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Originally Posted by Desolation

Could you please define me what intelligence is ?

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And before you try discriminating me, yes I did pass a few IQ tests and got satisfying results.

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The difference is that when I have an accounting test in which I perform well it means that my knowledge of accounting is above the level of my exam. When you succeed well in an IQ test, it means that your knowledge of.. wait there is no knowledge tested. It may test skills in certain fields but saying it tests intelligence is highly subjective.

It tests your ability to solve problems that you havenot been given foreknowledge of. So it tests yoru innate problem solving skill. That is specifcalyl why the problems presented are abstract rather than specific to a particular field. It isnt testign knowledge, it is testign Intelligence, they are not the same thing.

Originally Posted by cpjust

I've found that the higher a person's IQ gets the lower their social skills get, which would explain some of my faux pas.
I'm wondering if there's a connection between IQ and Asperger Syndrome?

Studies have shown that in general people tend to socialize most effecively with others whose IQ's are within +/- 30 pts. Marriages between individuals whose IQ's are more than 30 pts apart are 6 times mroe likely to fail than the general population. Therefore, IQ's significantly higher or lower than the norm will present the individual with fewer 'effective' social opportunities, and the appearance of being less sociable. With social contacts of the appropriate level, persons with very high or low IQ's are every bit as sociable as the general population.