A high IQ only indicates good Maths skills.

nope. I have below average math shills, yet always score above average on every iq test I've ever taken.

You obviously know nothing about IQ tests OP.

Same here, I score 135 to 140 and get just about every math problem wrong. I'd be 175 if I was good at math.

They are biased in favour of those who possess high maths and logic skills.

It's mostly pattern recognition.

Even the math problems are just patterns, or 4th grade algebra.

highest IQ = quick resolve puzzle of life

and more

That I can believe. I've never considered math to be particularly logical. It's not something you can figure out on your own using logic. You have to know precise formulas. If you don't know them, you get wrong answers.

With the word definitions, even when I don't know them, I can look for roots, similar words, prefixes and suffixes and get a feel for possible answers. I can use logic to determine the meaning of a word I've never heard before. You can't do that with math. You either know it or you don't.

which sounds like cheap parlour trickery and not genuine intellectual capacity.

Everything in existence can be described by maths.

Op is upset he tested low and is now blaming math

Some of you may well have a better idea about what constitutes an IQ test, but my initial thesis is right : they are only an indicator of good maths skills and logic. They are no true test of creative or personal ability.

IQ tests are highly over-rated for living in a normal society.

They should be using those tests to determine who shouldn't be making decisions about how humanity lives.

They determine the type of intelligence you have. A very visual person good with shape recognition can be bad at number equations and score high. It's how you perceive things and put them together that gets the end result.

I suck at math but I always score high on iq tests

i think you would have more respect for math after seeing how formulas are derived. This nonsense about right brain/left brain dichotomy is a joke. Language and art is just as much math and pattern recognition as mathematics. Dont use a cheap cop out to say that high iq means your a left brain boring person. Why do all great artists use sacred geometry and mathematical proportions in their creation?

no it doesn't, I have a high IQ and my math skills are shit

What if good math skills is "noting" more than good observation skills.

High IQ would then "only" indicate good observations skills.

What's wrong, struck a nerve?

I'm not talking to you because you're obviously incapable of any sort of empathy/compassion for others, as you are the one who said you would actually laugh at someone if they were to fall down some stairs. I'm sure if that happen to you, and you got laughed at, with your own pride hurt, you would be like "OH fuck you tard, I bet you haven't gotten laid recently, I'm an engineer and much smarter than you HURRR"



Help them up only if they're not hurt too bad, huh? Sociopathic asshole.

I think the IQ test was designed at a time when the government was looking for science and math candidates for their black projects.

It would be logical to consider IQ testing of both hemispheres of the brains abilities AND their connective reasoning. This mashup ability would be high IQ IMHO

There are many facets to this subject. First, not all math is the same, and as a result some are good at some parts and not so good at others. Some are good at arithmetic, and these are the ones that you want to ask to check the bill from the waiter/waitress. Some are good at geometry because they are visual, but bad at equations, because they forget to do all the steps properly and get the wrong answer.
And then there is the matter of motivation. For example a young man interested in learning about electricity may not like the computations, but learns to do them because he desires the benefits from the knowledge. Some are lazy, like me, and do not want to slog through the math and pay attention to all the steps to get from A to Z.
As for intelligence, there are many types beyond those tested in IQ tests, as pointed out by several people. You can read about these by Googling or Yahooing the subject.
IMHO, the most important aspect of intelligence is USE. Having a find mind and not using it much is like having a Lamborghini in your driveway and never driving it faster than 40 mph. I knew a guy like that.
Then there is the philosophical aspect. A person of high intelligence may not have the desire to know the truth, and consequently will accept all kinds of nonsense due to not evaluating the information to eliminate accidental and deliberate errors. And he may know part of the truth, but has made some kind of deal with one or more groups whose agenda involves concealing the truth from others. His job may depend on saying or writing only those things that are politically correct. Example: scientists at NIST who KNOW that 9/11 was an inside job, but don't dare to say it.
Bottom line: It is a complex subject; it takes intelligence and knowledge to even begin to understand it. And what we think we know is a cup of water compared to the ocean that we don't know.

I suck at math and am a great writer. My iq is 160 in English and 120 in math. So op...you need to study a little more

Trust me, at the end of the day, I have respect for math and all of that, just not the people that utilize it; because most of the time, they are miserable sociopaths, incapable of any sort of empathy, compassion, humility, or anything of the sort.

In fact, when you utilize both spheres, that is when you are one powerful human, because you are capable of both; unfortunately for most people, it is only one side or the other.

It is not a joke, nor is it a dichotomy, you're either on the side of of math/science/logic/reason endeavors, or the side of creative/artistic/philosophical/spiritual endeavors.

I haven't had my coffee yet guys, and didn't sleep well last night; so I'm sorry if I pissed you guys off when my first post. I've just been around too many engineer type of people (Hell my own brother is an engineer) that are just flat out hurtful and damaging.

I am finished with this thread, any responses will not be read. Thank-you.

This.

IQ test are nothing more than a picture of one day and it asses reasoning skills and the ability to learn quickly. ADHD children and adults normally have average to higher than average IQ's. However, because they tend to forget quickly and have to relearn task they usually end up mediocre achievers in comparison to their IQ's. Achievement test and the ability to form productive habits is a better indicator of success and compensates even those with low reasoning and learning IQ scores. The moral is; stupid is... is what stupid does and there is no fixing stupid choices.

you never took one...idiot

Smart people realize though that they can and do make mistakes. Stupid people try to cover there mistakes up rather than deal with them. Mistakes can usually be fixed if you are willing to recognize and admit to them.

I bet they were created by maths geeks to hype themselves and diminish jocks.

true
I have seen high iq people failing miserably outdoors where "illiterates" survive.so ho has bigger brain?one who gets eaten by a lion or drowned by flood or one who can survive in middle of nowhere by growing his own food?

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