i don't think this teacher expected to win the algorithm

When I was a kid I had a few incidents that caused brain damage. I was considered retarded, a term I was frequently called. I rode the short bus to special classes, I was held back a grade. I received many patronizing lectures about how disabled people could still be useful to society. When they wanted to affirm my disabled status, they decided to give me an IQ test. They didn't believe the results and required me to take several more. My lowest test was 130 and my mean score was 168. I was told I was normal enough to no longer go to special classes but I never could adapt to normal classes and was frequently told it was my fault. The brain damage is definitely real as I frequently forget where I am, what I'm doing, and sometimes my own name. It usually comes back with in a few minutes, but it's so damn frustrating. It's even more frustrating to know that you should be more than you are, but just can't because of situations outside your control. I could go into it a lot deeper on how many layers of messed up the situation has, but I'm not trying to write an autobiography here. I guess I'm just saying that IQ isn't everything. The brain is complicated. Life is complicated. Maybe the law of averages isn't a real thing, but there certainly are situations where gifted people feel cursed.

so around 2% of the population has an IQ under 70. what percentage of the population is on twitter consistently?

I didn’t even know that IQs could go below 25!

There are three factors in-between IQ and success; a) IQ as raw processing ability, b) what you choose to spend it on, c) what society and circumstance allow.

This video was made for people on the left side of the IQ range.

The "profound" category reminds me of the catatonic people at the old folks' home.

I didn't expect a PPT presentation on KZfaq. Hold on, gonna reserve the meeting room over at the Marriott.

everyone who watches this video thinks they're above average iq

"Overall knowledge"? Isn't IQ instead the level of ability to acquire knowledge?

I guess I'm not the only one that suddenly had a 2+ year old video appear in their recommended list. It makes me wonder how many other videos we'd all like to watch are out there but are buried by the algorithm because they're not from CNN or Logan Paul.

This is not too related to the video but you are a great teacher! I found myself engaged throughout the entire video and I could understand the lesson quite well! I have adhd, so learning is oftentimes not effortless. I feel like I generally have to put more effort than my peers for the same task. But there are certain teachers, methods of teaching, good environments and conditions, etc. that make learning to me feel like almost no work at all, and your video was one of them. Thank you!

Very well put and very concise, thank you for posting this.

I thought anything below 85 was considered disabled but they changed it for a specific reason.

I just found this treasure trove, your channel. I will be voraciously consuming your content. Thank You. I am 31 and last week received a score of 146. I was diagnosed with Aspergers (HF ASD) about three years ago and now, everything in life is beginning to make sense. Instead of being happy, I'm actually rather sad/disappointed. Being highly motivated, highly creative, and having high intelligence is isolating. Nonetheless, I'm incredibly blessed to have the life I have, and the slings and arrows hurled towards me are simply a different brand name than those hurled at everyone else. Thank You for your content.

Look, you can find many people to fit almost any category including people with High IQ who are not affected by a law of averages, however when you account for something such as common sense, it’s a pretty vague and nebulous term I mean common sense could be anything from crossing a street at a green light, to shaking someones hand during a deal, these are things that are often times learned, and could be affected by cultural differences, Terman tested people who were for the most part doctors and lawyers, people that are often times proficient in using common sense, lawyers argue and deduce an individuals innocence, while doctors deduce illnesses and injuries from symptoms, there needs to be another study done to conclude whether or not a law of averages applies to intelligence analysing different attributes in comparison such as, coordination, memory, the ability to produce artwork, ethics, proficiency in language, response time. Some of these are hard to measure but if narrowed down to specific tests that can accurately measure or predict ones proficiency in one subject when compared to intelligence, then we could determine whether a law of averages does affect the human mind and how

>be me >grew up being told i was gifted >got to high school >depression started >failing grades >came out of high school below average >feeling like a failure what do

KZfaq algorithms brought me here. Im genuinely interested in this type of content. Your format is well displayed, and information is delivered well. You've earned your subscription.

I’ve never seen anyone do a video essay as a PowerPoint presentation on KZfaq until now, but this was a well made and well researched video, you just gained a sub my friend.

Wonders if there's a vid on KZfaq where a profoundly colour-blind person discusses Mondrian.

they do lack in other areas. everyone is weak in something and strong in something else. what i noticed is gifted people tend to be oblivious to world realities. like they live in a very small bubble.

idk how this ended up in my recommended, i aint even in any psychologically classes

this topic could have been explained in 5 minutes

Goddam IQ barrier. Watched this and now stuck in my bedroom closet. Please help.

I've got an IQ of 135, am 45, single, don't have friends and work as a cow herder.

iq has nothing to do with acquired knowledge.

I wonder how many people here have taken a formal IQ test administered by professionals, rather than one of those "if you can solve this then you have 180 IQ!" phone apps?

Interesting video! Thanks for the upload.

One thing that's very tricky with IQ is that you can be unbalanced in your IQ subscores. For example, I have Asperger's (ASD) and my vocabulary is in the "genius" range and some other scores like spelling are in the "gifted" range, but some of my scores (such as spatial puzzle solving) are just average and some are even below average (such as processing speed). For that reason, my overall IQ is 118, but obviously that doesn't reflect the whole picture. That just might be common with the autism spectrum, but it shows that your overall IQ score doesn't reflect whether you are "gifted/genius" or intellectually disabled. Also, most IQ tests don't test beyond the 99.9th percentile or the .01th percentile (for reference 145 or above is considered the 99.9% percentile and I believe 50 or below would be considered the .01th percentile, though I may be wrong), so when you hear about supergenius people with IQs of 160 or 200 or whatever, that's completely arbitrary as most IQ tests aren't even designed to measure that number. In reality, the highest score you can achieve on most IQ tests is 145 and the lowest 50. It does make sense that there would be a very rare few people with IQs above or below that, but like I said, that number is completely arbitrary and is often up to the personal opinion of the person administering the examination. With people with profound intellectual disability, it can also be really tricky as most of them have severe cerebral palsy or another medical condition that can cause them to be unable to speak or move, meaning that it is extremely difficult to administer a traditional IQ test. For this reason, the "profound" category is often just an assumption doctors make about the severely physically disabled, when for all you know some of them could be geniuses (there was a book that came out when I was growing up, I forget exactly what it was called, but its protagonist was a young girl with cerebral palsy who was a genius, but labeled as mentally handicapped). Mild and moderate intellectual disability is easier to measure as most of those who have it are fully or moderately verbal. Again, I'm not saying that people with IQs *that* high or low don't exist, it's just at that point it's really hard to measure. When you toss autism into the equation, that makes it even harder because like I said, most of us have uneven skills (superior intellectual capabilities and memory (except for those with a form of autism where they also have an intellectual disability), but a slower processing speed, as well as sensory and social skills issues. It gets even trickier for those with severe autism, many of who are just assumed by doctors to have intellectual disabilities as well. Because many with nonverbal autism cannot express themselves, they are basically trapped in their own heads, regardless of their intellectual strengths. So IQ is not perfect, it does not take into account a disability or cultural background (what he was saying about a cultural intellectual disability just highlights how some IQ tests are very culture-biased, you can be a genius in terms of intellectual capacity and still score low on an IQ test because you don't know what something common in another culture refers to, or because you can't read English), or other forms of intelligence (i.e. social/emotional intelligence). Sorry for this rambling wall of text lol. Just my 2 cents, I'm not an expert in any regard but I am passionate about this subject. EDIT: I looked up what the bottom IQ percentile is (www.omnicalculator.com/health/iq-percentile) and it's more around 50 (25 would be extremely low, and as I said most IQ tests don't measure that low). So I have changed my answer to reflect that.

This was interesting, thanks! :)

I will say that at 24, I received 116 on an IQ test, but I had several issues like "severely impaired" in memory. Due to everything, my brain warped into a different form and abilities. People should study that. Of course, now I have more brain damage. We won't get into it.

Is knowledge based on memorization and factoids or total comprehension of the subject at hand and the ability to add cohesive input to the conversation? I would guarantee the later, the problem with measuring intelligence is that it’s quite easy for people to memorize several factoids with no basis of comprehension when asked to delve further into detail. I believe intelligence should be measured by your ability to create independent hypotheses and how true these pan out. Generally that’s why I believe pattern recognition is a fair sign of intelligence as this is a measurement of your capability to recognize your environment, thus also a level of intelligence would be geared towards how well you adapt and can implement these changes.

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Is this relatable to anyone? I thought I was smart when I fell in the top 7% (supervised IQ test I did when I was 16). Massive ego booster, obviously. It motivated me enough to finish school as top academic achiever. Now however... Took me 2 years longer to finish my studies. The times I've walked the extra mile to understand everything, and deliver projects with in-depth detail; was the times I scored the lowest. At best I got average grades when I just rushed through things to get it done. My peers who skimped tasks and projects often got better results. Uni was a real passion killer for me. So, I don't know. Maybe the career psychologist put me on a trip. Maybe I've had some cognitive decline. Maybe the world is catering for quick & easy.

Telman may have solved the computer science problem buy concluding "They do not" on a problem with infinite possibilities.. lol.. Give this guy an award.. hahha

Does IQ tend to stay constant? When I was in k-12 I was labeled as gifted, and it seems to me like I am brighter than most people on the streets but many of my peers are very successful, more so than me.

I'm now 62 yo. When I was 20 I had to take an IQ test. Never gave it a second thought because I knew I was one of the idiots in the family. Until this video I had no idea I was in the .01%. I have learned a shit-ton of stuff but I'm still an idiot. If you don't believe me, just ask any of the women in my life.

I feel there's a witty joke about the american public education system, but my teachers didn't tell me what to say on that.

I feel like if you're high IQ, problem solving takes up a lot of mental space. If you have a social problem, you solve it. If you lack skills somewhere, just think your problem through. Etc. If you're clever you just think your problems through no? Regardless of what your weaknesses are.

I've known some smart people who had no common sense, in a survival situation they would not survive. On the other hand, some not so bright people have an animal cunning which enables them to overcome hardships. I think the big factor is strength of mind and will to live. The way society is set up now, smart people who specialize in some field prosper. People with no skill or ability get the worst jobs unless their willing to work hard!!!

the lack of common sense is probably just autism. that's my case. 148 iq but autistic. the longitudinal study has some flaws. one of them being that autistic individuals with high iqs never got the chance to participate in this study because they wouldn't have been diagnosed or would have had many social barriers to entry. i was in special education with many gifted individuals and as i get older and keep in contact with many of them most of them have an accompanied diagnosis now of adhd, anxiety, spd, ocd, epilepsy or autism. this suggests that giftedness is a neurotype and has developmental factors, and all neurotypes come with comorbidities.

It is imperative that we set IQ tests for public office. I propose 115 as a minimum for congress and 125 for the senate and the presidents. When one has huge Nuclear arsenals you can't leave idiots in charge like we do now. I worked at Bell labs/Agere systems as an EE for several years and once we compared IQ's, I was the stupidest at 143. Several claimed 160+ and I believe them. None of my colleagues was socially awkward or at a loss.

I recently read Flowers for Algernon, and this was part of Charlie's struggle; dude was so effing intelligent that he couldn't relate in everyday scenarios. He was disconnected from people around him. He lacked the ability to see what others understood plain as day. Short book, worth the read. Way sad, though. 😢

So I score firmly with an IQ as very superior in the range of 144 - 160+. I was formally tested by a psychiatrist when I was about 5 years old which is young I know, I have copies of the paperwork and everything, including a synopsis . That said I also have/had ADHD which I most likely still do, and I am curious does anyone have any interesting insights into the behavior, psychology, etc of high IQ and ADHD/ADD. Edit: It’s been pretty annoying dealing with it, things that should be hard are easy, and things that should be easy are hard.

As I listen to this information, I am wondering how the USA has slipped from ranking of 28th in Math to 37th in Math among the developed nations?

This video is going to blow up

Very informative video.

i am both intellectually disabled and gifted

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Not sure which IQ test he's using for distribution. Some tests have a bit more spread. 145 is not top .1% on all tests. On one of the tests I took to enter Mensa I got a 154 that was top2% and the other was 148 that was top 1%. was around 1990 so I have forgotten specifically what both tests were. I think one was castell-b and definitely neither was WAIS.

MmmKay. Seriously though, I appreciate the video.

_Normal Curve_ goes from *zero to 200,* split in _Standard Deviations_ of 15, with 100 always in middle -- the plurality set. How does an I.Q go above 200?

IQ tests measure your level of education not your intelligence! the last time I took an IQ test, I had forgot how to divide fractions,. so I got a lower score. Does that mean I'm less intelligent then I was in grammer/middle school? No of course not! IQ tests are sillyness! Even though I usually got around 130 ish in results...

Interesting video, mmkayy.

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These tests could only be administered to childern. Once you reach about 20 being of an older mental age is detrimental, defining genius as a 10 yr old with a 20 yr old mental process which would have to decline. So the mental age ratio is a fallacy.

I don't think high IQ people lack common sense any more than others BUT, EVERY single person I've been around with a high IQ has had some kind of OTHER disability of some sort: Autism, ADHD, seizures, etc. with no exception. Now, this could've just been luck of the draw as I didn't do some kind of long term study of thousands of people but this is what I've personally observed.

Children, Mr. Mackey's gonna talk to you about I.Q. today...mm'kay?

love it how in the title he wrote intellectual disabled instead of intellectually. My guess is that he at the very least isn't gifted in the grammar department hehehe.

When I did the mental age test it was 25 and it says that I have an IQ of 156.3

I would like to know how accurate theses videos are . I have seen videos of people saying 10 traits of intelligent people or something like that . I can not really believe most of those videos . I knew a guy that saw one of those videos and he was not very smart at all but he thought that he was a smart guy because he showed a couple of those traits . I however would say I am some what smart but I doubt my intelligence .

My IQ is 116 with Dyslexia, Bipolar depression and anxiety as tested in PA under the OVR program. After 30 years of antidepressant meds I still don't understand but at some point when the universe disappears no one will remember. I'm a crypto investo.

thanks for the video! It seems like people who talk about where 'high iq' comes from, why shouldn't it reflect the same areas where mental 'retardation' comes from?

Hello LewisDean -- it looks like you typed out a question to me, but it's disappeared somehow. If you want to repost it, I'll try to answer.

How do you measure IQ if you might be twice exceptional, and may be dyscalculia, is there a way for accurate assessment with today’s modalities?

The use of Mental Age / Chronological Age times 100 hasn't been true in many decades. IQ now is a unit of statistical level of g-factor (general intelligence) based on the statistics of the bell curve. Typically this is done with a sigma of 15 and so the each unit of standard deviation from the norm is 15 points off the mean. A person one standard deviation above the norm has a g-factor of 115 IQ and one who is one standard deviation below the norm has a g-factor of 85 IQ. Seriously this has been the correct use of the term for literally longer than most people watching this video have been alive.

I agree because I’m sure someone with a high iq has incredible common sense. I think they have so much common sense that they see common sense so clearly in everything.

Well I have an IQ in the 'Above Average' range and I don't even understand how levers work.

What's interesting is that males tend to occupy the extremes on either side significantly more often than versus females.

Often people assume IQ and autism are similar in the IQ curve top 1%

I wonder what Terman thought about people with Aspergers and autism? People who have clear difficulties to perform successfully in society. People above 140 I. Q.

How do i increase my IQ?

has anyone else noticed that all high iq people have wider eye sockets and larger eyebrow bones?

"alright?"

By this metric a cat's IQ is like 60-80.

Very interesting :)

Where am me on list

I wish I didn't have below average iq

There have been people with microencephaly or very small brains due to water on the brain who live normal lives.

anything below 85 equates to total acceptance here now …

Common sense is an oxymoron.

MmmmmK - Mr Garrison?

I would be surprised to find out this person has a degree in psychology.

mmkay? alright?

Hey mom look! I’m profound!

Very interesting video. It would be much better for these people (I assume this is an educator) to say that these theories are consistent with specific data rather than saying, "Because of this study, this is not true" This is a field largely comprised of changing/evolving opinions.

The only two things I've noticed with gifted people is the inability to put abstract thoughts into the simple version of English we're taught. English is a limiting language. It's not even pretty like Spanish. Anyway, later they become the divine in Clarkesworld, my favorite magazine. Also, they make way more associations than normal people in abstract abilities, and this can make them look crazy. Sometimes, a simple task will be too complex while I'll go straight through. Some individuals pop out of time like anyone could have hit the target but they managed to, and then they say the average man was neglected, a flash in the pan. Welcome to the curse of many tech giants. You have to watch out for the way you introduce technology or that will happen.

There’s a goat that is really smart

mOK, mAlright

How do you test your IQ?

I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV.....

M'kay.

Common Sense... What if Stupid is Common? This could work in the same sense where the Genetic classification of Dominant/Recessive, where there are no Variants in the Common group. So All probability of Evolutionary marker are within the Recessive. Sometimes the world is dumb and just a handful pick up on the Idiocracy. Like this Idea that Dominant is Not Evolving, but the Term is used as if from the Webster Dictionary, yet the words only mean common/uncommon. A Superhero with Evolutionary traits is placed in the Recessive because its Uncommon. But who would be Dominant if someone can shoot laser beams from their eyes?🤤

Question: Is it possible to be so "gifted", or so highly intelligent, that your intellect makes it entirely impossible for you to hold a job, earn a living (doing anything), and have success at anything?

Academic "High iq people on average don't lack common sense" Academia " Women can have penises!"

Normal is the name of the distribution you are using.

I agree the law of averages is incorrect, but i also believe if you are smart enough eventually you start to notice lots of things common sense preaches are not true.

They can find employmend? Can't people below 85 not find Work?

"Overal knowledge"?

If a conventional person of 65-70 years old retains his mental age of about 30 years: he looks at the world through the eyes of an adult rich in experience, but at the same time he gladly absorbs new information, keeps himself abreast of the latest events and technologies - does this mean that he is mentally disadvanteged?