Who is IQ?

[2bme]

People love quoting their IQ like it’s a personality.

“I have a high IQ.”

Okay…
but what are you doing with it?

Because IQ is just a number that says,
“Under test conditions, you were good at this kind of problem.”

That’s it.

It doesn’t measure wisdom.
It doesn’t measure judgment.
It doesn’t stop you arguing with strangers at 2 a.m.

An IQ score is like owning a fast car.
It tells me what you could do.
Not what you’re actually doing in traffic.

I’ve met people with high IQs who can’t run a dishwasher.
And people with average IQs who somehow keep families, jobs, and sanity alive.

And just to be clear —
having a high IQ isn’t the problem.

Needing everyone to know it is.

So when someone tells me their IQ, all I hear is:
“I tested well once, please be impressed.”

That’s not intelligence.
That’s ego flexing.

 

[Matthias]

You’re a smart man @2bme. You make a lot of good points in the OP. I think you remember what the Bible says about wisdom.

 

[2bme]

You’re a smart man @2bme. You make a lot of good points in the OP. I think you remember what the Bible says about wisdom.

I do friend.

 

[Riven]

I tell people my IQ is in the 80's. They feel bad and want to do things for me.

 

[lforrest]

Depending on IQ one may find themselves less able to do more complicated jobs. A person with an IQ of 110 is mentally able to do any job they want up to being a medical doctor with a lot of study.

But someone with an IQ of less than 85 can't even enlist in the military, because they will be more of a burden than a help no matter how hard they try.

 

[lforrest]

Depending on IQ one may find themselves less able to do more complicated jobs. A person with an IQ of 110 is mentally able to do any job they want up to being a medical doctor with a lot of study.

But someone with an IQ of less than 85 can't even enlist in the military, because they will be more of a burden than a help no matter how hard they try.

But consider how small the gap is between us humans. And then how large that gap is from God. God loves us no less despite our relative stupidity compared to himself.

What must it look like to God when we look down upon someone who is less intelligent. It's like spoons boasting to one-another about being sharper.

 

[Jay Ross]

The NZ joke about Aussies is that they are really dumb with a very low IQ because they do not know how to tie up shoe laces in their shoes, and so are forced to wear thongs, i.e. flip flops to walk around in.

 

[2bme]

The NZ joke about Aussies is that they are really dumb with a very low IQ because they do not know how to tie up shoe laces in their shoes, and so are forced to wear thongs, i.e. flip flops to walk around in.

In Queensland Australia there's a thongandemic.