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"Top 2%" (iq over 130) is "moderately intelligent"?

Guess the rest of us are potted plants.




Many more than 2% can achieve a 130 IQ score by preparing for the questions and taking sample tests. Many people do that, especially when IQ tests are requirements for entrance exams for private schools. I’ve seen this first hand from the cohort of children at my kids’ schools.


"Much more than 2% can achieve a 130 IQ score by preparing for the questions and taking sample tests."

Somebody better tell the "IQ measures innate intelligence" people.


One can believe it test scores correlate with innate intelligence and also think that they are a flawed measurement tool


Sure, but that leaves your argument about the innateness of the characteristic it's measuring as handwaving and special-pleading. You see the same effect with SES in twin studies, for what it's worth.




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