# How Smart Are You, Anyway? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105 "2005-07-19T04:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/1 "2005-07-19T04:55:33Z")
The SDMB is a nice cross-section of life. People from all walks, stations, race, religion, and creed are represented. Or at least most of them. I want to know how smart _you_, personally, are. As for me, my IQ as tested in third grade and through tests online, FWIW, is around 130. I’m one of the more intelligent people among the people I hang out with, but then, I don’t hang out with geniuses. I don’t have a degree, but that’s much more about the opportunities I had when I was younger than about ability. An advanced degree is, I feel, within my capabilities should I ever choose to pursue that. Among many, _many_ Dopers, though, I am a mental midget. Some of the threads I read make me instantly, acutely aware of my drooling imbicility. SUCH smart people, a lot of you are. So how smart are you? ---
**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/2 "2005-07-19T05:38:30Z")
I have a Mediocrity Quotient of 50% ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/3 "2005-07-19T05:53:51Z")
Me thinks my answer is “enough” I feel small here sometimes too… ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/4 "2005-07-19T05:58:28Z")
Smart enough to graduate _summa cum laude_ from my JC and to gain entrance to UCLA. Not smart enough to hang in GD. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/5 "2005-07-19T06:03:27Z")
Smarter than I act; not smart enough to put it to good use. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/6 "2005-07-19T06:06:46Z")
I can see why some might find it distasteful to share. I just look at it like those old commercials, “Don’t hate me because I’m smart! I had nothing to do with it, my parents gave me these genes!” Don’t be shy, it’s just us Dopers here. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/7 "2005-07-19T06:25:44Z")
Education \> 95% of good genes ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/8 "2005-07-19T06:30:33Z")
Apparently I’m smart enough for government work! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/9 "2005-07-19T06:31:34Z")
Or smart enough to work for the government =) ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/10 "2005-07-19T06:44:05Z")
> [@The Sausage Creature](#): > > Smart enough to graduate _summa cum laude_ from my JC and to gain entrance to UCLA. > > Not smart enough to hang in GD. ☹ Great Debates? Hell I hardly qualify for IMHO! IIRC, I was tested for CLUE way back in the third grade too. I barely made it in at 136. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/11 "2005-07-19T06:59:09Z")
I’m an idiot. Hurrah! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/12 "2005-07-19T07:00:52Z")
I test high for pattern recognition and am stubborn–so I’ve become a good bit of a Jack of All Trades: Relatively good at many things (because I can figure out what the key pieces are and force myself to do those), but lacking the natural gift for any one thing to make me great at it. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/13 "2005-07-19T08:11:33Z")
I test off _my_ charts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/14 "2005-07-19T10:18:35Z")
Genius + 1 (141). Go me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/15 "2005-07-19T10:34:30Z")
Tested IQ of 145, but since I’m lazy and hate math, have refused membership in MENSA and instead choose to use my powers only to annoy. I work in U.S. federal government and it’s my ambition to get “cromulent” used in an official publication. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/16 "2005-07-19T11:21:48Z")
Smart enough to take today off to goof off and not spend the entire day sitting at work pretending to be productive. See y’all later! ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/17 "2005-07-19T12:06:47Z")
I don’t know exactly. I was tested to see if I could go the the “Gifted” school, and was identified “gifted,” which means my IQ is 130 or above, but I don’t know exactly. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/18 "2005-07-19T12:25:24Z")
I don’t know my IQ (parents won’t tell me; I don’t really want to know anyway), but I know it’s over 130 (it had to be to get into the highest level classes in high school). I took the SAT once and got 730 verbal/740 math. That and my GPA got me a full tuition scholarship to college, which I am enjoying. However, I am distinctly lacking in common sense, people skills, and a number of other useful human qualities. A 4.0 won’t keep me from dying homeless on the street. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/19 "2005-07-19T12:27:48Z")
I probably should take another one. The last one I took was in 10th grade, and I got a 139. ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105/20 "2005-07-19T12:29:22Z")
IQ 140 per the Mensa entrance exam. That and a buck will get me a cup of coffee. :dubious: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you-anyway/313105.md?page=2)