>>11364078I don't give much credit to these tests, regardless of mensa being in the name.
Especially as I realised Mensa are very complimentary on their free tests in order to try and prompt people to pay to take their actual IQ tests.
In these things I always score(d) around 140 give or take 5 points depending on the test, but then at one point had to take an actual in depth IQ test which doesn't just test this sort of stuff (These online tests are usually purely pattern recognition with a couple of other 'area' questions thrown in and usually largely exaggerate your score) but also accounted speech, recognition, memory, math and quite a lot of other areas and the test took a good long while. (Obviously I should mention it depends on the institutes test and their data pool, don't remember the exact test or with whom I did it with. Was literally given it for free due to having dyspraxia and the educational institute querying whether or not I had aspergus or autism, this IQ test was given as a complimentary side query I suppose to those disputes)
On a genuine test I only scored 119 (Shamefully or whatever, it's an honest number). What was interesting in my results at the time though was how polarised they were. In a couple subjects I scored low 90's while on others I was scoring extremely high.
I suppose ultimately IQ isn't really the best measurement of intelligence but rather the capability for an individual to capitalise on their strengths and diminish the impacts of their weaknesses.
I know a few people with ridiculously high IQs (130+) and none of them (My social circle is purely anecdotal mind you) have particularly achieved much in life beyond typical middle class tier stuff and usually they're very cringe worthy and recycle reddit tier jokes when it comes to humour. Otherwise mostly just average joe in every other aspect.
P.S. My education is centered around biological sciences
