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becomesophelia

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Jan 03, 2005 21:38

I have an IQ of 142. I qualify for MENSA.

There are two illogical fallacies in this entry. Can you find them?

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... chell88 January 3 2005, 18:25:29 UTC

Don't you mean a logical fallacy?

And I have an IQ of 144, boo-yah.

haha becomesophelia January 4 2005, 03:53:52 UTC

Yes. You found one of two. Congratulations!

the_kalster January 3 2005, 18:30:38 UTC

because i'm a dork, i looked up stuff on mensa,to see if there were any "qualifications" that would prohibit you from being a member. i found nothing.

did you know that the youngest member of mensa, in the history of mensa, was 4 years old?

i feel really inadequate.

becomesophelia January 4 2005, 03:55:25 UTC

You have to score in the top 2% on an IQ test. That's the only one.

And yeah, I'd like to meet the 4-year-old that can fork over the $50 annual membership fee on his or her own. Hah.

visionarioalma January 3 2005, 20:11:08 UTC

Wow, that's wicked cool. i think I only got a 125 when I took the test, but I also suck at math and they are all pretty much math-related. Not all, but a lot. Hmm, and IQ tests are subjective anyway. I mean, what does 142 really mean? I already knew you were smart. You rock Aimee :-D

you are smart not_quite_droll January 3 2005, 20:43:06 UTC

the mean score on IQ tests is 100. The first standard deviation is around 110-115. I was around 130. Your 142 is beyond two standard deviations (i think). This means that you are in the same IQ group as 12.5 percent of the population. This group also includes steven hawking, nelson mandella, susan sontag, and not george bush. Unfortunately, IQ may only be opperantly defined as "the result of an IQ test" meaning it has no practical application except for comparison in relation to the test itself. It is also true that from its conception, the test has had an upper class (and therefore white) bias. One still finds in current data a discrepancy between the scores of whites, hispanics, and blacks ( ... )

Re: you are smart heyyounewwave January 3 2005, 21:47:46 UTC

two SD's is actually 160, but who's counting?

xo, lori [with a 158 *wink*]

Re: you are smart becomesophelia January 4 2005, 04:02:26 UTC

According to my AP psych teacher, two SDs is 130, and only 2% of the population fall above (not 12.5). Maybe there are different scales?

Re: you are smart heyyounewwave January 4 2005, 04:37:52 UTC

maybe i am thinking up to 160? maybe it's then where the third one starts. i took a class on intelligence and creativity a few semesters ago, but i never went to it...kind of ironic, huh?

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riskyliquid January 3 2005, 23:18:08 UTC

and the illogical fallacy is.... you're dying of cancer!

congratulations!