Long time lurker, have only posted a few times over the last 10ish years.
One thing I've noticed about Veeky Forums is that IQ gets mentioned quite frequently (going through most of the threads right now almost all of them mention it) yet no one really seems to have a working definition for it, eg. if its genetic or not, how to actually increase it, if its even possible to increase it, ect.
My question is fairly specific. My mom has a tested IQ of 162 and gravitated towards music rather than any of the sciences. Her brother is a government contracted chemist and also seems insanely smart, though has never taken an IQ test. They both are high IQ, yet one expressed it very differently than the other.
Now, my mom is also emotionally dysfunctional and was abused most of her life, causing her to become white trash in her later stages of life.
What this means is she didn't push education on my brothers or I, and I grew up in poverty for most of my life until I was able to escape it by working construction at the tender age of 15. I dropped out of highschool and got my GED and enrolled in a community college when I was 20 and am now 30 with a philosophy degree ( I am aware this is a meme degree, but it helped me understand the world and not be such an angry individual) and am back in school working on my BS in biochem so I can go to med school. My GPA has steadily risen since I first started attending school and there is a positive linear relationship correlating to the amount of time I've spent there. I ended my associates degree with a 2.3, my philosophy degree with a 2.9, and now have a 3.6 working towards biochem. What is the likely hood that my mom's IQ was passed down to me and would my success in school indicate that?
tl;dr my mom has a very high iq but was a lazy drug addict later in her life, did that fuck my iq or did genetics save me?
Well first off, you're posting on Veeky Forums sounding extremely nervous and uncertain That's always a reassuring indicator of your well being
You should just go take an IQ test. Yes, IQ is passed down often, but this is irrelevant. All that's relevant now is that you just take the test and see where you stand. The rest of this information you've given is completely unnecessary.
Jonathan Rogers
I'm scared to take one because if I score less than my mom who I don't respect due to her shitty life choices it would probably devastate me. You're probably right though, I'm definitely being a pussy.
Jordan Sanchez
Past 100 iq, I think emotional stability matters far more.
Grayson Sanchez
your mom sounds like a regular white trash nutter who found her iq in a facebook quiz that has like 5 questions. also, turning coke and baking soda into crack does not make you a chemist
Jason Hughes
You are a fool. Unless your IQ is .5% it is irrelevant anyway. Yes, you will do a bit better in school. Yes you may do better in business.
But if your IQ isn't in the .5%, you know what matters even more? Temperment. So why don't you just grow a pair, take the test, see where you stand, and just go about your life okay? Health is everything. When you're in a hospital not sure if you'll live or die, you'll realize all you really want out of life is to keep living and seeing tomorrow.
Nathan Ward
She went to Juliard on a full scholarship as a flutest and I've seen the IQ test results. It would be easier to stomach if you were right though and would explain things better.
Noah Foster
Calculate your average reaction time after 20 tries and I will give you your IQ.
Stop caring about IQ user You aren't one of the people working the front field anyway and that's fine. It just means you can stop worrying and live your life.
