Guinness level.
Hey, an inverse bell curve!
Cool.
I tested really high when I was a little kid but I’m pretty sure I’ve become dumber since then.
The test I took 32 years ago (age 19) came up “In excess of 165”. I believe that means that I got all answers right, and the test cannot disciminate any higher for that reason.
I’m sure it’s declined since then. 
The conversion from SAT to IQ wildly, flamboyantly overestimated my IQ–I was professionally tested in grade school (this assertion from many doesn’t actually surprise me). Similarly, non-standardized, non-scientific online IQ tests tend to overestimate my score by at least 30 points and in one memorable case by around a hundred.
If anyone thinks they know of an accurate free online IQ test, I’d try it out and report how well it correlated with my known score. I haven’t seen such an animal, though.
Also: I honestly cannot tell how many of the responses here are sarcastic. I sincerely hope more of them are than are not.
You know what would help with that? An IQ of 195, like mine.
When I was in elementary school I believed I was the shit because I was the first in my grade to get into the gifted program. At grad school I always felt like I was the stupidest person in my program. The older I get, the stupider I feel. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m just lucky enough to meet really smart people or if I’m already slipping into dementia at the tender age of 30.
Who cares? I make good pie.
Hey!!:mad: Ninty five is still good! Still smart!
Haven’t seen such animal because there ain’t no such animal.
Most people who say they’ve taken IQ tests really haven’t taken proper ones administered in appropriate settings by trained individuals.
True. I have taken a number of real ones and even been trained to give them in psychometrics grad school classes. The thing that kills me is that people that claim very high IQ’s generally don’t understand the way normal curves work at all and they should be the first to notice that if they were genuine.
They tend to think a few points between friends is just casual exaggeration while, if they really understood them at all, they would understand that just a few points at the high end can mean the difference between claiming you were the smartest person in your high school to being one of the smartest people ever in your state. It is fun to sit back and watch people fall into the trap.
A very select few are probably honest because we have a few exponentially smart people on this board but that is self-evident from their insane knowledge and analytical skills but I don’t think the real ones advertise the fact. It is obvious through their writing. The others are just ill-informed or delusional but unless, we happen to have most of the 160+ IQ population of the U.S. on this board, I think some bullshit calling is order for the group as whole.
I thought it would be obvious that my post was a joke, but then I realized that I could barely tell my post from serious posts…Poe’s law, I guess.
Well, I can piss a mile. (If I’m standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon.)
To date, eight people have reported their IQs as in the 60s. I believe them, because they’d be too stupid to lie, wouldn’t they?
I was tested in high school (private college prep). It was 135 then, and just the beginning of my life of underachievement. The only time it’s ever impressed anyone is when I can still make sense when I’m too drunk to stand up by myself.
My IQ has never been formally tested. However, I did a couple of those online tests. One said I was 105 and the other said I was 160. So my official answer, and the way I filled out the poll, is ‘I dunno’.
Or too stupid to read and write. Lying.
In Spain, I can piss a hundred meters off the edge of the Caminito del Rey.
It was the proof that we’all aint as smart as we think we are!
When I was in the 3rd grade I took an IQ test at school. It took a really long time, and the guy who tested me kept leaving the room to confer with some other people. Finally he came back and told me that they couldn’t really measure it, but that they were recommending me for a job at NASA to help on a project that was in the works. It turned out to be the Space Shuttle, and although my parents were a little hesitant at first, they finally agreed to let me go when they realized what a great opportunity it was. So, I went and it was fun for a while, but I got lonely so I started making mistakes in my work so I would get fired, and once I got home I vowed never to let anyone see how smart I was again. I try really hard to blend in with the regular people. Coming to the SDMB helps, though, since there are so many people here who I can talk to on my level. Don’t know what I’d do without this place.
You would think this one would be SOoooo over the top that we can CLEARLY tell you’re joking, but in 2 minutes a totally sincere post will be along to top yours.