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by ViktorMacedonia on April 5th, 2007

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Is it a 168 IQ a high IQ? Are people with an IQ of 168 capable of great discoveries?

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  • by singwell-is off researching a lot on April 5th, 2007

    singwell-is off researching a lot

    It's genius level. Yes, people with such an iq are capable of great discoveries, but they are also prone to underachieving, because society can usually not cope with them. Schooling systems do little for the extremes of iq. Higher iqs often learn things so quickly, they get bored and become discipline problems. they can also have the tendency to learn things quickly and by half, rarely getting the full skill. I am speaking as a Gifted and talented person myself, with one of two daughters also G&T. Both of us are underachievers.

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  • by Your sisters cute friend on November 10th, 2008

    Your sisters cute friend

    IQ measures only a small portion of human abilities. It won't measure whether you're adept at meeting people. IQ will not indicate if you're a musical genius, or tone deaf. Someone who is destined to become a great architect and has great spatial ability may make great discoveries about form and space, but this too is not measured by IQ tests.

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  • by SweetRainy on January 1st, 2009

    SweetRainy

    I did a Google search using 168 I.Q. and this site came up - this is my sister's I.Q. They tested her in High School because she was having so much trouble in school and they were searching for an answer to Why? she was having so much trouble - she went to 4 High Schools in 5 years and she never did graduate. She was expelled from 2 Schools because of behavior problems. None of the problems involved her using drugs, nor alcohol. This was in the late 1940's and early 1950's. There was a lot of trouble at home, because my father was an alcoholic and his behavior was very irrational - very kind when sober - very angry, suddenly violent - a man with a great deal of rage. I think the people at this last High School that she attended were surprised at the results of her I.Q. test. I'm 13 months older than her, all I can remember is that they found that her I.Q. was 168, which meant she was in the genius range and she continued in school until she quit - she continued to have trouble at that school but it wasn't disruptive enough to expel her. Later in life I was surprised to learn that she was ashamed of the fact that she hadn't graduated from High School. She married a man who probably had a good I.Q. too, he gradated from his University, 2nd in class as a Chemical Engineer and most of their children are Engineers - her first born daughter after marriage, having 2 children, divorce a bout with drugs and alcoholism joined the AA and after a while went back to school and became an Engineer - I'm not sure what kind but when in school her grades were so high that they couldn't use

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  • by sharpnova on November 10th, 2008

    sharpnova

    that's 4.5 standard deviations above the mean. it correlates to something like 1 in 200,000 or so.

    yes it's in the range of people capable of making important discoveries and contributions to science.

    to a previous answerer: describing yourself and your daughter as "gifted and talented" pretty much shows that you're in a low enough intelligence range to subscribe to silly academic labels. anyone incapable of seeing that the education system is a sham is far beneath the threshold for calling oneself "gifted."

    to the asker: if your IQ was measured as 168 online, that doesn't exactly mean much. these websites inflate scores above the mean and deflate scores below the mean in order to coax you into buying your "personalized results." i've scored above 200 on a myriad of online iq tests. it means nothing.

    intelligence like mine is too high to be testable. and intelligence like 200+IQ doesn't exist. those who claim or are claimed to have that high an IQ are liars or don't understand how IQ works statistically.

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  • by MotherGoose on April 5th, 2007

    MotherGoose

    An IQ of 168 is above average and I would consider it a high IQ. People with IQ's of 120 and above tend to staff the professions as doctors, dentists, lawyers, teachers, and college professors. They fall in the upper 10% of the population. Someone with an IQ of 168 would have unlimited possibilities. Also, people with an IQ of 168 are capable of great discoveries as are those with average or below average IQ's. Discoveries surround us and it's a matter of opinion as to whether they are great.

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  • by PrettyPirate on January 1st, 2009

    PrettyPirate

    My IQ is higher than that and I still can't remember where I left my car keys from three days ago.

    Anyone is capable of discovering something great or unusual. It rarely has everything to do with having exceptional intelligence - it is more like a combination of intelligence, curiosity, opportunity and luck.

    Many people who have Genius level IQ's never have the opportunity or chance to use their abilities to their full potential.

    Simply having a high IQ does not guarantee that you will do anything more spectacular with your life than someone with an IQ of 100.

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  • by duke.of.data on November 10th, 2008

    duke.of.data

    an IQ dose not define your capabilities. but truth is online test are crap. mine was professionally calculated to be quiet high, and in realitity higher IQ's manifest in a varity of different ways. einstien calculated slowly but had a very deep understanding of what he dealt with.

    if you have a high IQ you should not concern yourself with "braggnig rights" it is worthless if wasted. find your calling and become what you choose to use your mind for. and dont get discouraged. at first all you can do is observe the world and find your own perception, then exploit your own intelligence and seek what others missed, that is your discovery...

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  • by Not perfect on January 1st, 2009

    Not perfect

    168 IQ beats me with 77 IQ.

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  • by dumdum on January 1st, 2009

    dumdum

    People with an IQ of an eggplant are capable. Many of the " great discoveries" have been found by accident and without any proof I would say that some of the biggest brains have never found a thing including their own house.

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  • by larrymcjon on January 1st, 2009

    larrymcjon

    It's damned high. However, great discoveries can be made by almost anybody with enough will-power.

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  • by drdirs on January 1st, 2009

    drdirs

    An IQ of 168 is "extreme", yes. But IQ tests aren't a perfect indication of ones potential. They can be slightly misleading or (less often, but still) they can be completely wrong.

    If this is from some online test, then it's even worse, because anyone can put up a test like that, and most people are confused as to how to calculate the score, and what the nature of the test should be. As someone else mentioned there are numerous sites who will try to persuade you to buy a detailed report by deliberately inflating your score. I also came across one site once where the time taken was factored into the score in a most crude way, so simply clicking randomly through the test as fast as possible could get you a four-digit IQ.

    But anyway, if the score is from a legitimate source, then yes, 168 is VERY high, and probably (but not certainly) an indication of great potential as an intellectual. Potential is just potential, though, and a genius can easily find himself being overtaken academically by less "naturally gifted" people who simply put more effort into it.

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  • by Anonymous T. Jackson on January 1st, 2009

    Anonymous T. Jackson

    I am surprised at how many genius-level intellects there are surfing Answerbag. It's very addicting, isn't it?

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  • by Anon on January 1st, 2009

    Anon

    Yes, yes it is. Unless it's one of the 'under 17s' IQ tests, which generally give a score about 30 or more points too high.

    It's in the genius level.

    Not necessarily 'great discoveries', once you go past a certain extent you're just more likely to be a creepy hermit-like person because no one in society can understand you. It's just like having a faster Intel chip, without the RAM and a decent hard drive, it's nothing too useful.

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  • by Seraphim Shinobi on April 5th, 2007

    Seraphim Shinobi

    i think it is pretty high. but in my opinion you don't need a high iq to make great discoveries considering most happened by accident.

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  • by Anonymous on October 4th, 2009

    Anonymous

    Sometimes, they stumble upon the notion that toilet paper properly should roll from over the top; and not under. :)

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  • by Gene H on January 1st, 2009

    Gene H

    Wanna know the depressing thing? I'm 167. 167. Dang!

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  • by Just Plain KRAZY on January 1st, 2009

    Just Plain KRAZY

    My cousin has a genius level IQ (2nd cousin, leaves me out) LoL, .
    He is very smart, very, however he has such a hard time understanding the simple things. Things the normal IQ person can do with ease. I think this is because it is to simple for him so he dissects basic tasks to much. Hard to explain, as if simple couldn't be possible.
    Great question.

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  • by SweetRainy on January 1st, 2009

    SweetRainy

    I did a Google search using 168 I.Q. and this site came up - this is my sister's I.Q. They tested her in High School because she was having so much trouble in school and they were searching for an answer to Why? she was having so much trouble - she went to 4 High Schools in 5 years and she never did graduate. She was expelled from 2 Schools because of behavior problems. None of the problems involved her using drugs, nor alcohol. This was in the late 1940's and early 1950's. There was a lot of trouble at home, because my father was an alcoholic and his behavior was very irrational - very kind when sober - very angry, suddenly violent - a man with a great deal of rage. I think the people at this last High School that she attended were surprised at the results of her I.Q. test. I'm 13 months older than her, all I can remember is that they found that her I.Q. was 168, which meant she was in the genius range and she continued in school until she quit - she continued to have trouble at that school but it wasn't disruptive enough to expel her. Later in life I was surprised to learn that she was ashamed of the fact that she hadn't graduated from High School. She married a man who probably had a good I.Q. too, he gradated from his University, 2nd in class as a Chemical Engineer and most of their children are Engineers - her first born daughter after marriage, having 2 children, divorce a bout with drugs and alcoholism joined the AA and after a while went back to school and became an Engineer - I'm not sure what kind but when in school her grades were so high that they couldn't use

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  • by engineer is Terminator on November 10th, 2008

    engineer is Terminator

    If the person scores 160 and above in consistently in any of the test given to him then he is the only one of his kind.
    That doen't guarentee that he would discover any thing.Discoveries and inventions depends on personal interests and exposure.

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  • by TallJasperMan on November 10th, 2008

    TallJasperMan

    I was told My I.Q. is 165 ... And I still live at home with my mother at 31 years old.

    I can't do math tricks... or anything special... the best I can do is to make comments at the T.V.

    on the flip side is that I have read over 17,500 books... but then I flunked out of university for skipping too much class.

    I don't think I will be ruling the universe anytime soon.

    But I am confiedent that I will go from Bankrupt .. to small independent bookstore owner in 10-15 years.

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  • by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on October 4th, 2009

    Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot

    There are probably about 20 people in each state with an IQ that high.

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  • by Factotum on October 4th, 2009

    Factotum

    A 168 is extremely high. Genius level to be sure.
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    A person with such an IQ is 'capable' of quite amazing things BUT.
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    It's not a Do Amazing Things Free card. Such a person will still need discipline to learn things, stay focused on such things, see projects and concepts through, have the good luck to pick a field in which forward motion is possible due to technology or measurement possibilities and then produce something useful.
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    If you have been cursed with a monster IQ you kind of have three choices; 1) work hard and try to do something great with it, 2) work less hard and try to do something kind of slimy with it, and 3) blow it off and go play some video games. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. On the other hand it's YOUR mind.

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  • by Vaporeongirl on October 4th, 2009

    Vaporeongirl

    Yes, 168 is a genius IQ. Of course, they'd be capable of discoveries and accomplishments!

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  • by royal77 says hello friend on January 1st, 2009

    royal77 says hello friend

    I think it's high. They must be very smart.

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  • by Anonymous on October 4th, 2009

    Anonymous

    An Iq of 168 is extremely high. Who said they have an IQ of 200+, stop fabricating insane quantities of iq that even an mediocre person would see.

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  • by Anonymous on October 4th, 2009

    Anonymous

    168. That's really questionable but if this stellar quantity is this high, I would have to say you function at above genius range and have an IQ higher than Albert Einstein's estimated IQ.

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  • by Ray Del Sol on October 4th, 2009

    Ray Del Sol

    Yep. I know that, it is twice mine...lol

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  • by Anonymous on October 4th, 2009

    Anonymous

    Anyone who says they scored as high on online test, stop feigning that you have scored astronomically high scores on test. Fabricated test scores don't even go that high. As a member of triple nine society, I concur that a score of 168 is genius level and higher than Albert Einstein and you should join us. But I seem to be the only one here who knows the demarcations of online IQ test. Shame

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  • by TAPriceCTR s son is wearing his COAT on May 31st, 2011

    TAPriceCTR s son is wearing his COAT

    the IQ test measures 100 as average. even a stopped clock is right twice per day and as such ANYONE is capable of finding a great discovery but the higher your IQ the more likely. our ability to test IQ is limited as it attempts to guess what potential learning you may have been exposed to. if the person who has the greatest learning ability in the world has not been exposed to the contents being tested for he will do poorly despite having a truely high inteligence.

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  • by mestre on September 17th, 2010

    mestre

    You know with an IQ of 167 W or 171SB ( I'm sure because I did the WAIS-IV test) I feel a little bit strange doing things like being fascinated with the smallest details of things, extreme concentration (looks like a laser), etc. But it's normal. I feel crazy sometimes being obsessive but I can control it quite well.
    Your sister has a gift if she's really 167(don't know what test she got). I believe that nobody here except me and one more have this IQ. It's rarity is more than 1:200000. It's not like other people don't understand you (for god's sake it doens't happen at all).
    The worst part is that images come up in my head all the time and I can't stop them, so it bothers me a lot. It doens't happens for everybody at this level though. High IQ is different for everybody, but somethings are kind of stupid to consider here.

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  • by HeyMan111 on May 31st, 2011

    HeyMan111

    I have an IQ greater than 180 sd16. Anyone can do something great. Just believe you can achieve incredible things, and the rest solves.

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  • by SelfEvidently on October 4th, 2009

    SelfEvidently

    Compared to average? Sure. Compared to "highest genius"? nope.

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  • by Marky Mark on October 5th, 2009

    Marky Mark

    Yes. If discoveries are your thing.

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  • by Anonymous on October 5th, 2009

    Anonymous

    168 is quite high. About 30 points higher than mine. But the IQ is a very limited measure of overall intelligence, mostly mathematical ability. +3

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  • by Abdullah on October 29th, 2009

    Abdullah

    Your're a Genuis mate ! :)

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  • by Thriftymaid on October 5th, 2009

    Thriftymaid

    Yes. They may never accomplish anything. One does not guarantee the other.

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  • by Krystan on October 5th, 2009

    Krystan

    My husbands IQ is 165. I believe that he has discovered great things but they have all just been wrote down in a book he has. He doesn't do anything particularly great with his intelligence. He always awes me though. He recently started building awesome computers with no prior knowledge, he basically just took one apart and checked the hardware on the inside and understood how iot worked. He can fix ANYTHING, especially electric stuff. He is also capable of teaching himself how to play songs on the guitar by simply listening to the song a couple of times.

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  • by Krystan on October 5th, 2009

    Krystan

    My husbands IQ is 165. I believe that he has discovered great things but they have all just been wrote down in a book he has. He doesn't do anything particularly great with his intelligence. He always awes me though. He recently started building awesome computers with no prior knowledge, he basically just took one apart and checked the hardware on the inside and understood how iot worked. He can fix ANYTHING, especially electric stuff. He is also capable of teaching himself how to play songs on the guitar by simply listening to the song a couple of times. He is a auto mechanic by profession for a car sales place, he works out of our house fixing other gas powered things i.e. four wheelers, riding mowers etc... He was an electrician and out did the masters in no time. He just built a tesla coil here at home for fun this past weekend. The downfall to his intelligence is that people tend to dislike him because they either have no clue what he is talking about or he out does them with no prior experience when it tooks these said people years to learn whatever it may be. Being that intelligent has more cons than pros in many ways.

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  • by Krystan on October 5th, 2009

    Krystan

    My husbands IQ is 165. I believe that he has discovered great things but they have all just been wrote down in a book he has. He doesn't do anything particularly great with his intelligence. He always awes me though. He recently started building awesome computers with no prior knowledge, he basically just took one apart and checked the hardware on the inside and understood how iot worked. He can fix ANYTHING, especially electric stuff. He is also capable of teaching himself how to play songs on the guitar by simply listening to the song a couple of times. He is a auto mechanic by profession for a car sales place, he works out of our house fixing other gas powered things i.e. four wheelers, riding mowers etc... He was an electrician and out did the masters in no time. He just built a tesla coil here at home for fun this past weekend. The downfall to his intelligence is that people tend to dislike him because they either have no clue what he is talking about or he out does them with no prior experience when it tooks these said people years to learn whatever it may be. Being that intelligent has more cons than pros in many ways.

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  • by The Galaxy Hitchhiker on May 16th, 2010

    The Galaxy Hitchhiker

    Possibly yes but it's no guarantee. A high IQ and a good dose of common sense go's a lot further.

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