# I'm a visionary philosopher! (Online IQ test) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904 "2002-11-26T15:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/101 "2002-11-28T01:57:29Z")
Visionary Philosopher, 138 too. I believe the word is the country, ENGLAND. ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/102 "2002-11-28T02:00:03Z")
131- Visual Mathematician. What did everyone pick for the one with the colorful blocks/circles? I figured that the bottom left and top right were circles inside of squares with the line going top left-bottom right, and the inside color of the bottom circle matching the inside color of the top square. There was one which these criteria corresponded to the top left so I picked it I hope someone understood that. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/103 "2002-11-28T03:38:32Z")
At [testcafe.com](http://testcafe.com), my score shot up as well! I like that one better. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![argonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@argonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/argonaut)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/104 "2002-11-28T09:14:30Z")
First of all, I thought it was funny that when I went back and took the test a second time, changed two answers, my IQ jumped up forty points. And we’re not talking subjective. I mean the real basic ones which involved reading the question carefully and not getting the little words mixed up. Second of all, question 31. “Which word best completes the analogy: Water is to glass as letter is to: mail, stamp, pen, envelope, book?” A letter can be in the mail (Der Post!), just like it can be paper in an envelope, just like you can have letters in a book (else we’d be reading blank pages), or in a pen (as letters about to come out). I don’t get stamp. Can you have letters in stamps? This and that damned fruit question, the #33 shape, #44, and that kangaroo question drove me batty. There were reasons for EVERY ANSWER. Good lord. Okay, a banana is a hesperidium. Or a grape is an aggregate fruit. Or apples and pears are pomes. Or I’ve never seen coconut candy in a Starburst/Skittles bag. Then again, I’ve never seen pear either. About 75% of these questions were not IQ test questions, but aptitude exam questions. There is a difference, yanno. I could find justification for almost all of them subjective answers. Plus, when I was a little kid, they thought I was retarded and took me to get an IQ test from a psychiatrist. My score does not compare at all. I think the psychiatrist was lower ;). I got a 129 and I’m a precision whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![argonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@argonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/argonaut)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/105 "2002-11-28T09:16:14Z")
I meant to say, raised 20 points. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/106 "2003-03-12T19:00:43Z")
1. On the other hand, another test I did online gave me 161. All I know is, there are many Dopers smarter than me. ---
**Author:** ![swannguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@swannguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swannguy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/107 "2003-03-12T19:57:59Z")
139 and a Precision Processor ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/108 "2003-03-12T20:17:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coil \* > \*\*I wonder what a Facts Curator is supposed to be. \*\* It’s what I am too… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/109 "2003-03-12T22:23:38Z")
A Facts Curator sounds like some kind of librarian. My score was 133. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/110 "2003-03-12T23:46:32Z")
Visionary Philosopher, 140. I doesn’t matter how accurate it is (it’s within 5% of a real one that was done), it was fun. ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/111 "2003-03-13T00:32:34Z")
Word Warrior, 120. Damn those math problems! .:Nichol:. ---
**Author:** ![aaaaaarrgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@aaaaaarrgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaaaaarrgg)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/112 "2003-03-13T00:37:11Z")
visual mathematician, 132. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/113 "2003-03-13T01:00:33Z")
142 > [@](#): > > At the same time, we compared your answers with others who have taken the test, and according to the sorts of questions you got correct, we can tell your Intellectual Type is a Facts Curator. > > The first thing we can tell you about that is you’ve fed your brain a unique collection of facts and figures over the years. You’ve got a good hold on words and numbers. But that’s just scratching the surface. ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/114 "2003-03-13T01:15:20Z")
135, Visionary Philosopher ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/115 "2003-03-13T05:59:37Z")
Visionary philosopher—135. Hey, dudes, figuring out how to give a valid e-mail without attracting spam is _part of the intelligence test_. Gotcha there. (Answer: use a spam trap address: a valid address that you only use for the purpose of filling in this kind of online form.) If this was timed, I blew it badly because it took me forever to figure out the hypotenuse question. (the cars.) I should have gotten it quickly, except it’s late at night, I’ve been sleep-deprived all week, and my brain is ragged. (I know, excuses, excuses…) GLENDALE. Not being from California, the only reason I know this is from listening to Frank Zappa’s _Billy the Mountain_. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/116 "2003-03-13T06:36:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Congratulations, **Tripler**! > Your IQ score is 126 > > This number is the result of a formula based on how many questions you answered correctly on Emode’s Ultimate IQ Test. > > Our analyses indicate that your Intellectual Type is: Precision Processor. This means that among other things, you have superior skill in mathematics. Heh, not by choice. . . :rolleyes: Tripler Although it did match me up with a few good lookin’ women in the greater North Dakota area. ---
**Author:** ![forceps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@forceps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/forceps)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/117 "2003-03-15T19:26:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*I thought this [online IQ test](http://www.emode.com/tests/uiq/) was kinda cute. Not only does it supposedly test your IQ (these online tests have given me scores all over the map), but it supposedly tells you your “intellectual type,” whatever that is. > > As you’ve already gathered, my intellectual type is “visionary philosopher.” (Yup, that’s me alright. That and a couple bucks will get me a cup of latte. :)) And it tells me my IQ is 142, which is as good a guess as any. \*\* the same type iq 131… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/118 "2003-03-15T20:13:09Z")
139 visual mathematician. I didn’t have to take a test for that. I come from a long line of brillant mathematicians. We can all do math in our heads and have an almost autistic talent for figuring days of the week. On the other hand, nobody in my family can read a map. You’ve never seen a group of people with less sense of direction. If we ever had a family reunion, nobody would attend cause nobody would be able to find the place. ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/119 "2003-03-16T00:07:30Z")
Outrageous Liar, 186 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*What was the scramblet word for ANLDEGN? > \*\* England? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/120 "2003-03-16T00:44:51Z")
138 Visionary Philosopher. England was my guess, **FranticMad** , you genius, you. .🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904.md?page=7)