3 points is generally not considered a significant difference, as performance can be influenced by other factors (eg, Did you sleep well the night before? Any major changes in your life recently?)
What Intelligence Scale were you assessed with? Different scales sometimes classify levels of intelligence differently. Also, did you get a breakdown as to what specific measures of intelligence you were best in (eg, verbal comprehension, abstract visual reasoning, etc)?
A strong genetic predisposition is suspected...as with many human characteristics.
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I dont think I.Q tests are valid well ive only done online ones, never paid to do one. My i.q has ranged from 173 to 157 to 104 and im possitive I once got a below 100 i.q before... They don't seem very reliable.
Forget online IQ tests. And IQ--as measured by professionally researched and recognized tests--does correlate well with overall achievement (all else being equal, eg, motivation). However, Drusilla also lists other demonstrations of a very capable intellect; she's not laying claim to high intelligence by test scores alone.
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My IQ was measured when I first went to my psychiatrist. Yeah, I remember my linguistic and logical was perfect, the weakest for me was visual. Which kind of helped me 'cause I could choose what I wanted to learn. I wanted to be an interior designer, but since the visual is not my strength, I'd be lousy in it.
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I think this is out of topic...if you want to discuss about intelligence which is not qualifier for genius start another tread...I would be happy to share my IQ score with you, and talk about difficulties being accepted by friends and surroundings as highly intelligent person...my IQ score is 153, and I'm far far away from being genius, let me repeat once again, FAR FAR AWAY...
so let's not implement intelligence in our discussion again, please...
I have read this thread and have found many of the points made to be very interesting. I thought Storms definition was the best but then Hydrono brought up the point of speed and capacity such as a processor.
Yet others point out that speed alone does not equate genius . An example being an autistic savante. I wondered then if Mindships question of intelligence would steer the discussion to a more articulated path. Hairs seem to become split as you question intelligence and then the discussion lost its way. I wonder if genius has constant or can it be a momentary occurance. For example the Aha or Eureka phenomena.
Genius then would indeed occur in different "flavors" as noted by Mindship. Plus it would be explain that genius is not defined by the end but by the cummulation and individual. (not quite sure if I am wording my thoughts coherently here.)
I am not quite sure where my point is going here. Just trying to see if I am grasping the process correctly.
My personal thought was to perhaps think of what genius is not along the lines of what is not intelligence. Perhaps looking at the negative as in Argesilen's Sig would help with the positive.
Just my two cents.
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