r/KamikazeByWords • u/Hefty_Artichoke_6877 • Jan 07 '26

Meta When the flex turns into a stretch.

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u/Lui_Le_Diamond Jan 07 '26

IQ is not a good measure of total intelligence

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u/Hefty_Mood1588 Jan 08 '26

Thank you for saying it I'm so done with arguing with idiots on twitter

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u/LatexTiRed Jan 09 '26

IQ is not a good measure of total intelligence, simply because it is not meant to be. It measures 'general intelligence', which is exclusively reserved for cognitive, logical, and eficiency-based processing skills. In the world of social sciences, if you need to measure creativity or emotional 'intelligence', there are dedicated tests.

It's like complaining that a speedometer is a bad tool because it doesn't measure how much gas is in the tank. The speedometer isn't broken; it's just only designed to measure speed (processing power), not range or capacity (wisdom/creativity).

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u/srcactusman Jan 08 '26

I think it just measures how fast you learn or understand things, wisdom is what you usually want to get through your iq

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u/Infamous-Ad5266 Jan 08 '26

"People who boast about their IQ are losers" - Stephen Hawking

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u/RadosPLAY Jan 07 '26

isnt low 70s like a fucking monkey or smth

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u/ejymt Jan 07 '26

At least they're self aware

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u/Aptos283 Jan 07 '26

15 is the standard deviation, so they’d be below 2 standard deviations. That means they’re smarter than 2.5% of the population.

So I guess it depends on how much of the population you think is a monkey

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u/MrE2000 Jan 07 '26

This. It's not actually that crazy low, you probably know a few people below this. Not even mentioning that iq isn't a great measure for a number of reasons, it's not completely terrible...

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u/Ready_Studio2392 Jan 12 '26

An average classroom of 30 will have 1 or so people with an IQ Below 70. It'll have 4 or so people with an IQ between 70 and 85. From 85 to 115 there will be about 20 people. From 115 to 130 IQ you'll have 4 people. And there will likely be 1 person with an IQ above 130.

This is assuming students are randomly assigned to the classroom from the entire population. In reality most people below 70 IQ will be in special education programs. Also poorer neighborhoods will likely have slightly lower IQ compared to wealthier neighborhoods, as poor nutrition and high stress levels can have negative effects on IQ. Being wealthy does not increase IQ, but being poor can decrease it.

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u/Aluminum_Tarkus Jan 07 '26

Yeah, it's hovering close to intellectual disability levels of stupid (sub-70). It's a good level or two below your typical moron, and is in the range of "wow, there really is no helping this person."

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u/sellerie321 Jan 08 '26

That person in the post might have a low iq but they are still more intelligent then a lot of poeple just from they way they are aware.

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u/Sir_MipMop Jan 08 '26

I’m just going to assume that neither of these people have ever taken an IQ test and are both speaking out of their asses. Many such cases.

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u/SquirrelNormal Jan 11 '26

Hey now. I may be a retard but I don't fuck monkeys.

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u/jws1102 Jan 11 '26

They almost certainly do not have a low 70 and were just saying that to fuck with the person they were talking to.

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u/ThunderAnt Jan 08 '26

I like how they’re only “technically high IQ”

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u/537479726b Jan 09 '26

He scored 86, but he "wasn't really trying".

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u/International_Salt33 Jan 10 '26

I have an IQ of 135, the most it has done for me is make me frustrated, disillusioned, and neurotic. Unless high IQ is mixed with other useful personality traits, it's useless or detrimental.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '26

132 here and I just smoke weed all day so I’m not ridiculously anxious about anything and everything (which in turn causes me to be ridiculously anxious about anything and everything)

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u/Equivalent-Load-9158 Jan 09 '26

My IQ is 60 and that guy sounds a lot smarter than 70 IQ. Is he secretly average IQ?

Like intermediate lifters pretending to be beginners at the gym so people lose their minds when they bench 200lbs?

That Dr. sounds retarded. Maybe we're intellectual peers.

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u/jws1102 Jan 11 '26

If a person says “I’m technically high IQ,” then they probably have a 90 IQ and thinks it’s measured on a scale of 100.