Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 18:51:31 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: Candy Madigan <candymadigan at mindspring.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Matigan's Conjecture
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

100 is average.  I think I mentioned that somewhere.

At 08:18 AM 07/09/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>         When discussing IQ tests and measures, it is desirable to mention
>what scale or test you are referring to since various tests define human
>normal differently.  I was rather impressed by one (non-WSFAn) fellow's 165
>score until he mentioned that 120 was human normal on that scale.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Candy Madigan [mailto:candymadigan at mindspring.com]
>Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 7:30 PM
>To: WSFA members
>Subject: [WSFA] Re: Goldbach's Conjecture
>
>At 09:53 AM 06/20/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Ted White wrote:
> >
> > > So are you saying that "the average IQ at a WSFA meeting" equates to
> > all WSFAns
> > > averaging in the top two percentiles of IQ?
> >
> >I find that the average WSFAn is quicker on the uptake, and has a far
> >wider range of knowlege and interest than the average Mensan.
> >
> >As to test scores, who knows?
>
>The DC area Mensans are just plain boring.  Very few of them know anything
>about anything.  They've taken a test and have been told they are smart and
>clever, but they aren't.
>
>I'm not *exactly* sure what my IQ is, because I wasn't tested as a child,
>but I do know that it's at least 2 standard deviations above the norm.  I
>do know what my daughter's IQ is (and please don't share this with her,
>because she does not have a "need to know").  Her aggregate IQ is 140.  The
>reason it is so low is that her "processing speed" is 86.  *Everything*
>else is well above 140 with verbal being 157.  Admittedly, it is possible
>for a parent to have offspring that are sports, but...  That's not normally
>the case.
>
>No, I don't know my IQ, but she got it from somewhere and looking at the
>rest of my family, I'm pretty sure that at least some of it came from me.
>
>Candy

Candy