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

[the_bob_delusion]

A simple yes or no will do. 

[jimmy*part4]

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

I don't know why you say this...

 (a billion has 9 zeros BTW LOL)

I never mention 7 billion or million until my previous quote....quoting another.

And saying 33,000 people have a certain IQ is different from saying 1 in 10,000 (which was an approximation)

[*crikey*mate*]

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@*jimmeh* wrote:

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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)

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ok, numbers match, so they must be right, you're a rock star!

[jimmy*part4]

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@crikey*mate wrote:

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?

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You LOLed my figure and yet say.....

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

Meanwhile....doing the math in my head I said ...

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

 Close enough not using a calculatOr....or someone else, LOL!

[*crikey*mate*]

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@*jimmeh* wrote:

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

I don't know why you say this...

 (a billion has 9 zeros BTW LOL)

I never mention 7 billion or million until my previous quote....quoting another.

And saying 33,000 people have a certain IQ is different from saying 1 in 10,000 (which was an approximation)

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the 9 zeros comment was for rabbit who made a joke about getting confused with zeros and decimals - I didn't mean anything mean by it. I have to keep going back and adding commas until it looks right, I'm lousy with all the 0's.

I was trying to find out the number of people in the world and then australia who have a certain IQ

the 7 billion is from the world population and the 22 million is for the Aus population.

[*crikey*mate*]

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@*jimmeh* wrote:

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@crikey*mate wrote:

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?

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You LOLed my figure and yet say.....

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

Meanwhile....doing the math in my head I said ...

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

 Close enough not using a calculatOr....or someone else, LOL!

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I'm not disagreeing with you, you snuck in while my kid was showing me how to work it out and I was typing it!

[jimmy*part4]

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@crikey*mate wrote:

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@*jimmeh* wrote:

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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)

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ok, numbers match, so they must be right, you're a rock star!

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I was wondering how long it would take you.... Only 5 posts, congrats.

[*crikey*mate*]

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@crikey*mate wrote:

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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.

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and I didn't LOl at it, here it is, I didn't understand it! I was confused!

[*crikey*mate*]

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@*jimmeh* wrote:

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@crikey*mate wrote:

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@*jimmeh* wrote:

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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)

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ok, numbers match, so they must be right, you're a rock star!

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I was wondering how long it would take you.... Only 5 posts, congrats.

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yeah well, I had to catch up!

I was getting there!

[jimmy*part4]

And with that....I'm out.

[*crikey*mate*]

thanks for your help Jimmy

(I still can;t work out that chart though)