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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 748442" data-attributes="member: 5100">Unfortunately, it's not even that easy.&nbsp; There is more than one kind of IQ test.&nbsp; I don't remember which one I took, but it is supposed to be quite accurate at average and low scores, but breaks down at IQs above 130 or so.Since most of the people here are above average, these discrepancies are important.&nbsp; For example, I scored a 144, but I maxed something like 10 of 14 categories.&nbsp; Where do I go from there?&nbsp; On doing some research, I found that the best _estimate_ of my true IQ is more like 165 or so.According to the test I took, I'm in the top 0.5% or better.&nbsp; If you look up 144 on another index, I could be only in the top 5%, maybe less.&nbsp; You need to use the right index for the right test.Anyway, in a nutshell, I'd say the distribution/bell-curve method is probably the best way to relate real-life capabilities to a game stat (if you really want to take it seriously).As far as Celebrim's qualifiers (the non-skill ones, at least) go, I was a Nat'l Merit Finalist, I explained my IQ+ above, my Iowa Basic Skills tests were always flatlined at the top, I was sick enough to _pass_out_ during my ACTs and still scored a 29 (which was good enough to warrant not taking it over), I was reading 500+ page novels in 1st grade, I didn't graduate early but I went to a hick rural school and they were forced to develop a TAG program around me (they normally advanced kids a grade and they were unwilling to put a 1st grader in with 5th graders).&nbsp; As others have said, I'm really not too arrogant of my intelligence, but I'm willing to &quot;throw down&quot; if called to task.&nbsp; Then again, I was the one who posted &quot;15 or 18 (depending on how you figure it)&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 748442, member: 5100"] Unfortunately, it's not even that easy. There is more than one kind of IQ test. I don't remember which one I took, but it is supposed to be quite accurate at average and low scores, but breaks down at IQs above 130 or so. Since most of the people here are above average, these discrepancies are important. For example, I scored a 144, but I maxed something like 10 of 14 categories. Where do I go from there? On doing some research, I found that the best _estimate_ of my true IQ is more like 165 or so. According to the test I took, I'm in the top 0.5% or better. If you look up 144 on another index, I could be only in the top 5%, maybe less. You need to use the right index for the right test. Anyway, in a nutshell, I'd say the distribution/bell-curve method is probably the best way to relate real-life capabilities to a game stat (if you really want to take it seriously). As far as Celebrim's qualifiers (the non-skill ones, at least) go, I was a Nat'l Merit Finalist, I explained my IQ+ above, my Iowa Basic Skills tests were always flatlined at the top, I was sick enough to _pass_out_ during my ACTs and still scored a 29 (which was good enough to warrant not taking it over), I was reading 500+ page novels in 1st grade, I didn't graduate early but I went to a hick rural school and they were forced to develop a TAG program around me (they normally advanced kids a grade and they were unwilling to put a 1st grader in with 5th graders). As others have said, I'm really not too arrogant of my intelligence, but I'm willing to "throw down" if called to task. Then again, I was the one who posted "15 or 18 (depending on how you figure it)". [/QUOTE]

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