Because you can have somebody who is completely fucking dumb in every capacity but if they've worked hard at something very specialised they would seem like a 200+ IQ genius if you didn't talk to them about anything else.
IQ is general intelligence. That's why you would have to not talk with him about anything else. And it's also why IQ tests include a variety of questions. You can also test IQ in ways that are very difficult for an ordinary guy to train, like the highly g-loaded reverse digit span.
There are definitely different types of intelligence I mean a great one to look at which schools and traditional education refuse to acknowledge is street smarts.
Street smarts is just 'wisdom', not intelligence. If you grow up sheltered, that does not actually decrease your intelligence, it just makes you incapable of dealing with anything.
Even if I satisfied my curiosity finally and went to get an IQ test and I did get something high at the end of the day it just seems like another dick measuring contest.
If you brag about it online, it really is. It's not an honest signal, of course, because whether you score 80 or 150, you can claim to be 150.
IQ is general intelligence. That's why you would have to not talk with him about anything else. And it's also why IQ tests include a variety of questions. You can also test IQ in ways that are very difficult for an ordinary guy to train, like the highly g-loaded reverse digit span.
Street smarts is just 'wisdom', not intelligence. If you grow up sheltered, that does not actually decrease your intelligence, it just makes you incapable of dealing with anything.
If you brag about it online, it really is. It's not an honest signal, of course, because whether you score 80 or 150, you can claim to be 150.