# People on the Internet sure are smart!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-on-the-internet-sure-are-smart/545780>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 6, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-on-the-internet-sure-are-smart/545780 "2010-07-06T21:39:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-on-the-internet-sure-are-smart/545780/61 "2010-07-10T00:35:55Z")

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I distinctly remember someone telling, way back when when I was like 5 or 6, that my IQ was 209. This is why I argue against the idea that memory is infallible, or even close.

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**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-on-the-internet-sure-are-smart/545780/62 "2010-07-10T01:26:24Z")

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> [@Rigamarole](#):
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> I just love how many people on the Internet have amazingly high IQs and don’t seem to realize just how exceedingly rare they are. I was reading the profile of a woman on OKCupid who writes “you should message me if your IQ is at least 153 (not an arbitrary number) …”

Perhaps her profile was different back then, but according to what it says now, it’s not anywhere near as exclusive as one may think.

She says you should contact her if you have an IQ of 153 OR if you’re an NT, especially INTP. NTs are not the most common type but they’re not rare.

But yeah, thinking that a 140 IQ NF is below you is either exceptional or mistakenly pretentious. Since she says her intuition verges on telepathy, it looks like it’s the latter.

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**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-on-the-internet-sure-are-smart/545780/63 "2010-07-10T01:55:57Z")

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I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if the woman in question was already a member here.

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