IQ, intelligence an such

[NO_ARM_NINJA]

As i read more and more into this forum i cannot help but notice that most of us are rather intelligent, independent, individuals
So to either confirm or eliminate my suspicion that the INTP personality type is linked to a high IQ (130+) i would like to know if any of you have taken IQ tests, whether government issued official ones or just quick online ones, and what your scores were
ive only taken online ones, simply because i cant find a full one, and generally score about 135-145
so what about you guys?

 

[snafupants]

That range you gave is par for the course on the forum; most folks probably fall squarely in that range or come close; it's either self-congratulatory or ironically simple minded to get stuck on a single number. Just say what you mean in the manner you would like to express it and be done with it. Okay, online tests are seriously fucked. The only redeemable one I have come across is giqtest.com, and that was supposedly standardized on a representative sample but it costs some scratch. I have taken multiple authentic and proctored tests (I was in grad school and amply around these tests for a bit), but to avoid violating my own rule I'll withhold my score. Anyway, once you surpass a certain number IQ ceases to be the primary barrier for real success...well, in everything but theoretical physics or something. Here's a good quote, more of an excerpt, that I came across the other day.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/460471

 

[HDINTP]

I don´t think it is really important and don´t want to brag so i will just say yes my IQ is probably more than 130 but i can´t say exactly number.

 

[kantor1003]

I don't think I'm over 130. Have never done any certified tests and I don't particularly care to either. I have yet to confirm whether those that fall under "intp" have higher I.Q. What I do know is that there seems to be a general obsession about it on this forum judging from countless threads like these.

 

[Melkor]

I've said it before and I'll say it again.
I'm living proof that IQ tests are meaningless, save for in providing a false sense of superiority for the briefest time.

 

[Minuend]

There are almost no INTPs here.

 

[HDINTP]

There are almost no INTPs here.

Why do you think so or do you have it objectively supoported?

 

[kantor1003]

Why do you think so or do you have it objectively supoported?

Your not an intp, get over it.



Oh, and you already know the answer to your question.

 

[Melllvar]

Oh geez, people should just post their scores. The more pointless you think the tests are then the less reason you have to care.

133 on the WAIS-IV, standard dev. = 15, taken about three years ago.
Most interesting part was that I scored 99th percentile overall, plus 99th percentile in 4 of the 7 subcategories he measured, 96% and 92% in two more, but somehow only got 47% on processing speed. That was approx. 2.5 standard deviations below all the other categories; one standard dev. below apparently qualifies you for a learning disability in that area, according to the guy who gave the test. I don't have the actual scores on hand to list the breakdown, though, this is just from memory.

In my defense, I got very high in the parking lot immediately before taking the test, and I wasn't informed that what I was doing was an IQ test until after it was over.

Afterthought: IQ scores posted on an internet forum are likely to be fictitious, not that mine is.

 

[HDINTP]

Your not an intp, get over it.



Oh, and you already know the answer to your question.

I see i have made a mistake looks like i am tired a little bit but anyway what i wanted to say I can´t say that am an INTP for sure but most likely i am. So many statements fits me well and all the test i have been doing say that too and if i am not an INTP then what am i? And if i am not an INTP then i should not be sad about that but maybe if i am then that should hinder me. I think it is a circle because i don´t want to say i am sure about that . And yes you are the one how should get over something.

 

[HDINTP]

who time to sleep for me

 

[blarg]

I see i have made a mistake looks like i am tired a little bit but anyway what i wanted to say I can´t say that am an INTP for sure but most likely i am. So many statements fits me well and all the test i have been doing say that too and if i am not an INTP then what am i? And if i am not an INTP then i should not be sad about that but maybe if i am then that should hinder me. I think it is a circle because i don´t want to say i am sure about that . And yes you are the one how should get over something.

You do not talk like an INTP.

 

[ObliviousGenius]

I havent taken an official test yet (although i plan to) i assume my score would be high, not just because I'm am INTP bit I'm also an aspie. As many questions as INTPs ask themselves I can't imagine one being "slower" than average at least.

 

[Roran]

Last IQ test I took (of dubious accuracy) put my score in the 130's. IQ tests seem to be meaningless, because no one can really agree on what the score actually means. Is it your potential? Is it what you know? Is it both?

 

[Cheeseumpuffs]

I'm living proof that IQ tests are meaningless

Could you elaborate?

 

[kantor1003]

I see i have made a mistake looks like i am tired a little bit but...

Relax, I was just fooling around

You do not talk like an INTP.

You on the other hand, I haven't seen someone talk as intpían as you for years (the last one being the guy that wrote in binary). Truly marvelous. Bravo!

 

[Peeps999]

You on the other hand, I haven't seen someone talk as intpían as you for years (the last one being the guy that wrote in binary). Truly marvelous. Bravo!

I think the lurkers, who say absolutely nothing, win that award.

 

[kantor1003]

Well, but they don't really write talk, do they? Hard for them to win that prize really.

(Upcoming facepalm headed my direction?)

 

[keekins]

My mind seems to collapse in on itself after about 20 IQ questions. I've never finished a IQ test in my life, after a couple minutes I just stare at the screen and absolutely nothing makes sense to me.

 

[lord methous]

I think the lurkers, who say absolutely nothing, win that award.

agreed

 

[ApostateAbe]

There would be selection bias in this thread. Anyone with an IQ of a trifling 115 would not come out and say so, though it is one standard deviation above the mean. It would be better to create an anonymous poll, though there would still be selection bias. Only those who have confidence in the belief of their own high intelligence would be inclined to take an intelligence test.

But, I am inclined to agree that INTPs are the most intelligent personalities. Each of the four categories would be on the side of higher intelligence--introversion, intuition, thinking and perceiving.

 

[C.J_Finn]

Last time I took an IQ test (an internet one) I had 128-130. I don't think it really counts for much though. I view the IQ test as being the mental equivalent of BMI. Sure, it matters, but it's not the answer to everything.

 

[HDINTP]

Yeah it is ok i was really tired i was thinking about that for a while and i am relaxed it is ok i just told my hypothesis. And with my writing that i am an INTP does not have to mean i have to be simillar in this area. But ok it is just fan to write with you.

 

[HDINTP]

You do not talk like an INTP.

Well every human is an individual. Let s say if i have to choose type or base my decision on tests similarities and things like that i am closest to an INTP.

 

[Peeps999]

I've taken several online IQ tests and all of them but one said some number in the 140's, but I'm very skeptical about that. I don't care enough to pay for an actual test. It's just a number, and knowing it won't change anything.

 

[HDINTP]

You do not talk like an INTP.

But well tell me which type is talking the most like me. It sounds interesting to me and i am too lazy to find it by my own self so...

 

[scorpiomover]

If I'm smart, it's because I have good ideas. If I have good ideas, it's because I put the work in. If there is a correlation between INTPs and IQ, it's only because there is a correlation between INTPs and being a hard worker when it comes to ideas.

 

[pjoa09]

IQ tests, penis.

Been there, done that.

 

[Felan]

I can't help but think of 88 from the third alien movie.

 

[ObliviousGenius]

Oh geez, people should just post their scores. The more pointless you think the tests are then the less reason you have to care.

133 on the WAIS-IV, standard dev. = 15, taken about three years ago.
Most interesting part was that I scored 99th percentile overall, plus 99th percentile in 4 of the 7 subcategories he measured, 96% and 92% in two more, but somehow only got 47% on processing speed. That was approx. 2.5 standard deviations below all the other categories; one standard dev. below apparently qualifies you for a learning disability in that area, according to the guy who gave the test. I don't have the actual scores on hand to list the breakdown, though, this is just from memory.

In my defense, I got very high in the parking lot immediately before taking the test, and I wasn't informed that what I was doing was an IQ test until after it was over.

Afterthought: IQ scores posted on an internet forum are likely to be fictitious, not that mine is.

That's interesting, sounds like you think you would have gotten a better score if you were sober.

 

[Melllvar]

That's interesting, sounds like you think you would have gotten a better score if you were sober.

Not really, although that could have easily been why my processing speed score was so low. I think I probably did better on most other subtests because of it. Playing those sorts of stupid little mind games they give you on IQ tests when stoned is quite fun. I rather enjoyed the test.

I mainly just posted that because I thought it was a funny story, and IQ tests really are ridiculous (IMO). Mine was extremely biased and subjective, with the guy trying to give me hints (which actually sometimes misdirected me to wrong answers), and while they say you can't study for them, that's bullshit. I think there are definite strategies that could be practiced to increase your scores - but why bother just to get an arbitrary number when you could be developing a useful skill instead.

 

[snafupants]

Okay I'm going to break my pledge, come out and say my IQ is 76? Is that a good score?

 

[NO_ARM_NINJA]

Okay I'm going to break my pledge, come out and say my IQ is 76? Is that a good score?

I can't help but think you're lying to test reactions based on your response...

 

[perkins]

Stephen Colbert said, "My IQ is a 95. I got an A!". So I guess using this logic you can give yourself a C. Your not going to make the honor roll but at least you passed.

 

[nanook]

76 is my favorite

the perfect balance of intellect and bliss calibrates at 76.54321

i figure the Tao Te Ching was written from that altitude.

 

[snafupants]

Stephen Colbert said, "My IQ is a 95. I got an A!". So I guess using this logic you can give yourself a C. Your not going to make the honor roll but at least you passed.

Cees get degrees.

 

[Melkor]

Could you elaborate?

At primary school we did an IQ test which every pupil had to take part in. I scored the highest in the school if I the vice principle and my teacher spoke the truth. (It was meant to be kept quiet, with the results not being shared with students but with researchers.)
I normally score between 130 and 140 in paper or electronic tests, some of which I was required to do during my god awful obligatory psychiatric hospital visits.

This does not and never has shown in my academic or creative ability, which has always been average and mediocre.

IQ tests primarily test your ability to perform IQ tests.

 

[blarg]

But well tell me which type is talking the most like me. It sounds interesting to me and i am too lazy to find it by my own self so...

Being "somewhere on the Earth" isn't very INTP.

 

[snafupants]

At primary school we did an IQ test which every pupil had to take part in. I scored the highest in the school if I the vice principle and my teacher spoke the truth. (It was meant to be kept quiet, with the results not being shared with students but with researchers.)
I normally score between 130 and 140 in paper or electronic tests, some of which I was required to do during my god awful obligatory psychiatric hospital visits.

This does not and never has shown in my academic or creative ability, which has always been average and mediocre.

IQ tests primarily test your ability to perform IQ tests.

That must be why IQ scores vary with literally hundreds of life factors like criminality and SES.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

There's the test score, and then there's one's IQ. Are tests and test-takers always reliable so as to receive the correct score? What does one's score mean in regards to one's performance on a test if they could have done better? Are IQ tests mainly for gauging or pinpointing?

I took two unofficial/unprofessional online tests the score was the same. Either 130 something or whatever the average is, don't really remember.

 

[HDINTP]

Being "somewhere on the Earth" isn't very INTP.

That you don´t think it is INTP doesn´t have to mean it isn´t. And i didn´t want to let it empty and i don´t feel like telling all i can about me and you still didn´t answer me maybe it is time to do it.

 

[HDINTP]

You do not talk like an INTP.

And it depends on what are you talking about if you want to know how i feel like about where i am then it is paranoid space, if you want to know where i am supposed to be then it is probably on the Earth and if you want to know what i would like to be then freely flowing energy.

 

[Melkor]

Alright guys, break it up.

HD he's simply making an uninformed attempt at riling you.

Blaargy, using things such as ones set location is a silly way of typing and simply makes you seem ill informed on the matter and purposefully rude.
Ironically It gives off the most un-INTP vibe possible, so which are you, the pot or the kettle?

So shut it.


If it's any comfort, the vast majority of these forums aren't INTP, but we do all share at least three functions, with most coming up as ISTP, INTJ,INFP, ENTP or most prominently INFJ.

To be honest I can only think of Editor one, Pi and Agent intellect as real INTP's, though I'm bound to be missing one or two.

 

[NoID10ts]

I am an AFAP (Absolutely Fucking Awesome Person) and my IQ is 3,042 and if you disagree it's because you're too dumb and boring to understand why I'm so fucking awesome and smart.

 

[ObliviousGenius]

Alright guys, break it up.

HD he's simply making an uninformed attempt at riling you.

Blaargy, using things such as ones set location is a silly way of typing and simply makes you seem ill informed on the matter and purposefully rude.
Ironically It gives off the most un-INTP vibe possible, so which are you, the pot or the kettle?

So shut it.


If it's any comfort, the vast majority of these forums aren't INTP, but we do all share at least three functions, with most coming up as ISTP, INTJ,INFP, ENTP or most prominently INFJ.

To be honest I can only think of Editor one, Pi and Agent intellect as real INTP's, though I'm bound to be missing one or two.

Lol yeah it was amusing at first but now I just ignore HD, I haven't even read the private message he sent me yet. I don't have the energy to play right now.

 

[HDINTP]

Lol yeah it was amusing at first but now I just ignore HD, I haven't even read the private message he sent me yet. I don't have the energy to play right now.

After this you don´t even have to read it because it would be for nothing (almost). I think it is time for me to stop this conversation because i think i have just realized something. So thank you all.

 

[BigApplePi]

As i read more and more into this forum i cannot help but notice that most of us are rather intelligent, independent, individuals ...

Displaying an I.Q. on this board would say something about those who disclose their I.Q.'s on this board. Hah!

A question I find interesting is, what is the average I.Q. of an INTP? Or even more interesting is, what is the intelligence level of an average INTP assuming I.Q. tests are biased toward thinking types. I dunno.

I'm going to conjecture that the answer is about average. If you left out "INTP" you would get about average. What's so special intelligence-wise about an INTP?

 

[HDINTP]

Displaying an I.Q. on this board would say something about those who disclose their I.Q.'s on this board. Hah!

A question I find interesting is, what is the average I.Q. of an INTP? Or even more interesting is, what is the intelligence level of an average INTP assuming I.Q. tests are biased toward thinking types. I dunno.

I'm going to conjecture that the answer is about average. If you left out "INTP" you would get about average. What's so special intelligence-wise about an INTP?

I think special is that we are able to think about problem into the incredible depth and think about remotely of nonsense (i mean about things that people usually consider useless).

 

[BigApplePi]

I think special is that we are able to think about problem into the incredible depth

Something the "F" types are disinclined to do.

and think about remotely of nonsense (i mean about things that people usually consider useless).

Perhaps the key word you used is "usually." If it were really totally useless in all ways would that be intelligent?

 

[HDINTP]

Something the "F" types are disinclined to do.

Yes i think so and that may be one of problems i get to when for example philosophize about something with "F" types.