[lbo-talk] Sam Smith on Doug Henwood

[John Thornton]

IQ scores test only how well you did on a specific type of test when 
compared to others. Nothing more.
I think lots of people know their score. I have taken a Stanford Binet 
test 3 times. Once in grade school.
It's no more indicative of anything than an SAT. Actually your SAT has 
more bearing on your life than your IQ score.
I don't know why anyone would lie about their test score either. To what 
end?
Hell, I was eligible to join Mensa and look at what a mess I am! IQ 
tests aren't exactly a joke but they are not a measure of much either.

 
John Thornton

B. wrote:
> Joanna & others (to post below the body of this msg.),
>
> Rearding the super boyfriend with an IQ of 172: Don't
> most the people claim to have an IQ over 140? My
> deadbeat dad says he has one over 170. The singer of
> Killing Joke (and current EU Composer-in- Residence!)
> says he has one of 190. Is it just me, or is someone
> lying somewhere?
>
> I think if you have an IQ over 120 you're considered
> "very gifted" -- I may be wrong. And this of course
> assumes that the very relative, arbitrary method used
> to measure IQ now -- which changes every so years, and
> which may just be a measure of IQ test-taking ability,
> after all -- are valid. At all
>
> The IQ score, from what I know, is a score used for
> adolescents to see how well they'll adapt in school
> environments. It's not a mental cock size for the rest
> of your life, 12 inches 'til eternity or something.
> Anyway, at least 60% of the people I've met have an
> "IQ of 140" whatever that means.
>
> I have one of 250, by the way. :)
>
> -B.