Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorders, research suggests

Re:Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorder... by Kaveren on Monday October 14, 2019 @09:17PM (#21254681)

IQ isn't BS as much as you may wish it to be. I don't know why people feel the need to deny science just so everyone can be on a more level playing field. it's comforting rhetoric but not supported by the evidence.

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Re:Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorder... by blattimwind on Monday October 14, 2019 @09:59PM (#21254901)

I don't think a single IQ test is overly meaningful. I did some IQ tests in my youth, which produced interesting numbers (120-140 range); later I took one during my university time, which came back with a two-digit result.

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Re:Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorder... by bjoli on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @12:54AM (#21255673)

I have done one of the few respectable IQ tests many times (wife is a psychologist working with the tests in question). Regardless of mental form (hung over,sick, high on life) I have scored in the same ballpark.

Most IQ tests (especially self admi istered ones) are BS.

The proper ones are probably the most studied aspects of psychology there are and correlate with a whole lot of things in significant ways.

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