Monday, July 04, 2005

IQ Scale

Taken your IQ test today? Go to web.tickles to take it now! =D Hahaa! Hmm. OoH. I remembered.. My score is my birthday! Heheee..
The IQ scale is built using 100 as the base. 70 is set as the benchmark of mental retardation, which is about 5% of people. About roughly one in every 400 people have a mental intelligence higher than 140.

Retardation Scale
50-70 - Mild mental retardation (85%)
35-50 - Moderate mental retardation (10%)
20-35 - Severe mental retardation (4%)
<>200 - "Unmeasurable genius"

IQ Scale
85 - 114 - Average
115-124 - Above average
125-134 - Gifted
135-144 - Highly gifted (e.g., intellectuals)
145-154 - Genius (e.g., professors)
155-164 - Genius (e.g., Nobel Prize winners)
165-179 - High genius
180-200 - Highest genius
>200 - "Unmeasurable genius"

Extras
Philosophers (22) average IQ 160;
Scientists (39) 159;
Fiction writers (53) 152;
Statesmen (43) 150;
Musicians (11) 149;
Artists (13) 153;
Soldiers (27) 136.

**It is estimated the Einstein, a prototype for a genius, has only an IQ score of just over 160**

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