A gentle reminder that about half the population has their IQ below the average ("about" because average≠median, yes, nerds, I know)
Having it below 100 is nothing to worry about, just like having anything below average is.
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I found this thing earlier that says that the average IQ in America (where I'm from) is 98.
https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/average-iq-in-usa-1710768833-1
An important aspect to remember about IQ scores is that they are not meant to be a measure of how intelligent you are, but more about how you process information and, thus, how easily/quickly you learn new information. You’re still “intelligent,” it may just take you a little longer to “get it” when learning new things, though. That’s ok, as long as you’re learning!
Also remember that an IQ score is a predictor of performance, not a limit.
Thank you, I had a lot of people complimenting me on my English and grammar and saying that I can't be low IQ. I love those comments. It has taken me a lot of effort to improve on my English which is hard with dyslexia. I'm proud of the progress I've made in the past 5 years. Modern technology helps the lot. The voice to text feature on my phone is a big help and writing down words I can't spell also helps.
Dyslexia probably explains a good part of the IQ test result actually. IQ tests are notoriously terrible at measuring intelligence of people with something like dyslexia as far as I know.
Why am I the way I am? Why can't I just be like everyone else? I hate having learning disabilities. Every day of my life I wonder what my life could have been if I didn't have all these things wrong with me. It feels like I was never meant to be born. I hate the person I am.
You said in another comment that you deal with misinformation online by just waiting for it to get debunked.
I have completed a masters degree at university. An IQ test showed my IQ is higher than 130. People around me consider me a pretty smart guy.
I have never even thought of your way to deal with misinformation. It's the simplest thing too, just wait. It's brilliant too, because it almost never fails and anyone can do it without any practice or training. The source of the misinformation doesn't matter, if it was spread via the news or on a forum online doesn't matter... It always works.
It might actually be the perfect solution to this problem. And I never even thought of it! When I read your comment my first thought was "Oh my god that's brilliant".
You might not be very intelligent. But you do seem wiser than most. Everyone has their own shortcomings, their insecurities, stuff they hate about themselves. For you it's your intelligence, for others it is how athletic they are, or their looks, or maybe they really want to grow a beard, they think they're not sexy enough, not nice enough, want children but can't have them, or maybe they wake up worrying about their micropenis every day.
I can't tell you to just love yourself and who you are. I know it's not that simple. Looking at this in a different way than you probably have all your life is not easy!
I can only offer you this: my girlfriend has an uncle with a severe learning disability, severe autism and he also had a stroke when he was young. He went from an already not very smart carpenter to effectively a man with the brains of a five year old, unable to drive anymore and not able to do his job anymore.
He had to be placed in a care home. He "works" by folding envelopes or sorting lego pieces. And someone needs to explain that to him too, almost every day, again and again.
His brother, my girlfriends dad, is what I can only describe as a shithead. He was violent to her, ignored her wishes and was just cruel. She was traumatized by her youth, because her mother died young because of an accident and he quickly married again, to a total bitch this time. She hates her dad with a passion.
This uncle however is not violent. Never has been either. If another person who is in the care home hits him (some are sadly aggressive and get angry easily), he doesn't react back. They told him he can push them away, but he refuses. They sent him on a self-defense course, which he did, but he refuses to use what he learned. He says he doesn't want to.
There isn't a fiber in that man's body that is violent. He is never angry with others. He is always happy to see us and enjoys the little things in life.
I consider him a good man. I consider him better than a lot of people I know who are perfectly normal. And that's probably what he will be remembered for: that he was a good person.
Your friends aren't your friends because you're not smart. They probably just like who you are. And if my girlfriend's uncle can be a good person and happy in life, then I believe that you can be too.
I wish you all the best.
How did you manage to win Georgia's 14th Congressional district??
I see this is a dig at some politician you don't like. Pretty funny
Marjorie Taylor Greene, in case anybody was wondering.
Have you given any thought to entering politics?
No
You really should
Definitely. We need some smarter people in office.
For what it's worth, free IQ tests are notoriously bad for evaluating general intellectual capacity, and tend to evaluate visual pattern recognition.
On top of that, you can learn how IQ tests are evaluated and score higher on them in a matter of seconds.
For example:
The answers are in the diagonals.
For this example, on the diagonals are the number of dots.
For this example, on the diagonals are the arrow directions.
Having this knowledge can easily boost your IQ score by 10.
In any case, intellect has many different facets; memory retention, memory recall speed, emotional intelligence, motivation, visual/spacial, verbal, etc.
There are people who are Mensa certified geniuses who can't hold a conversation to save their lives, or boast to others about their score, which is... really dumb.
Is that the intended solution to the question, or just some sort of hack? For me, when solving that, I notice the arrows are rotating clockwise when viewing each row left to right, and that each row contains a triangle with 1, 2, and 3 dots. Same answer, very different strategy.
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Know what you're talking about. There's a guy on YouTube who's in a similar situation to me called Mark Malloy. He talks a lot about IQ maxxing shall we say.
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No more questions but this was fascinating and you seem like a super cool person with a lot of depth. Thanks for being vulnerable here
Thank you and you do too
How did you test your iq and did what did you expect of the results?
I got a test from MENSA and I was expecting the results as I did another IQ test when I was 14
Googling Mensa: Mensa international:
This online test gives an indication of general cognitive abilities, represented by an IQ score of between 85 and 145, where 100 is the population average.
Did you take this test? If yes, how was your result below the lowest value?
what's your source of news?
how do you know what to trust in life generally?
"what’s your source of news?"
The internet
"how do you know what to trust in life generally?"
Wait a little bit to see if it gets debunked.
Wait a little bit to see if it gets debunked.
Honestly a pretty smart strategy. Wiser than most.
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How did you find out about Lemmy? It seems it's mostly a niche place for tech nerds and commies and you don't seem to be either? Also what keeps you here? Wouldn't the NPD push you towards more popular platforms?
Sorry for asking so many questions - your experience sounds very unique and you actually seem very eloquent and thoughtful.
"How did you find out about Lemmy?"
I looked up Reddit alternatives and it came up. Reddit has a bad reputation and it's got too many rules. It's impossible to post anywhere cuz you never have enough karma.
"It seems it’s mostly a niche place for tech nerds and commies and you don’t seem to be either?"
Well, I was pretty interested in programming a few years ago because of game modding.
"Also what keeps you here?"
Same things that keep me anywhere. Interacting with others and the interesting communities.
"Wouldn’t the NPD push you towards more popular platforms?"
It has been proven that people with NPD use social media more. I'm no exception I have accounts on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, twitter and SnapChat.
"Sorry for asking so many questions"
It's no problem that's what I'm here for.
"your experience sounds very unique and you actually seem very eloquent and thoughtful."
Isn't everyone's? And thank you I've worked on words and spelling for a while now.
I've personally known PhD's with learning disabilities who excelled where others did not. They told me, independently from each other, that it was determination and hard work that got them ahead of everyone else, not intelligence. They simply worked harder than everyone else. It's not intelligence that gets you ahead, it's the effort that you put into it.
Easier said than done. I was never the best student in school at best I only ever got B's and C's and I had to repeat the 7th and 9th grade. I was a super senior I graduated at age 20. I understand I'm not as impressive as other people but I'll be dammed if I didn't work my ass off for what I've got.
I'd hire someone that'll work their ass off sooner than someone who was a slacking smart ass. Hard work makes the world go around!
How much you offering?
what kind of iq test did you take? was it recent and have you only taken the one?
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Thank you for this AMA it is very interesting to get your viewpoint.
I have many questions, feel free not to answer them if you don't like them.
When have you discovered that you are different? What happened? Why did you take IQ tests?
Can you share story about something that is different between you and average people?
Is your memory worse or just the thinking process?
Do you have any idea why your IQ is so low? Is it just coincidence or something happened while you were young?
How can I recognize that someone has low IQ? How should I act when I meet someone with low IQ, should I use simpler sentences or simpler ideas?
Thank you.
"When have you discovered that you are different? What happened? Why did you take IQ tests?"
I was always slower then other kids my age. When I was 14 I was made to do an IQ test by the teachers in my school when I discovered my IQ at the time was 73.
"Can you share story about something that is different between you and average people?"
There's plenty. When I was 18 somebody asked me how to spell something and I just couldn't spell it and I broke down in tears. It was pretty embarrassing.
"Is your memory worse or just the thinking process?"
I think it's both. My memory isn't very good and my thinking process is very limited.
"Do you have any idea why your IQ is so low? Is it just coincidence or something happened while you were young?"
I think my mom drank while she was pregnant. Which explains why I'm different then my brothers and sisters. I don't know if that's true though maybe I just lost the genetic lottery.
"How can I recognize that someone has low IQ? How should I act when I meet someone with low IQ, should I use simpler sentences or simpler ideas?"
Not really, IQ isn't immediately obvious like other disabilities and if you meet someone with low IQ just speak and treat them like there anyone else.
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