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franzen. (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} franzen) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank, |
Re: Top 1% on IQ DOES mean "genius."
Once you're in the short tail, the difference between 145 and 141 is noise. If the test is normed at ~100, you're several standard deviations out to the right, so unless you really, really care about IQ scores as a measure of self-worth, you're not going to get useful information from testing. You may not perceive yourself as a "genius" relative to your peers or the luminaries in your field, but that's when "different kinds of smart" and "an IQ score is not everything" kick in.
For the record, consistency is a good sign, at least over time, since childhood and adolescent scores are normed differently. If you break the test in one skill at eight because your parents stressed it in the home, you may not keep that score a few years down the line -- if you're no longer exceeding your peers, your score will drop. You didn't get dumber so much as that what used to make you a prodigy is now expected.
But, yes, "genius" is a loaded term. If self-applied, even more so.
Once you're in the short tail, the difference between 145 and 141 is noise. If the test is normed at ~100, you're several standard deviations out to the right, so unless you really, really care about IQ scores as a measure of self-worth, you're not going to get useful information from testing. You may not perceive yourself as a "genius" relative to your peers or the luminaries in your field, but that's when "different kinds of smart" and "an IQ score is not everything" kick in.
For the record, consistency is a good sign, at least over time, since childhood and adolescent scores are normed differently. If you break the test in one skill at eight because your parents stressed it in the home, you may not keep that score a few years down the line -- if you're no longer exceeding your peers, your score will drop. You didn't get dumber so much as that what used to make you a prodigy is now expected.
But, yes, "genius" is a loaded term. If self-applied, even more so.
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