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nazgulnarsil comments on Get genotyped for free ( If your IQ is high enough) - Less Wrong Discussion

34 Post author: wallowinmaya 01 October 2011 04:00PM

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Comment author: nazgulnarsil 04 October 2011 12:18:19AM *  3 points [-]

I was under the impression that an IQ of 145 puts one in the 99.75% percentile but I never investigated too closely. Some stats:

" rarity on a 15 SD (e.g. Wechsler) and 16 SD (e.g. Stanford-Binet) scale: 145 99.8650032777% 1 in 741

99.7542037453% 1 in 407

Comment author: wallowinmaya 04 October 2011 09:13:11AM *  1 point [-]

Hm, I've trusted Steve Hsu on this. I don't know if they only accept people in the 99,9th percentile or if folks in the 99,865th meet the criteria, too. I guess it doesn't matter too much.

EDIT: And I've changed the title again. Now it should be sufficiently vague.