Just found out my IQ is 88

[Johnny Reb]

I am below the global AVG of 90 and Canada’s average of 100. Do I have any future?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

IQ has nothing to do with wealth or living conditions.

Have you watched Jessica Simpson?

[Xero_Daxter]

Are IQ test even reliable?

[TVMAN]

You can type well enough, so as long as you have good phone skills you can get a job in a call center or sales somewhere.

[Dareto0910]

An averege of 90 is off all the IQs, so 88 is pretty much right on the mark of averege

[Rio]

High IQ doesn't even mean much if you don't have a use for. It can be hell if you get a common job. Just bored out of your darn mind all the time. People on you for looking like you ain't paying attention cuz you already heard them before a billion times and remember it.

average is just average in an average world built for average people. Like a barbie girl in a barbie world. Better than being so bored all the time you create imaginary friends just so things are less boring.

[sasuke uchiha]

Just because your IQ is below average doesnt mean that you wont be successful. You could still be very successful if you get a job that corresponds with any talents you might have. Or maybe you just want a normal life, in which case your IQ has nothing to do with how well you perform in a retail job.

[Commander Makara]

If I were you, I woudln't follow ambition in direction which demands in nonsense IQ tests as a measure of ability/competence.

[Washell]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Xero_Daxter:

Are IQ test even reliable?

No, the whole system is bogus.

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Teleporting Fat Guy:

I am below the global AVG of 90 and Canada’s average of 100. Do I have any future?

IQ tests are calibrated by having a bunch of people take the test, scoring them and using them as a yardstick. The people used for that are almost always students, which means you scored a little below the average Canadian student. I could teach you a few tricks that would let you score a 100+ if you take it again, it's that easy to manipulate. One such trick is if you know you're bad at figuring out the next in the sequence, or mentally folding/unfolding a 3D shape, skip them. Doing more (to you easy) questions in other areas will compensate heavily for scoring extremely poor in one area.

All that aside, the tests measure a few basic competences of the brain, from a very western point of view. There are a ton of careers out there, that can easily make 5 to 6 figures a month, that rely on none of the skills tested on an IQ test.

They're horrible things, they make people who score high waste their lives by expecting everything to be easy, they make people who score low screw themselves by thinking they won't amount to anything.Yet there's only one common denominator by first generation, self made rich people, hard work and a strong back in adversity. Putting wealth aside, knowing who you are, doing what you makes you happy and making a buck to support that doesn't require a high IQ either.

Lastly, trade schools beats colleges these days anyway when it comes to a steady job and a decent income.

[Esoteric]

Mine is probaby even lower.

[Florida Man]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

IQ has nothing to do with wealth or living conditions.

Have you watched Jessica Simpson?
:qr:

Yeah, but at least she has a talent!
pleasing music execs on her knees

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Miss Ann Thrope:

Forrest Gump had a lower IQ than that, and he became a multi millionaire.

That's because it's one of the dumbest, intelligence-insulting, trash movies ever made.

I would rather experience waterboarding than attempt to watch that movie again.

[Esoteric]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Miss Ann Thrope:

Forrest Gump had a lower IQ than that, and he became a multi millionaire.

That's a work of fiction.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Florida Man:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

IQ has nothing to do with wealth or living conditions.

Have you watched Jessica Simpson?

Yeah, but at least she has a talent!
pleasing music execs on her knees

That's what I'm saying. Find 1 thing and be good at it.

[Florida Man]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Severian:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Miss Ann Thrope:

Forrest Gump had a lower IQ than that, and he became a multi millionaire.

That's a work of fiction.

When I was younger, our family knew a Russian couple who actually thought it was a true story...

I wonder if they needed some special shoes too.

[elerico13]

There is a problem with IQ test, due to there being many, many, many sub-catagories of intelligence. Being smart in an office doesn't nessacarily mean you're good with math, social interaction, or even reading and writing.

So, yeah, IQ test aren't all that acurate. I was told that I have an IQ of 110, and I'm fairly certian I misspelled a few words in this reply. So don't worry too much about it.

[Unexpected]

not all IQ tests are reliable, dont let it dictate who you are