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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arscott" data-source="post: 3123532" data-attributes="member: 17969">Official or not, it's a poor estimate made by people who don't really understand the IQ system.There are about 330 people worldwide with an IQ of 180 or better.  And that's on a planet with six and a half billion people.  In a fantasy world with a much lower population there would be even fewer than that (For instance, there'd be about 1 person with INT 18 from the entire continent of Khorvaire, the main continent in Eberron)Unless we're to believe that fantasy worlds are populated by folks who see Mensa as a club for idiots, I think it's safe to say that the INT x 10 standard is just plain wrong.If you assume that the distribution of INT scores are what you'd expect after rolling 3d6 a bunch of times, and compare that to the distribution of IQ scores, then you'll get each point of INT being worth 5 points of IQ, not 10.So the guy with the 6 INT will have an IQ of 75-80.  That's not smart, but it's also not borderline retarded either.Here's the full breakdown:INT  IQ03 60-6504 65-7005 70-7506 75-8007 80-8508 85-9009 90-9510 95-10011 100-10512 105-11013 110-11514 115-12015 120-12516 125-13017 130-13518 135-140Using that guideline, about 9% of the population have an INT of 6 or less.  So think about you and 10 other people you know.  unless your aquantainces are abnormally smart, abnormally stupid, or abnormally average, the dumbest person in that group is likely an INT 6.</blockquote>

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