Explain this IQ fags

Explain this IQ fags.
>paid for a real IQ test, scored 99 at the age of 22. Didn't know any maths at this point, didn't even know how to add fractions (I fell through the education system).
>spent the next 27 months learning maths from little kiddy level to the level of first year undergraduate in Denmark.
>Redid the IQ test at the age of 25. Scored 122.
There's a 2 year + interval in between both tests with no testing in between.
I consciously did this to see whether learning maths would make a difference.

I almost bought into IQ tests and genetics for intelligence by race but then I read about how the Jews were retard tier at the turn of the century and now they get good scores.
I think its culture not genetics.

One of the biggest complains about IQ tests is that the patterns that are tested are generally mathematical in nature so practice in mathematics will most likely artificuly boost your score due to familiarity. Though for the general population this isn't a huge problem as most barely remember basic algebra. But comparing certain groups against others could be problematic. Which is why psychologist have other widely used cognitive tests.

explain why any of what you're talking about matters. Unless you do something with your IQ, it's just a useless number

Are you saying that anyone with maths or physics expertise has an inflated IQ score? That's pretty retarded.

I got into an engineering program that is starting soon, hopefully something will come of that.

This smells fake. You consiously failed your way through school just to prove IQ is bullshit? You then spent two years learning math and shit just to take the test again and see the results? Thats quite the scientific mindset you have there despite not paying attention in school, not only that but thats quite a lot of effort and determination to bootyblast some spergs on Veeky Forums. Oh and real IQ tests do not test prior knowledge, you know, things like math. None of this happened did it OP? Well there is one part that I believe.

>scored 99

IQ isn't a real good gauge for individuals nor over time. A point drift like that is fairly typical.

Learning problem solving skills will increase your results. An educated person will invariably do better than an uneducated one. In twin studies, if one twin is a laborer and the other an office worker, the difference is rather drastic. Similarly, if you play puzzle solving games all day, your IQ will go up (if not your actual intelligence.)

It can also vary rather wildly with when you took it, what you ate that day, or who administered it. Among groups who do a lot of IQ tests (and I actually work for one - we assign kids between SED or LD based on IQ test results), some test administrators will consistently gather scores higher or lower than others, even when testing siblings in the same family. (And we see that here.) Generally, the less imposing the tester, the better the average scores.

That said, it's not useless... You can detect specific learning disabilities based on which areas the individual struggles or excels with. It's also somewhat useful for judging large groups of individuals, particularly over time.

To gauge base potential more objectively, you'd really need something more neurological, rather than "how fast can you put these blocks together and how many numbers can you recite correctly." Psychometry is psychology, and thus not really science.

Whether its retarded or not is not the question.
The question is whether its real or not.
Take yourself as an example: You are retarded but you are still real. Well so is that statement that you have a problem with. The only difference is that you are retarded to everyone around you but that statement is retarded only to retarded people such as yourself.

You're acting rather emotional.

I failed in high school because I didn't apply myself. I wasn't interested in school work and I hated being in school. I knew I was going to fail, but I simply didn't care at that time. I didn't even think I'd live up to the age of 20. I was raised by a depressed single mother, who was completely indifferent to what I did in school.

I became interested in education only after leaving high school and working several menial jobs. Over time (thanks to the internet) I became interested in philosophy, psychology, history, and politics. Somewhere in there I became aware of IQ. In addition to that, I gained an interest in studying engineering (purely for practical economic reasons). But I did not know any maths and dreaded the idea of learning it. Luckily I met someone that encouraged me to do it it anyway. And that's what I did.
I even asked for advice on here, though I was met mostly with ridicule.