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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xeriar" data-source="post: 1217781" data-attributes="member: 4116">An IQ test typically tests 3 forms of intelligence, visual-perceptive, logical-mathematical, and language.  The last is usually weighted the heaviest because it supposedly has the highest correllation, but this tends to come under a lot of fire.Most of these language tests don't include the 'jargon' that gamers are often familiar with, and a gamer, legal, medical, history, computer or military expert will probably be biased against in such tests, because while they may have done the same amount of reading, their chosen feild means they are likely going to ace a subset or two of the language test and do average or below average at the rest.For gamers, many people on the umm, low end of the linguistic range and lower end of the mathematical-logical range will get weeded out, while those who are on the higher end of these spectrums will have more exposure.I think the exposure is probably the bigger factor - you go to college and don't hang out with the frat crowd, assuming you have some sliver of sociability you will likely run into gaming at some point.For the average of gamers as a whole, I highly doubt it's more than a full standard devitation higher than the general populace (int or wis 14 or whatever).  I can see 11 or 12 or so.  The most ignorant of gamers I've known are still smarter than some of the poor individuals I've met on the streets of Rapid City.</blockquote>

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