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| Dating Someone With A High IQ
Posted: 3/18/2006 5:10:25 PM | Hey i have a high...I Q
around the 140 mark
a reasonably high IQ
I have a high IQ
I'm fairly smart and have a good IQ
I'm someone with an above average IQ
my IQ was still 149
formally tested at 158...(now) 146
I always score just above 130
On I.Q. and other such tests I score rather high
I happen to have a 142 IQ
I am 138 IQ myself
very high IQ number
my babe's in the top 3% in our country
university honours student w/ a 160+ IQ
Wow, I thought I must be the only person with a below average IQ on this sight. That is, until I saw this:
Factoid: 80% of people believe they have a higher then average IQ
Woohoo, my 89 IQ is above 80 -- I'm above average!!! Actually I had a cold that day; the tester guy told my mum that I could score as high as 92 or 93. Since 100 is considered genius, just think how close I was. That's kind of scary. I'm kind of happy that I'm not actually a genius though, I've seen smart people who weren't nice to animals.
Anyone need any help with their math homework?
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Posted: 3/18/2006 5:13:16 PM | Just about all the women I've dated had brains....
I didn't measure anything so not sure about how the high the IQ was....
Most had higher education, minimum B.A. more than few M.A. and two P.H.D. | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 5:21:20 PM |
Regardless of such I think the real importance is a matter of having a capacity to understand one another.
Absolutely, there is no way to measure "simply understanding" your significant other~~you either have it or you don't. I think it's that simple. | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 5:29:50 PM | Generally, "average" IQ is about 90 to 115, "talented" is about 115 to 125, "gifted" is about 125 to 140, and about 140+ is commonly deemed as having the potential for "genius". It is important to note that whatsoever environment a person lives in, it is that which the person will deem "normal", and all IQ terms are only relative to the person's own.
Ummm...Greeneye's, ahem...you're scoring 80?...ya know you are close to being near retarded.
Thanks with the offer to help me with my math homework but I'm getting
help from a rock.
PS my IQ testing was conducted by 2 gov't tests. They were not off the internet. | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 5:32:38 PM | Wow, I knew those MENSA tests that I've been carting around all these years would come to use one day! I can give them to dates. Wouldn't that go over well?
This is all quite silly, seeing as no one has a clear definition of IQ or intelligence. How would one measure that on a date anyways? Weird. And since it appears that everyone THINKS they have a higher IQ than they actually do, how would you even know if it's accurate.
To me, the bottom line is that it just doesn't matter. What matters to me is whether or not we share the same interests and can have a conversation on each other's level.
Oh, and by the way, here's how IQ scores are distributed among the population. All that statistics and stuff. For more information you can go to: http://www.iqtest.com/faq.html
Intelligence Interval Cognitive Designation
40 - 54 Severely challenged (Less than 1% of test takers)
55 - 69 Challenged (2.3% of test takers)
70 - 84 Below average
85 - 114 Average (68% of test takers)
115 - 129 Above average
130 - 144 Gifted (2.3% of test takers)
145 - 159 Genius (Less than 1% of test takers)
160 - 175 Extraordinary genius | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 5:49:12 PM | To me the whole point of posting this thread was to find out if anyone else feels the same ways as another forum poster on here. Something about the higher the IQ the worse.
I didn't understand his position and asked him and started this thread.
I have dated near geniuses and it was the best intellectual relationships I have ever had.
I have dated near morons and it was better in emotional closessness but after some time their incapacity to carry on a solid conversation would eat away at me.
I like to be with someone that stimulates me intellectually as I always like to learn and experience. If I could find someone that had above EQ and IQ then I am sure that would be it. But it seems the geniuses I date have major social issues.
I agree with other posters about the balance. I have been at a balance for some time it just seems it is so hard to find that balance in someone else, let alone someone I would be attracted to.
Just getting opinions. Seeing what you all thought.
A sign of a low IQ is not that a person has problems with their spelling, on the other hand the sign of a high IQ isn't just using big words when typing online. They could just be eloquent speakers.
I have a Mensa book and go through the puzzles in there just for a mental workout that doesn't make me a genius although I do have a high IQ(which in the end doesn't mean a whole lot anyways).
I just try to balance it all with my life in order to be the best person I can be.
Perhaps I should have changed it to genuises or some other term that wasn't so blanket and controversial as an IQ. | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 6:14:23 PM | nymph....
I have had similiar experiences as you.
I am certainly not the brainest around, but I like good conversation as well as someone who can provide me with great experiences and who challenges me. I always say if you can't stimulate me mentally, there won't be any other kind of stimulation goin' on.
Don't worry, we'll find our elusive genuises' in due time. | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 6:25:03 PM | | @ge%h, our school system had government funded mandatory iq tests every few years. it's not some percentage "factoid", but rather a matter of pubic record. not that we chose it. besides, it's got nothing to do with what makes my baby such a great person, or anyone else for that matter, which is why i'd never post an exact number. why do ppl. get threatened? | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 6:42:43 PM | Haaaa haaaa haaaa this thread is becoming downright amusing to me now.
*runs off to find intellectual validation* | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 7:00:39 PM | | I dont know much about low iq and high iq but my dictionary describes intelligence like this. having or indicating a high degree of intelligence and mental capacity. revealing or reflecting good judgement or sound thought.INTELLIGENT stresses success in coping with new situations and solving problems.promptness in finding answers in debate or in devising expedients in moments of danger or challenge. So chances are if the person does not have these abilities then they are not of a high I.Q. so pin a rose on your nose | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 7:32:02 PM | Have you ever dated anyone with a high IQ? Does it work for you or not? What are some positives and negatives that you have experienced with it?
Initially I had thought that it might be intimidating, but recently I chanced to meet a beautiful woman who seems to have it all: physical beauty, athleticism, strong family ties, immense intelligence and academic accomplishment, being well-travelled and living in several places, life experiences of which I have only dreamt, and incredibly respectful and fun. I began to adore her more genuinely than I can ever remember having adored a woman before, because she had the capacity to understand my words and articulate her own thoughts and feelings better than a woman with less interest or potential in her brain power.
I would absolutely label a "high IQ," which I assume is your metonymy for intelligence and education, a major plus. | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 7:50:41 PM |
I'm a geek. I can not tell a lie. And I love math too. *blush*
And once again, the cool chicks are in canada. What gives? Are there no good Canadian men, that all the interesting Canadian women flock to this board? | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 7:54:39 PM | "People who boast about their IQ are losers" - Stephen Hawking
I found it interesting that a genius would have that to say about the subject  | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 7:55:03 PM |
Don't worry, we'll find our elusive genuises' in due time.
I can wait forever. I am patient. I actually prefer being alone. I have friends that can slimulate me mentally and well the morons are usual for other things :O) That not being said in a bad way, but sure does sound like it. I will zip it for now. Maybe you and I AlbertaGirlie should put our heads together and search for these elusive men. hehehe
I think it will come to me when I am ready for it... and right now I am not ready for anything. | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 8:03:21 PM |
lazyboy: Ummm...Greeneye's, ahem...you're scoring 80?...ya know you are close to being near retarded.
No, not 80 - I scored 89 (with a cold). Remember that a trained testing official said that there was a likelihood of up to 92 or 93. In both your and AlbertaGirlie's rating systems, I'd test out to at least Average. Obviously I could help out the half of the world who're below average with stuff like math, how to treat dogs, etc.
cabana_boy: @ge%h, our school system had government funded mandatory iq tests every few years. it's not some percentage "factoid", but rather a matter of pubic record. not that we chose it. besides, it's got nothing to do with what makes my baby such a great person, or anyone else for that matter, which is why i'd never post an exact number. why do ppl. get threatened?
I don't understand why you're mad at me. You make me sad. I just used Vorax's quotation that said the average IQ was 80. Oh, I see - you thought that I was bragging because I was 9 to 13 points above average. Hmmm, yep - you're right. That was unnecessary of me and probably made me seem like some sort of brainiac blowhard.
To whom I offended: I'm truly sorry if I seemed like I was bragging about my IQ; that was not my intent. I don't believe in that testing anyway.
To get back onto the original topic...
I guess I hope that I'd keep an open mind on the whole higher-IQ thing, but would be pretty nervous talking to someone much over 100.
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Posted: 3/18/2006 8:07:58 PM | nymph...
Oooh, a cross-Alberta search for the elusive "brain man". Dunt dunt daaaaah. We could make up t-shirts and do a documentary. The narrative on the documentary could be in those hushed tones like the wildlife shows "The elusive brain man can be found in his native habitiat reading Descartes..."
I too am patient. I'll be the one lurking behind the bush with my binoculars. (On second thought, that may get me arrested).
Oh, and there are cool Canadian men. I even know some of the aforementioned elusive brain man. Thanks for expressing how cool we Canadian women are. Now I must go and plot my capture. | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 8:32:50 PM | | Yes I have. I also am one. It does not mean a lot. I grew up in a blue collar family so I did not get a chance to not be adjusted. Smart people like all others come in all shapes, sizes and personalities, It only matters what you do with it. Like all gifts it should be used and I think for the betterment of all. Before you ask over 150 | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 8:48:21 PM | All the smart ones left Alberta for warmer climes.
I read a magazine a while ago, Esquire, I think, (I only buy it for the pictures) that had a "Genius" theme. The three highest IQs in the USA were: a guy who works as a bouncer in a country music bar, a guy who's 'unemployed' and meditates on the Theory of Everything, and his wife, who is a neurosurgeon. All over 165 IQs.
Me? I like to be with people who understand three syllable words when I (occassionally) might use them. A sweet disposition just isn't enough if you have to dumb down your speech or conversation subjects. | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 9:31:55 PM | Nope, sorry Stillinlimbo, didn't find any there either.
Kidding...I'm kidding.
I could take the hunt on the road. Oooh, yeah. I could probably get a grant from the government too. | |
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Posted: 3/18/2006 9:49:44 PM |
"People who boast about their IQ are losers" - Stephen Hawking
I found it interesting that a genius would have that to say about the subject
I'll have to remember that one. It's better than the one I heard about people boasting about their IQ on the internet being comparable to people who boast about the size of their...feet. | |
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| Dating Someone With A High IQ
Posted: 3/19/2006 2:39:48 AM | This is a bit wandering from the point but somebody mentioned here testing children's IQ when they are still in the school:
I think it is a bit dangerous way, basicly it is putting children in categories already when they are young. In Finnish system we are trying to give more or less similar kind of starting point to everybody and help them to find their own field (as said there are different kind of intelligence types). The danger lies in sel-fullfilling prophecy: a child categorizied not-that-intelligent can easily give up and say "well, that is how I am anyway, so why to bother". A child who has been all the time hearing how intelligent s/he is is in danger to find her/himself in the situation where the pressures start to be too big. The main thing should be let them be children so long as possible and support the growth of their healthy self-esteem. | |
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