What IQ Actually Is

What actually is IQ?

We all know that it stands for 'intelligence quotient', or maybe we don't, but I did, and that it is a number. The bigger the number, the more intelligent you (allegedly) are!

An IQ of 100 is considered to be the average, and each standard deviation is 15 points. That is how the IQ is actually defined; so, say, if the population gets increasingly more intelligent, your IQ will drop. Unlucky, you!

This means that 95% of the population is between the IQs of 70 and 130. That means if your IQ is over 130, you're smarter than 97.5% of the population! While people disagree on what a 'genius' actually is -- some say you need an IQ of at least 150, others say 180, those people are probably jerks and racists -- I think we can agree that if your IQ is over 130, you should be allowed to high five in public spaces without 97.5% of the population giving you weird looks.

Jerks AND racists.

Parents' Names

Mitchell Crouch says (9:43 PM)

Okay. Today I learn that apparently it throws me more than it should when people refer to their parents by their names.

It was like a roadblock in my train of thought. Interestink.

Also, ducks and pandas! I made a note of them because they're interesting, but I didn't get a chance to write anything. Didn't quite finish the lab report due at 8:30 tomorrow morning but oh well. I'll do a killer post on Saturday, hopefully, and with any luck, a decent one tomorrow as well. I'm working Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, with a test on Wednesday, so I don't know how much interesting stuff I'll learn then. Just a head's up in advance. :\