I feel like this is satire, right?
Edit: looked up the guy, can't find his post. If anyone can find anything about this being real, they'll be awarded some very real Lemmy silver!
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Sadly, probably not
I mean, that score supposedingly means you struggle to put together normal sentences... So I'd assume it's satire
Oh goodness no, with an IQ of 86, most people wouldn't even peg you as surprisingly stupid, maybe a bit slow. This is still very much in the "slightly below average" column. The 70s are "below average" and only below that do you get into disability territory.
People overestimate the effect a not-even-20-points deviation has in real life. Just like people with an IQ of 114 are a just your average Janes and aren't generally geniuses, people with 86 are still your average Joes and generally not noticeable. 82,2% of all people are between 80 and 120. And you can't tell me that you actually think of every fifth to sixth person around you as exceptional (in either direction).
86 is still way above an intellectual disability, that limit is set below 70.
An IQ of 86 is not THAT low, the percentile in the pic is right, about 1 in 6 people is below 86.
TestYourIQ.org doesn't seem to exist, me thinks this is bullshit
That distribution chart is fucky. It says that the IQ is 86, and that's 15th percentile, but the line at the bottom clearly shows that the number is a little under 70. So something is not right here, and I suspect it's because this is a shitpost.
Is this Texas?
Pfff, that's nothing. I can easily make it to the top 95% without even trying.
Just a friendly reminder that IQ is BS.
A great tool for making broad diagnostics with regard to childhood-to-adult brain development. Also useful for identifying disabilities and neurodivergence.
But useless as a means of stack ranking already demonstrably intelligent people or sifting for "genius" intelligence in a pool with variation in education and experience. Getting a "good IQ score" is like bragging about acing your "Do you have Alzheimers?" cognitive exam. "Oh! He can draw clocks twice as fast as any of his peers! Incredible!"
You need to have low IQ to believe IQ is real.