Bingo! You hit the nail on the head.rm9792 wrote:They put me at 135 in junior high school and wanted me in accelerated classes but I was too lazy so I declined. Military had me at 145 but I question their testing methods. I have met a lot of high IQ folk who couldn't change their own spare tire so not too impressed with the numbers game.
I took the test in 3rd grade, scored a 142. Took it again with right out of high school and was somewhere in the 150's.
What I can tell you, is that there are several people who society might deem "dumb", that could run circles around me in so many ways. I just look at it as a number, for someone who is smarter than me, to use for some "research" that proves nothing.
I judge a person on what he or she has done as a measure of intelligence. If you are a good person who is a contributing member of society, I tend think that you've got a good head on your shoulders. If you are a societal leech, "ain't no numba gonna help ya!"
(I know...I shouldn't judge, but I am human.
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