My IQ according to the estimator would put me in the 99.995th percentile, but it seems to me that at least 5% of my friends and acquaintances are at least as smart as me. Part of this is probably selection bias, but I doubt that could account for it completely. I don’t move in particularly exalted circles.
EDIT: If you had asked me to estimate my IQ before I consulted the website, I would have said 135. I’d probably still say that, actually. I’m guessing the GRE-to-IQ conversion is useless above some ceiling.
FYI, if you’re in the median age band for Less Wrong, you misread the estimator—I know, because I made the same mistake. Clicking “SAT to IQ” on the left shows a table for the test prior to a re-centering in 1995, whereas “SAT I to IQ” shows the table for tests given between 1995 and 2005. The latter’s top end is much less exceptional.
What is your evidence?
I am not trying to convince you either way, but in my experience people aren’t very good at estimating their own IQ.
My IQ according to the estimator would put me in the 99.995th percentile, but it seems to me that at least 5% of my friends and acquaintances are at least as smart as me. Part of this is probably selection bias, but I doubt that could account for it completely. I don’t move in particularly exalted circles.
EDIT: If you had asked me to estimate my IQ before I consulted the website, I would have said 135. I’d probably still say that, actually. I’m guessing the GRE-to-IQ conversion is useless above some ceiling.
FYI, if you’re in the median age band for Less Wrong, you misread the estimator—I know, because I made the same mistake. Clicking “SAT to IQ” on the left shows a table for the test prior to a re-centering in 1995, whereas “SAT I to IQ” shows the table for tests given between 1995 and 2005. The latter’s top end is much less exceptional.