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Quest to find the smartest person on AnandTech.

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Dofuss3000

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My quest is to find the smartest person on AnandTech. Since there is over 143,000 registered members on the board (and at least 12 to 15% of which are repeats) I expect the smartest person on these forums to have an IQ of about 165, SD of 15. But since this is a high-end internet forum, it may be as high as 166 to 171, SD of 15. To show that you are the smartest person on AnandTech, send me a score report on any viable IQ test (like the WAIS, SB, etc.) or standardized aptitude test (like the SAT or GRE). I will bump this thread once a day (missing a couple due to other obligations) for the next month. At that time I will announce who the smartest person is. If a higher score comes in, then the highest scorer and the previous highest scorer will be listed, in order of highest intelligence. If you think a friend is very intelligent and is a member of this board, tell them about this thread and send them a link. That is all for now, good luck!
 
Standarized tests like IQ or ACT/SAT don't prove jack shizzle. I sucked at all 3, yet somehow I graduated with a 3.92 in my mba and am a level3 cfa candidate.
 
Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Standarized tests like IQ or ACT/SAT don't prove jack shizzle. I sucked at all 3, yet somehow I graduated with a 3.92 in my mba and am a level3 cfa candidate.
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The new SAT has a very low correlation with IQ tests, but the previous two versions had high correlations. There is a .5 correlation between IQ and grades, so don't think good grades automatically proves that you have a high IQ too.
 
please notify us when you find the smartest member here so the rest of us can beat him up and take his lunch money.
 
Originally posted by: Kalmah
Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Kalmah
Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Dofuss3000
Originally posted by: KK
look no further
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Do you have an IQ or aptitude test to prove it?
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Ask me a question.
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What is your favorite color!???
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Elephant
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African or European elephants?
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They have more than one type of elephant? hmm...interesting...
 
Originally posted by: Dofuss3000
Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Standarized tests like IQ or ACT/SAT don't prove jack shizzle. I sucked at all 3, yet somehow I graduated with a 3.92 in my mba and am a level3 cfa candidate.
Click to expand...

The new SAT has a very low correlation with IQ tests, but the previous two versions had high correlations. There is a .5 correlation between IQ and grades, so don't think good grades automatically proves that you have a high IQ too.
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A .5 correlation with something is a pretty high correlation. Now, if the correlation was .1, then I'd say it was "very low". Statistically speaking, saying something is correlated with another on a magnatude of .5, is pretty high.

Sure, good grades doesn't prove you have a high IQ. However, good grades in a graudate level education, competing with other graduate level students in a good school probably shows you are higher intelligence than most.

If we were talking high-school gpa, that'd be something else. If we were talking underwater basket weaving, again, something else.
 
Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Originally posted by: Dofuss3000
Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Standarized tests like IQ or ACT/SAT don't prove jack shizzle. I sucked at all 3, yet somehow I graduated with a 3.92 in my mba and am a level3 cfa candidate.
Click to expand...

The new SAT has a very low correlation with IQ tests, but the previous two versions had high correlations. There is a .5 correlation between IQ and grades, so don't think good grades automatically proves that you have a high IQ too.
Click to expand...

A .5 correlation with something is a pretty high correlation. Now, if the correlation was .1, then I'd say it was "very low". Statistically speaking, saying something is correlated with another on a magnatude of .5, is pretty high.

Sure, good grades doesn't prove you have a high IQ. However, good grades in a graudate level education, competing with other graduate level students in a good school probably shows you are higher intelligence than most.

If we were talking high-school gpa, that'd be something else. If we were talking underwater basket weaving, again, something else.
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A .5 correlation is moderately high, but definitely not "very high." The average IQ of someone with a Ph.D. is between 128 and 131, SD 15... in the world of high intelligence, that is below average. The average IQ obtained on high-range IQ tests (ones that measure up to and above 4 standard deviations) is about 142 to 144, SD 15.
 
Originally posted by: Dofuss3000
I expect the smartest person on these forums to have an IQ of about 165, SD of 15. But since this is a high-end internet forum, it may be as high as 166 to 171, SD of 15.
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Shut the fvck up with your standard deviation you pretentious prick. Talk about unnecessary wordy bullsh1t. "I expect [...] about [...]" would have been sufficient. No one thinks you deserve a spot in the running. I'm like... fvcking borderline retarded and I understand SD. Do you raise your hand in class, answer a question, and then give the prof a random SD value based on how accurate you think your answer is? I fvcking hate pretentious pseudo-intellects.

God damnit... my tequila buzz is completely gone. I fvcking hate coming down from a buzz while I'm still awake.

Also, your thread sucks. I predict 99% bullsh1t, with an SD of +/-1%.
 
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