Posted by Marsel Bennett on November 5, 2003, at 16:22:15
In reply to CORRELATION BETWEEN IQ AND MENTAL ILLNESS?, posted by MichelleMyBelle on May 11, 2003, at 1:12:46
the average iq is 100...it is approximated that about 50% of the world population has this level....127...and scores vary in tests, should be in the genius area...although genius is a bad term.
i've been in a major depressive state for about 4 years now and my iq result shows 134.
according to the test i am a visual mathematician, easily pick up logical patterns....and pick up information best visually. things like that are easy for me (which is why i am a software-developer) but trying to get me to remember a fictional story for example, character names...is impossible. there are certain things i cannot keep in my head, anything to do with numbers/shapes/ is easy...there are different types of intelligent people, your brain operates on different levels in different ways...it is being made to look like depression is the cause of a higher iq, i think it is the high iq giving those of us a certain drive to look between the lines, maybe over-analyze things and fall into cyclic habitual patterns which over time become part of our character makeup....making it harder to remove later. although meta-programming always tickles my curiosity...i never find enough focus to really get going though.
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