Re: How does your IQ effect your future?
I don't like reading or commenting on pieces like this until I know who the author is and where s/he is coming from.
It seems this guy is a director of an organisation called the megafoundation ( google it, but don't click on the .org link, as the site has infected people with malware apparently) This is a think tank for people with high IQs.
By profession he is not a psychologist or an expert in the intelligence testing arena.
I find much of what he says distasteful.
The profile of african american people for example.
There is no reference or link to the relevant study and how the subjects were selected.
As far as I know there is alot of bias in IQ testing.
A simple example is if you are illiterate, you will score very low, even though you are extremely intelligent.
It is self evident that half the population have on or below average IQs.
But IQ is just one factor in how well one functions in society.
For example Andy Warhol, would be listed as a genius, when in fact his tested IQ was 60!
I have a sister with an IQ below 50
This article suggests:
1) An IQ of 50 or below. This is the threshold below which most adults cannot cope outside of an institution.
This is credited to 1981, but sounds like something from the 1950s.
My mother and 2 aunts (from the other side) became Mensa members.
I've just googled it and you need to be in the top 2% of the population to be admitted.
None of these 3 women were high performers by this articles standards and all worked in jobs he assigned to IQs of 100. None went to university.
This is because life is much more complex than your IQ...especially for women
I think they joined Mensa because of some sort of bizarre inferiority complex and the need to "prove" they were bright/special/better.
There is something a little pathetic, about people who want to be part of these exclusive clubs.
Something I would be interested in knowing about my own IQ (I've never been tested) is if it has declined since I've had kids, I certainly feel it has.