I am a 23 year old female with a IQ of 76. Ask me anything

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[–] 71 points 2 years ago (1 child)

How did you manage to win Georgia's 14th Congressional district??

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  • [–] 59 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Have you given any thought to entering politics?

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    For what it's worth, free IQ tests are notoriously bad for evaluating general intellectual capacity, and tend to evaluate visual pattern recognition.

    On top of that, you can learn how IQ tests are evaluated and score higher on them in a matter of seconds.

    For example:

    The answers are in the diagonals.

    For this example, on the diagonals are the number of dots.

    For this example, on the diagonals are the arrow directions.

    Having this knowledge can easily boost your IQ score by 10.

    In any case, intellect has many different facets; memory retention, memory recall speed, emotional intelligence, motivation, visual/spacial, verbal, etc.

    There are people who are Mensa certified geniuses who can't hold a conversation to save their lives, or boast to others about their score, which is... really dumb.

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  • [–] [S] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Know what you're talking about. There's a guy on YouTube who's in a similar situation to me called Mark Malloy. He talks a lot about IQ maxxing shall we say.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I just found this video by him.

    It perfectly encapsulates what I'm talking about, when I say motivation is a part of intelligence. A raw IQ of 150 is functionally useless, and letting that potential go to waste is... really dumb.

    This guy Mark, is motivated to attain gainful employment so he can sustain himself, and is trying to improve his intellect in the meanwhile, which demonstrates a intuitive wisdom most people lack.

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    [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No more questions but this was fascinating and you seem like a super cool person with a lot of depth. Thanks for being vulnerable here

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How did you find out about Lemmy? It seems it's mostly a niche place for tech nerds and commies and you don't seem to be either? Also what keeps you here? Wouldn't the NPD push you towards more popular platforms?

    Sorry for asking so many questions - your experience sounds very unique and you actually seem very eloquent and thoughtful.

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  • [–] [S] 31 points 2 years ago

    "How did you find out about Lemmy?"

    I looked up Reddit alternatives and it came up. Reddit has a bad reputation and it's got too many rules. It's impossible to post anywhere cuz you never have enough karma.

    "It seems it’s mostly a niche place for tech nerds and commies and you don’t seem to be either?"

    Well, I was pretty interested in programming a few years ago because of game modding.

    "Also what keeps you here?"

    Same things that keep me anywhere. Interacting with others and the interesting communities.

    "Wouldn’t the NPD push you towards more popular platforms?"

    It has been proven that people with NPD use social media more. I'm no exception I have accounts on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, twitter and SnapChat.

    "Sorry for asking so many questions"

    It's no problem that's what I'm here for.

    "your experience sounds very unique and you actually seem very eloquent and thoughtful."

    Isn't everyone's? And thank you I've worked on words and spelling for a while now.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    A gentle reminder that about half the population has their IQ below the average ("about" because average≠median, yes, nerds, I know)

    Having it below 100 is nothing to worry about, just like having anything below average is.

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    what kind of iq test did you take? was it recent and have you only taken the one?

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    "kind"? Isn't it just one IQ test that everyone takes? It was 5 years ago when I was 19. I did another one when I was 14 and I scored 73 on that one.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    There's a bunch of different ways to test IQ, and most if not all tests are known to be pretty flawed. The concept of intelligence being something that can be compared on a single numeric scale is in itself pretty much bullshit - there are different types of intelligence, and the tests tend to focus on random things like pattern matching.

    A bunch of "high IQ" people are barely functional on a day to day basis. Basically low scores on an IQ test indicates that you lack the skills to do that exact test - I wouldn't read too much into it.

    Edit: Read another comment where you elaborate and don't want to come across as dismissing your experience at all, I can see that it's frustrating when people keep insisting it doesn't matter. But having completed my PhD and having met a lot of people that would do incredibly well in IQ tests, I can safely say many of them too face significant challenges in lives deriving from their lack of situational awareness and understanding of for example social situations.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    An important aspect to remember about IQ scores is that they are not meant to be a measure of how intelligent you are, but more about how you process information and, thus, how easily/quickly you learn new information. You’re still “intelligent,” it may just take you a little longer to “get it” when learning new things, though. That’s ok, as long as you’re learning!

    Also remember that an IQ score is a predictor of performance, not a limit.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Thank you, I had a lot of people complimenting me on my English and grammar and saying that I can't be low IQ. I love those comments. It has taken me a lot of effort to improve on my English which is hard with dyslexia. I'm proud of the progress I've made in the past 5 years. Modern technology helps the lot. The voice to text feature on my phone is a big help and writing down words I can't spell also helps.

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    [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How did you test your iq and did what did you expect of the results?

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I got a test from MENSA and I was expecting the results as I did another IQ test when I was 14

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Googling Mensa: Mensa international:

    This online test gives an indication of general cognitive abilities, represented by an IQ score of between 85 and 145, where 100 is the population average.

    Did you take this test? If yes, how was your result below the lowest value?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Thank you for this AMA it is very interesting to get your viewpoint.

    I have many questions, feel free not to answer them if you don't like them.

    When have you discovered that you are different? What happened? Why did you take IQ tests?

    Can you share story about something that is different between you and average people?

    Is your memory worse or just the thinking process?

    Do you have any idea why your IQ is so low? Is it just coincidence or something happened while you were young?

    How can I recognize that someone has low IQ? How should I act when I meet someone with low IQ, should I use simpler sentences or simpler ideas?

    Thank you.

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    "When have you discovered that you are different? What happened? Why did you take IQ tests?"

    I was always slower then other kids my age. When I was 14 I was made to do an IQ test by the teachers in my school when I discovered my IQ at the time was 73.

    "Can you share story about something that is different between you and average people?"

    There's plenty. When I was 18 somebody asked me how to spell something and I just couldn't spell it and I broke down in tears. It was pretty embarrassing.

    "Is your memory worse or just the thinking process?"

    I think it's both. My memory isn't very good and my thinking process is very limited.

    "Do you have any idea why your IQ is so low? Is it just coincidence or something happened while you were young?"

    I think my mom drank while she was pregnant. Which explains why I'm different then my brothers and sisters. I don't know if that's true though maybe I just lost the genetic lottery.

    "How can I recognize that someone has low IQ? How should I act when I meet someone with low IQ, should I use simpler sentences or simpler ideas?"

    Not really, IQ isn't immediately obvious like other disabilities and if you meet someone with low IQ just speak and treat them like there anyone else.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Do you notice your low IQ in daily life? Like, when grocery shopping or when just being at home, being with a partner, or doing chores?

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  • [–] [S] 23 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    "What do you do for work?"

    I'm a burger flipper at Burger King.

    "What level of education have you completed?"

    I was a super senior at high school graduating at age 20 and I never went to university or college although I would like to.

    "Were the results a surprise?"

    Yes they were.

    "And most importantly, has it affected your self-esteem at all"

    I'm not capable of low self esteem. It's more like I feel shame and anger for it.

    "or do you know how little an IQ test actually means?"

    I hate people saying this. It's like if you were blind and everyone who could see told you that vision doesn't mean anything. I have seen first hand how IQ affects you. I remember how different I was to the other kids in my school. The way they could just learn things I couldn't. I've experienced how my IQ has singled me out from everyone else. Do you know what it's like to come to terms with the fact that no matter how hard you try you'll always be slower then everyone else? Do you know what it's like to come to terms with the fact that you'll never be a nurse, programmer or go to university/college no matter how hard you try? Do you know what it's like to come to terms with the fact that you'll never develop over the mental age of a teenager? No, you won't so fuck off with this corny bullshit about trying your hardest. Real life is not some cheesy sports movie where you really put your mind to something and overcome all the odds. That doesn't happen in the real world. Kid.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It’s like if you were blind and everyone who could see told you that vision doesn’t mean anything.

    It's more like if you were blind, tested your running speed, performed poorly, attribute all your problems to being a bad runner, then everyone tells you that running speed doesn’t mean anything.

    I acknowledge that there's things that are more difficult for you and that negatively affects your quality of life, but it doesn't sound like those problems are the same ones that IQ tests are measuring. If you care to work on improving your situation, it's important to know what the actual problems are before you can even start trying to address them.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Do you read any books/novels?

    If you do, Which ones? How's the reading experience for you?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How is your memory or recall? Do you feel like you to write stuff down a lot?

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 2 years ago

    It takes me a long time to get used to patterns. If I don't completely focus on one thing I forget about it. I get information mixed up easily and I forgot the little details about things. Sometimes I forget what I'm doing all together and I get overwhelmed easily.

    Luckily I use my phone a lot to write things down which helps and if I don't do that I just write things down on my body.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Do you eat your toast butter side up or butter side down?

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