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Originally Posted by MRip  If you are wondering why, with your fantastically high IQ, you are not successful, read my post on page 6 (A Moment of Clarity).
In short, it is possible to have a high IQ and still be a moron. Perhaps this is your problem.
Or perhaps, like every other yahoo on this thread claiming to have a fantastically high IQ, you are just full of sh*t.
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erm... I don't know why you're so skeptical that people are telling the truth about their IQ tests (online or real), or why you're so sure because someone posts on a high IQ thread they arrogantly believe high IQ leads to life success.
As far as likelihood of several posters with some legit claim to "high IQ", Steve's website selects people who don't mind the arrogance of "For Smart People" and enjoy his smart-person observations. Then even within the thousands of forum members, who do you think is going to post on a thread originally asking high IQ people for their subjective opinions? And of course online IQ tests aren't the same as those done by a psychologist- but I for one am basing my comments on a psychologist-admin'd test (I originally foolishly posted on this thread as a newbie forum member not realizing the age of the thread - I'd been following related thread links and didn't notice the timestamps until after replying... and I'm now foolishly replying again to postpone starting my next coding task =P).
And as far as IQ==success... I was originally interested in this thread/topic BECAUSE an abnormal IQ is not necessarily a blessing, but instead seems to have some correlation with social problems/isolation- the focus of this forum. Sure IQ is imperfect etc, but it is a long-established measure for some mental processing traits, and it is interesting to hear others on the forum describe experiences I relate to. Because IQ is such a touchy subject, I don't know/ask the IQ of most people I meet, so (pre-hijacking/bickering) I thought this was an interesting discussion.