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To: James C. Bennett
Umm, if there's a maxim,um score, then it isn't an actual "IQ"... the Intelligence Quotient is one's "mental age" divided by their physical age. If the 15 yr old has the ability of a 45 year old, then her IQ should be 300.

(Also, anyone who says their IQ "is" a certain number because of a test they took earlier in life, they are mistaken. That number was an indicator of their ability, divided by their physical age, but only AT THAT AGE AND THAT MOMENT IN TIME. The next year/month/week/day, their physical age changed, and thus so would their IQ (unless they advanced their mental acuity by the exactly correct proportion during that time).

Just sayin'.

(And yes, I had high scores as a child and as an adult, and was admitted to MENSA just for my SAT scores, way back when I was a much thinner 317.)

43 posted on 10/13/2012 4:33:50 PM PDT by Teacher317 ('Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.)
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To: Teacher317
back when I was a much thinner 317

Oh My! I feel your pain FRiend, I'm also up there with you. It's a shame our IQ does not match our tonnage :-)

65 posted on 10/13/2012 5:14:39 PM PDT by Bobalu (It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
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