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Study reveals lawyers’ IQs are more in line with mere mortals’

No matter what you say or think, 108 isn't actually that low. In a society where the average IQ is 100 and the standard deviation lies at 15, 108 means that one has an IQ that's better than 70% of the population while it's 69% with a standard deviation of 16. According to the "Smart Fraction Theory", 106 (15 SD) and 107 (16 SD) is the IQ threshold of what you can call "smart". So yeah, 108 isn't a bad IQ is it? But the truth is, though IQ is a good measure of intelligence, it's not perfect. Of course, I did wish it was, mine is over 2 standard deviations above both the average person (85 for the world) and 1 standard deviation over both the average person in Western society and the average lawyer, but as is proven, it's not perfect, and it's useless to put such value on a number you've received from an imperfect test, especially when sleep deprivation isn't put into account as was the case for me. :x Anyway, the average college student apparently has an IQ of 115, that would mean that the average college student should have an average IQ that's higher than 84% of the population, when around half of Western students go to college while many of them eventually graduate. Just more evidence that IQ isn't a predictor, it just shows your ease of how you can perceive and solve problems. All there is to it.

2-Jan-2013

3:39 am