of its convenience for modelling 99% of people, there's no clear evidence that it is correct for the remaining 1% as there's too little sample size and too much variation across testing and so forth.
Edit: that being said at a certain point you must wonder if IQ means anything outside of how rare their level of intelligence is and whether it can possible be compared relative to another person i.e. can you really say one person is "twice as smart as another", probably not, in that sense. The issue is that we're conflating "TRUE IQ" with "Measured IQ". If the number itself means nothing other than assigned rarity than it doesn't matter what distribution you use, as long as it is a bell-shape (this is not necessarily a normal distr I think). Oh additionally, when you think about it does th assumption of symmetry really make sense when you consider gifted vs mentally-retarded. Is there some scientific reason why it would PERFECTLY balance out. Probably not. Your answer is correct if you assume that a normal distribution holds, but I think you'd find there evidence to suggest outside of typical cases it is nowhere near perfect
has anyone else noticed that all high iq people have wider eye sockets and larger eyebrow bones?
So I score firmly with an IQ as very superior in the range of 144 - 160+. I was formally tested by a psychiatrist when I was about 5 years old which is young I know, I have copies of the paperwork and everything, including a synopsis .
That said I also have/had ADHD which I most likely still do, and I am curious does anyone have any interesting insights into the behavior, psychology, etc of high IQ and ADHD/ADD.
Edit: It’s been pretty annoying dealing with it, things that should be hard are easy, and things that should be easy are hard.
Where can you take an iq test
@@jojod.uchiha3704 You need have a psychologist or psychiatrist formally test you, they’re most accurate when taken as a child.
I agree because I’m sure someone with a high iq has incredible common sense. I think they have so much common sense that they see common sense so clearly in everything.
Common sense is called common for a reason
@@bastic9968 and yet its common to lack it
@@sarahk6254 i guess then it would be uncommon sense unless im missing something
and yet common sense isn’t so common***
@@bastic9968 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Common_sense_is_not_common
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I would like to know how accurate theses videos are . I have seen videos of people saying 10 traits of intelligent people or something like that . I can not really believe most of those videos . I knew a guy that saw one of those videos and he was not very smart at all but he thought that he was a smart guy because he showed a couple of those traits . I however would say I am some what smart but I doubt my intelligence .
Ryan, my lectures result from current psychological practices and theory. I typically use them for my students as lecture material for their college classes as I am their professor for the classes in question.
These tests could only be administered to childern. Once you reach about 20 being of an older mental age is detrimental, defining genius as a 10 yr old with a 20 yr old mental process which would have to decline. So the mental age ratio is a fallacy.
love it how in the title he wrote intellectual disabled instead of intellectually. My guess is that he at the very least isn't gifted in the grammar department hehehe.
Academic "High iq people on average don't lack common sense"
Academia " Women can have penises!"
Welcome to another episode of "Why is this in my recommendations?"
Children, Mr. Mackey's gonna talk to you about I.Q. today...mm'kay?
There’s a goat that is really smart
It's pretty cool they got Mr. Garrison to do the voice work for this video. M'kay.
anything below 85 equates to total acceptance here now …
MmmKay.
Seriously though, I appreciate the video.
Alright
What's interesting is that males tend to occupy the extremes on either side significantly more often than versus females.
it`s called greater male variability hypothesis
but I suspect it`s motivations which differentiate males so much
I'm 136-138 IQ and sometimes (rarely) I lack common sense and my brain can sometimes get distorted. Being honest here.
Wow, that sounds like you're human being
Did you get a real test for some gifted program at your school to find out that score. Or did you use some online test. As heres a secret online tests boost iqs
@@_mark_3814 I got a real one that was 136 and i had a few bogus online ones.
@@void_skyy ah fair
I agree the law of averages is incorrect, but i also believe if you are smart enough eventually you start to notice lots of things common sense preaches are not true.
I've witnessed 26 students reading for pleasure the last two years at two different middle schools. However, the others were playing on their phones. Very sad!
books are low bandwidth
Reading a book with more than 100 pages require a lot of patience and perceverance, which young people usually don't have in abundance, and the phone has bright colors, animations, interesting stuff goes on there and so on, if you have no idea in advance what you get from books, which would you choose?
@@macaronivirus5913 The book, because Everyone knows that playing makes one a vegetable. The students and parents are told that in Pre K!
Where am me on list
You, small brain. Me, big brain.
you are 2%
thanks for the video! It seems like people who talk about where 'high iq' comes from, why shouldn't it reflect the same areas where mental 'retardation' comes from?
When I did the mental age test it was 25 and it says that I have an IQ of 156.3
Was it a professionally administered exam?
@@annikachristensen4323 yes
Nice man, congrats!
So what test, administered by what sort of professional, would give an IQ rating that includes a decimal? I have never heard of an IQ score being calculated to 1 decimal place and I've done my share of reading in the area. In terms of the concept of "significant figures" that is used in virtually all scientific calculation, I can't see how an IQ test would give an examiner the amount of data needed to arrive at such a precise figure. The margin of error in the testing would preclude a conclusion as precise as to 1 decimal place, I would think, although I am certainly no expert on IQ testing. What test did you do? What sort of professional administered and marked it?
Hello LewisDean -- it looks like you typed out a question to me, but it's disappeared somehow. If you want to repost it, I'll try to answer.
How do you measure IQ if you might be twice exceptional, and may be dyscalculia, is there a way for accurate assessment with today’s modalities?
There are a battery of tests designed for people with different needs and different scenarios such as the one you describe. Also many tests of intelligence allow for commentary where one can note any prior physical, emotional or psychological issues when developing a score. Ultimately, don't worry too much about the IQ number as it is only that, a number.
@@jgambon more so identification to find a group of like-minded peers. I have difficulty connecting on a level in which to be understood. I have made wonderful interdisciplinary connections and the paradox is nobody will listen, And when they do I can’t articulate in a way that makes sense.
There have been people with microencephaly or very small brains due to water on the brain who live normal lives.
And cats with most of their brains removed too. I guess they weren't needed.
Ahh yes, the high IQ. I do the high IQ everday!
I wish I didn't have below average iq
You can improve your IQ through study if you want. A lot of the test questions are based on what you know and how good your visual memory is. Math is a big part of it. But at the end of the day, it's probably more helpful to study something you want to be good at. Also, if I may say so, I've known a lot of high IQ scorers who routinely display shocking lack of sense. The brain is like a computer, and processing power is useless if you're using it up trying to suppress shame or fear, for instance. If you really want to be smart, learn to be honest, especially with yourself. The Temple of Apollo at Delphi has inscribed on it "know thyself,"" "nothing to excess," and "surety brings ruin." That's some wisdom.
A little correction: allegedly had been inscribed.
@@TheGiantRobot A very uplifting comment, thank you!
@@Vanyx1000 Thanks, Vant!
Thts why I never say nothing I just let ppl do what they want and find something else to focus on. Only once for me, the twin towers were more real than any harassment anyone could ever experience. Never in the history. And thts some reality for the police you can never “talk to” now image no “weapons” no food to know of website to access your food no cash. A disabled bank account. Bodies hanging for the train tracks...the harsh reality they showing me. And no one can show up for a sexual harassment “report”
If a conventional person of 65-70 years old retains his mental age of about 30 years: he looks at the world through the eyes of an adult rich in experience, but at the same time he gladly absorbs new information, keeps himself abreast of the latest events and technologies - does this mean that he is mentally disadvanteged?
I think you're misunderstanding the meaning of mental age
@@JustATotalNerd it seems that you did not understand the rhetorical question emanating from the statement in the video
@@timothyblake3574 I think you're trying to use big words and sound smarter than you feel you actually are, but I'll bite. The question you asked in a way doesn't make sense, if the individual keeps their mental age of about 30, I mean, I guess they're fine, the problem would be that they're not maturing past 30, so the same mistakes a 30 year old would make compared to someone in their 60's would still be happening and that is a problem, but admittedly it would be nice if those who are 65 to 70 would be more willing and accepting of new ideas and technology, and honestly I think that's happening, in many ways because of the internet, since ideas are so quickly spread and so readily available it's hard not to have an abundance of resources at your disposal to move with the times even if you're significantly older than the newest generation.
@@jackrose5077 first of all, no one asked your opinion here to get answers in the "I think" style. What you think about - you can leave it for your environment. The last place I would like to sound smart is UA-cam comments. I asked the question based on the simplest mathematical formula given in this video. And, most likely, it is applicable to a certain age category of persons, after which it sharply loses its relevance. I am aware of crises and other psychological distress that a person in their 30s can face. Therefore, if you are 70, but in your mind you are 30, then your IQ = 42.85 (formula in the video), but you are not retarded. I just drew attention to this remarkable fact, and did not even think that it would be able to cause aggression in some teenager in the comments. I like it, keep up the good work
@@JustATotalNerd I think the takeaway is the mental age interpretation makes no sense.
Common sense is an oxymoron.
This was interesting, thanks! :)
I would be surprised to find out this person has a degree in psychology.
@@peaceonearth8693 Do they have a degree in psychology?
By this metric a cat's IQ is like 60-80.
MmmmmK - Mr Garrison?
Normal is the name of the distribution you are using.
If any of us were truly smart, the world would be ran better.
This video is going to blow up
Well, I was born with something wrong with me. Even as a small child, I kept trying to kill myself. I was a sick animal, not meant to survive, but I have consciousness (which you don't develop until later, so it's not a big deal to kill babies, but the stupid humans) now and don't want to be the only sinner to go. It insults me. My parents had miscarriages before me, were obviously incompatible reproductively, plus all the other crap, including the doctor not wearing gloves, and this caused an infection. Then I somehow broke through, and I was born 6 weeks early, had ear problems until I was a teenager, was constantly ill, have the wrong blood type with my mother, and she attacked me in the womb. I've had a lot of trauma from many things. I was also psychologically tortured for years and not seen as an equal due to getting an LD and having social issues due to my family. I grew extremely slowly, but I reached 5'1 instead of 4'9, which they predicted. I used to be so determined in life. It's just sad.
So we all meet again thanks to youtube
You don't want a high IQ. Average is fine. The smarter you are the more you'll suffer
Why?
@@jamrollz Because you'll find yourself not really relating to anyone and not really being properly understood at times which is quite frustrating. Many of these people with high IQs can also be quite critical of others which also hurts when making/keeping friends.
@@BenniHunnit I have 139iq Mensa score, am autistic, and was severely bullied as a child. Mental and even physical health are attainable and as accessible to you as anyone else. Intelligence does not in and of itself cause suffering, you're making a false equivalence.
@@jamrollz to understand what I said prior takes a certain level of wisdom and understanding. Yes it can be taken somewhat literal but the form of speech is figurative and holds true for many people I know. My cousin is 170 IQ and I've been able to see it first hand. My brothers are also 140 and 150 on Mensa
@@BenniHunnit you drew an absolutist conclusion from a sample of 3?
Probably best find ways to help your family instead of thinking: intelligence=suffering.
I am normal but like being alone a lot. 146 to 149 measured multiple times. The hardest thing is listening to the high number of people who are not able to remember information well.
Can you hear it, in the sound of their voices, LOL?
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 No. Ignorant repetition from people like you.
Cringe
Law of averages? There's no such thing. Laws of probability you mean.
M'kay.
Reading the comments here, it seems lots of people have a real resentment against intelligent people. At the same time a lot of people making the comments here appear not to have actually listened to what is being discussed here. A lot of parading of assumptions and plain prejudice.
See: The Pygmalion Effect
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Disabled the wrong word distracted or uninterested or other things on out minds. That can make for poor life chooses
Yes but some are disabled
@@taylormatthews6086 Thankfully my only disability is extreamly poor planning for somethings. I have one corner of my life extreamly organized well rest house is a mess
@@jonathanjollimore7156 can relate