IQ = Mental Age – So What’s Yours

IQ or intelligence quotient, is thought to be a matter of everyday experiences which makes some people smarter than others. But, how do we measure smartness or intelligence and do you buy into this concept?

The average IQ of the U.S. population as a whole is 100 (by definition). Our IQs range from 0 to above 200, and among children, to above 250. In so much as 50% of the population have IQs between 89 and 111, and further more about 80% of the population have IQs ranging between 80 and 120, with 10% lying below 80, and 10% falling above 120.

World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov is alleged to have an IQ of 190

Author Marilyn Vos Savant the syndicated newspaper columnist has a verified IQ of 186

Actor James Woods is alleged to have an IQ of 180

Politician John H. Sununu is alleged to have an IQ of 180

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is alleged to have an IQ of 180

Mathematician Andrew Wiles is alleged to have an IQ of 170

World Chess Champion Judith Polgar is alleged to have an IQ of 170

Chess Grandmaster Robert Byrne is alleged to have an IQ of 170

World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer is alleged to have an IQ of 167

Mathematician / Physicist Stephen W. Hawking is alleged to have an IQ of over 160

Microsoft Founder Paul Allen is alleged to have an IQ of over 160

Actress Sharon Stone is alleged to have an IQ of 154

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A most fascinating list of individuals with exceptional IQs can be reviewed here

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Genius Support Groups

• The Genius Society
• Mensa International
• International High IQ Society
• Poetic Genius Society
• The Mega Society
• The Triple Nine Society

 

IQ’s by Occupations

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In 1905, a French psychologist by the name of Alfred Binet, working with a physician-associate, Theodore Simon, developed the Binet Simon Test designed to measure the intelligence of retarded children, based upon their observations that.
(1) Just as children grow taller as they grow older, they grow more mentally capable as they grow older; and
(2) Some children can perform at age and equivalent-grade levels above their chronological ages, while other children perform at age and equivalent-grade levels below their chronological ages.

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For example, a few 6-year-olds could perform as well on the Binet Simon mental tests as the average 8-year-old, while a few 6-year-olds could only perform as well as the average 4-year-old.

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Large population IQs are shown by Normal Distribution

Sino in 1911, the concept of “mental age” (as distinguished from “chronological age”), became formally recognized. So what is the perfect baby? How does one even go about defining what perfect is? You can search for the perfect baby name here . More on babies genetics and Darwinism can be found here .

Take a IQ test here and take a fascinating “NEWS” IQ test here to determine how much you know about everyday current events, and how you measure up against others in the U.S. population (your peers). All the intelligence tests can be found here .

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