[KarlInOhio]

So, which IQ test did Einstein take and what was his score? IQ tests tend to get a little twitchy on the high end, like trying to measure a 100 meter dash on a watch that only ticks once per second.

An 11-year-old girl has become one of the smartest people in the UK by getting the maximum score on a Mensa IQ test

If you can get every question right then it isn't a good test. A test has to find your limit, so any test you get 100% should have been harder. Or at least that's what one physics professor told me who took it as a personal insult whenever anyone got 100% on one of his exams.

[Tenacious 1]

I once scored 154 on an IQ test. I know I ain’t that smart. My wife things I have early onset Alzheimers. I think its from too many concussions in football.

[MPJackal]

I had a professor like that at Ohio U. He was an idiot. His thesis was that if you got a 100 it meant you were as smart as him, and nobody was as smart as he was, so, no 100’s. It should mean you mastered that material, but egos get in the way.

[mikrofon]

That reminded me of a Grad school Engineering prof I had, whose policy was to only award the top two A’s regardless of the physical test scores during the term…

I recall cruising along at about 96% through the first month, which would have been good for fourth or fifth and only a ‘B’ in the class had I finished the course (which was dropped anyway due to other circumstances).

[ken in texas]

... that's what one physics professor told me ..

LOL. That sounds like one of my high-school teachers. His philosophy was that no one was capable of perfect work so he would not give a perfect score. If you aced the exam he would return it with "-1 GP" (general principles) and a grade of 99.