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Hops is confused. 108 wasn't her temp, it was her mom's IQ.

(Seriously, I think she was exaggerating. 108F temp = dead. Most people
can't even survive 106.) (Metric conversion: 108F = 42.2C, 106 = 41.1.)

A 108 IQ is in the range of average It was probably an exaggeration to
say it was 108 temperature. MLB

You're kidding. That doesn't sound right to me (about the IQ). I'm not
going to swear by it because I'm not sure, but that seems pretty low
to me. Mine is quite a bit above that and I am hardly a genius.

I don't actually know what the different range cut-offs are, though -
what is considered developmentally disabled, what's average, and what's
genius? And then, of course, the IQ only tells a little bit about a
person's intelligence - there's usually a lot more to it than just how
well a person performs on logic, computation and language tests. I'm
not saying it's completely invalid - it's the truth, but not the whole
truth.

There's also the "EQ" - the emotional intelligence. It certainly plays
an important role in a person's overall intelligence, as much if not more
than the IQ. Mine is rather low, I have to admit. :-O (I don't have a
number, but from how it's described, I can tell that I wouldn't do very
well.) And whatever skills I do have in that area, I've gotten *during
my adulthood* by consciously working at it. Lord knows I was let loose
on the world as a young adult with hardly any skills to navigate the
social universe!

Joyce



The IQ shows what one is capable of (presumably) not what has been
achieved. It, as you say, is more complex than that. A genius can
still be a bum (or worse). I did look it up before I replied, just to
see if I remembered correctly == it has been a long time since I
thought about it. There must be an old saying about this -- something
like the harder you work (study) the smarter you get. Best wishes. MLB