So George Bush (125) is smarter than George Washington (118) was.

Good Lord...

These 'estimations' are hooey. Do you believe everything you find on the web? ;)

George Washington [fs6.depauw.edu] (125)
George HW Bush (098)
George W Bush [urbanlegends.about.com] (091)

A high IQ is useless unless you make something of your life. Contribute something great. I imagine there are many with high IQ's who are bums on welfare taking the system for a ride. But, whoopppeeee, they are smart! IQ is only a measure of apparent intelligence, not actual intelligence ;)

I did that test once and received a score of 122.

>> I did that test once and received a score of 122.

I estimate your height to be under 6 feet [webmasterworld.com...] ;)

Wow!
Sharon Stone (154) is an espresso away from Albert Einstein (160)?

Actually, I believe, IQ tests only measure the capacity to learn and apply that knowledge in a more concise way than those with a lower Intelligence quotient.

Ann

I took an IQ test in high school. It was a long test.. Three different types of aptitude timed tests each with different sections. After the testing, my parents received a report breaking everything down. My "estimated IQ" was 137. Never really paid much attention to any of it. Was an average student so it really did nothing for me. This was decades ago though. Really just a lot of hogwash if you ask me.

Everyone I meet calls me 'Einstein' so I must be smart.

Everyone I meet calls me 'Einstein' so I must be smart.

I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that. :)

It really means nothing in real life. There are high IQ people working as cashiers or serving drinks.
There are a lot of high paid executives who are technically idiots.
I am an IQ 135 (took an exam of several hours in a psychologists office before going college) and I wish that would be reflected in my adsense check or my daytime job salary... but it does not.
I was not an average student, my grades where near perfect since kindergarten to college. But it didn't help in real life either.
Just an average idiot in the neighborhood... just the kind of guy which everybody asks about everything.

These 'estimations' are hooey. Do you believe everything you find on the web? ;)

George Washington (125)
George HW Bush (098)
George W Bush (091)

And why you cite estimations that are hooey as well? Did you read the comment at the end of your own quote saying that list was fabricated? lol

a lot of high paid executives who are technically idiots

Something I've noticed about high-paid executives is that they have a habit of surrounding themselves with people who are smarter than they are.

That in itself is a very particular kind of intelligence that won't show up on a test!

That's so true. Being surrounded by intelligent but not so competitive or greedy people guarantees their success.

BTW, is this woman still the highest IQ?
[en.wikipedia.org...]

I remeber I read about an asian teenager who is supposed to be the new highest IQ on earth, but I could not find related articles.

BTW, until now I didn't know that geniouses start at I.Q. 140.
I thought I was a bit genious with my 135, but I was wrong.
It is confirmed now what everybody knew, I'm just an average idiot. :)

Do not confuse Inteligence with Competence.

There are plenty of people with above average IQ, with
below average competence.

Intelligence Quotient tests simply reflect a potential for achievement and nothing more. Unless used to achieve ... a high IQ is just wasted potential and means little to nothing in the grand scheme of things.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised at the scores here. Mine was estimated at around 140 - and I'm 6'2".

Mine was estimated at around 140 - and I'm 6'2".

In high school, my parents were given the results of our IQ tests and mine was at 138 and I am 5'2+

I guess the taller you are, the smarter you grow! :)

Something I've noticed about high-paid executives is that they have a habit of surrounding themselves with people who are smarter than they are.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
Woodrow Wilson - US President.

:-)

Syzygy

Did you read the comment at the end of your own quote saying that list was fabricated?

Of course I read that comment :) I also assumed that some would read all the way through, and others would stop once they read the 'facts'. Determining fantasy from reality on a web page may require the IQ of a famous person.

I think its more about your ability to solve problems and think logically than real intelligence.

and if you can't make it into Mensa, there's always a career in sales around the corner...

With this struggle for human importance, I'm surprised that in our primitive rivalry we havn't yet devised a Happiness Quotient to determine ones' potential to live a happy and prosperous life.

We all know the answers yet each of us can't resist participating in this thread. :)

and if you can't make it into Mensa, there's always a career in sales around the corner...

Ahem ... and what's wrong with a career in sales may I ask? ;)

[edited by: Liane at 1:41 am (utc) on Sep. 12, 2006]

Sorry but, Andy Warhol was a genius. There is no way in heckamole that he had only an IQ of 86.

"Scientists dissect mystery of genius"

""If I showed you two brains side by side, one with an IQ of 150, one with an IQ of 75, I can't tell the difference," says Jay Giedd of the National Institute of Mental Health, one of the most experienced researchers in the field."
[cnn.com...]

Actually,not many tests are available normed above an IQ of 160 and the paucity of data at that level makes it difficult for normalization.To measure at the highest level,we need special tests and so,may be not all of those results shown are accurate,since the resulsts were just estimations only.

I think Emotional Quotient and Business Quotient are more important than Intelligent Quotient in the real world.

[edited by: TFXm at 10:58 pm (utc) on Sep. 13, 2006]

I looked into Mensa years ago. Ever since my having been asked some of their test questions for their prospective members, I have considered Mensa to be a social club for people who take turns impressing each other by smugly reciting useless trivia.

Genius is doing that which has not been done before. Like the way Michelle Pfeiffer sang while rolling around on top of the grand piano in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. That was brilliant!

Hi Car_Guy,

I hold similar reservations about Mensa.

As to IQ tests, my mother, who had taught herself most of her schooling after age 16 because her working-class school simply didn't have the facilities, and got into Oxford and gained a PhD, decided to try an IQ test.

The first time she did it she didn't understand the nature of the tests and rated as sub-normal.

She came back and did another one, having cracked what they were after, and was rated genius or off the top of the scale.

Methinks that IQ measures IQ, and that is not necessarily a very helpful measure of much beyond the ability to do IQ tests.

Rgds

Damon