Do you think you're smarter than most of the posters on this forum?

[the_bob_delusion]

A simple yes or no will do. 

[*crikey*mate*]

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@not_an_eloi wrote:

ferdinand marcos 'ad an iedetic memory, nicola tesla 'ad an iedetic memory, learned it by usin' mnemonics

person don't need to be a genius to learn to use the memory to its max. capacity, anyone can learn that, through memory courses

character who remembered the ew magnetic theory probably 'ad some other experience in the field of electronics, yeh,

one of your ham radio mates, mebbe. 

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I know someone who can do it, naturally.

but they can't umm, put the facts they recite to use iykwim, they can't apply those facts or use them to reason with.

well they can, but it is very hard and doesn't come naturally.

they also see things differently to a lot of people. umm like in their mind a number takes on a certain shape and thats how they add up, the two numbers combine together to make another shape.

other things are colours. like a Wednesday is Blue. with this person. The shrinks think it is because he has a negative image with himself and he associates blue things with himself (he hates blue) as he is a boy everything he had when he was small was blus so he associates blue things with being abnormal, won't even use blue pens or blue paper. he was born on a Wednesday so wednesday is a blue day. tuesdays are yellow

[j*oono]

spose = suppose.  Am I right?  Am I?  Treat?

[the_great_she_elephant]

Kim Peek, the real Rain Man whose almost unimaginable powers of memory were coupled with severe disabilities and who inspired the Oscar-winning film role played by Dustin Hoffman has died of a heart attack in his home town of Salt Lake City, aged 58.

Peek has been called a "mega-savant" for his ability to memorise to the word up to 12,000 books, including the Bible and the Book of Mormon. He could read two pages in about 10 seconds – the right page with his right eye and the left simultaneously with his left eye.

He knew phone books by heart, and could tell you what day of the week a particular date fell upon going back decades. One of his party tricks was to tell strangers the names of the people who used to live next door to them years ago.

At the same time, though, he had deep disabilities and relied on his father Fran for help dressing, brushing his hair and other simple motor skills.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/22/kim-peek-rain-man-dies

[*crikey*mate*]

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@*jimmeh* wrote:

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@crikey*mate wrote:

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@*jimmeh* wrote:

160

99.991

11,000

I don't know why it's listed that way...subtract 100% from the % column.

Leaves..... .009% of the population.

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thanks Jimmeh, how many people is that?

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I'm not very good at math...I use tricks to get by (doing it in my head). I can add and subtract large numbers quickly using them. For these I could convert percentage to decimal easy enough, but then need paper and pen to multiply....like Rabbit it starts to give me a headache,lol.

So .009 I would round off to .01 and say 1 in just over 10,000 people.

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you're doing way better with the math than I am.

but the 1 in 10000 seems too many

cos only 3 in 100 have an IQ over 130, so it has to be a lot less than 1 in 10,000,

now I am really confused

hang oin I will see if my kid is awake.

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

*throws a treat*  Good J*oono, good

[j*oono]

Waggy tail.  Runs for red ball 

[jimmy*part4]

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

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@crikey*mate wrote:

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

OK, given population of 7,000,000 - 2.1 % is roughly 147,000 so what the chart says is that 147,000 worldwide have an IQ of  169 or above. 

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7 million? Australia has more people than that.

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well, I meant 7 billion didn't I?  I'm not good with zeros or decimal points...

and, on reflection, I think I am wrong anyway .... I think jimmeh is right.

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I don't think that's world wide (just Australia...not sure?)

But for me to do this in my head....I figure out 1% easy enough, move the decimal 2 spots....7,000,000 becomes 70,000 X's 2 (because it's 2%) =140,000.....  .1% = (move decimal 3 spots) 7,000...then add to other figure

147,000 out of 7 million.

It's easier to calculate without paper doing it that way (well...for me it works ok)

[not_an_eloi]

name's sheldon cooper. you stop that, now, y'hear

[*crikey*mate*]

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@*jimmeh* wrote:

If the charts accurate, and I'm reading it correctly.....

147-148 = 0.15%

132-133 = 2.1%

And Bump is among .0014% of the population.

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Ok, working on a world population of 7 Billion (a billion has 9 zeros BTW LOL)

.15 of a percent = 0.0015 x 7 Billion = 10,500,000 in the world have an IQ of 147 and above.

2.1% = 0.021x 7 Billion = 147,000,000 have an IQ of 130 or more.

So in Australia population 22 Million

.0015x 22 million = 33,000 with an IQ over 147

[*crikey*mate*]

so in Australia, 1 out of every 11,ooo people will have an IQ of 160

22 million/ 11,000  = 2000

so there will be 2000 people who will acheive a score of 160 according to that chart

but what is the chart and why isn't it recognized?

why won't any of the recognized tests give that number?

why do they have a ceiling of 160?