How the Body Works : Intelligence quotients, or IQ

How the Body Works IQ

Intelligence quotients, or IQs, aim to measure intelligence. Statistically IQs have a normal distribution, as shown by the plot of this graph, thus the majority of the population fall on either side of the average score, 100, and 68 percent of people have IQs between 85 and 115. Much less than 1 percent are potential "geniuses," with IQs above 150 and 2 percent are "subnormal" with scores below 70.

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[GunzFTW99]

Don't ever trust internet IQ tests, if you really want to know your IQ, take one in real life.

[MuhammadVonRaven]

@theporksicle - Yes. Their brains have more neural pathways for faster connections. You can train yourself to increase your intelligence by forcing yourself to do what you normally don't do. For example, if you always brush your teeth with your right hand, do it with the left. This will force your brain to build new neural pathways. Learning a foreign language will do the same (and also a defense against Alzheimer's).

[retardbuster]

Does anyone know where I can find a valid source about the % of people who have more/less IQ than 116 for an example?

[ENDtheFED2012]

@EjPwned

OK then

[EjPwned]

@ENDtheFED2012 unfortunately for you. it wasn't. :)

[ENDtheFED2012]

@EjPwned

I don't know.......was it?

[EjPwned]

@ENDtheFED2012 was that suppose to be an insult?

[ENDtheFED2012]

@EjPwned

OH....So then I'm like you. OK

[EjPwned]

@ENDtheFED2012 means ur nothing special.

[jetpack1986]

@GunzFTW99 the point of IQ testes is to indicate how fast your brain is, higher IQ does not necessarily mean filled with knowledge! you may get the "uh..dunno" and other stupid responses but when it comes to solving problems he may put you to shame!

[MumblingMickey]

@sman1592 I suppose after reading that you could hypothesise that the reverse is also true... if one can train memory and improve intelligence through training...then refusing to do so entirely would lower memory and intelligence.

If that were true then it wouldn't be great news for people who have ideologies which makes them 'fear' learning.

Anyway I suppose it would be an unstable world if everyone was really bright.... so we are better off with a bell curve rather than a plateau!