This is a must listen Podcast,Enjoy!
http://www.musicliferadio.com/2012/03/054-back-in-black-steve-ritchie/
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Clearwater, FL
If you are clever, you don't speak about your superior intellect 
Looking forward to listen later this day... Thanks Pinzzz
Quoted from frg:If you are clever, you don't speak about your superior intellect
Yeah Frank. Mine is only 144. 
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Quoted from frg:If you are clever, you don't speak about your superior intellect
Looking forward to listen later this day... Thanks Pinzzz
Says yous. Mine was tested at 211 on the Internet. I even got a framed certificate saying as much. Only cost me 100 bucks. Shows how much you know, dummy.
Quoted from Kyrosfear:As someone who tests I.Q.s for a living, I can guarantee you that his is no where near 163.
-Kyros
No where? Is that one of the questions?
NYT: What is your I.Q.?
Stephen Hawking: I have no idea. People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/magazine/the-science-of-secondguessing.html
Quoted from Kyrosfear:As someone who tests I.Q.s for a living, I can guarantee you that his is no where near 163.
-Kyros
Ok.......whatever you say.
Quoted from vicjw66:Says yous. Mine was tested at 211 on the Internet.
Quoted from vicjw66:No where? Is that one of the questions?
Are you actually correcting my spelling on something exactly one post before you used a word that does not even exist Vic?
I am guessing that must be a privilege of someone with an I.Q. of 211 that he received from the internet........
Nice work genius.
-Kyros?
Quoted from Trekkie1978:I token one of them IQ tests that was on-the-line. It say me have an IQ of 180.
I took this one the other day - it was damn hard. If you took this one without random guessing at the end and scored a 180, then I'll be impressed. I'm sure there are some flipping smart people on here, so maybe someone could - if it even goes that high.
Quoted from beelzeboob:I'm pretty sure if SR's IQ was 163, he wouldn't be designing pinball machines.
Why not? Maybe a 163 IQ would be smart enough to do something he really likes instead of a lot of us who do whatever we can to get paid the most money.
Quoted from btw75:Why not? Maybe a 163 IQ would be smart enough to do something he really likes instead of a lot of us who do whatever we can to get paid the most money.
But that's just the point. He'd be getting paid a hell of a lot more to do something far more important and impactful on the world than just pinball. And it IS just pinball.
Quoted from beelzeboob:But that's just the point. He'd be getting paid a hell of a lot more to do something far more important and impactful on the world than just pinball. And it IS just pinball.
I read a lot about this recently - the super high IQs area all over the map with regard to "success" compared to what we normally assume.
Quoted from btw75:I read a lot about this recently - the super high IQs area all over the map with regard to "success" compared to what we normally assume.
Correct.....high IQ does not always equal "successful". I've noticed that a fair number of highly intelligent people are usually a little "off" in certain areas.....usually socially. Not being social and creating networks can make it more difficult to be successful.
This of course depends on how you measure success.
Quoted from Astropin:Correct.....high IQ does not always equal "successful".
Don't I know it. 
It's about Steve Ritchie's highly hypothetical IQ. What we should start a thread about is your awesome avatar.
Quoted from Patofnaud:I just shake my head and wonder WTF this thread is about.....
Pinzzz is actually Steve Richie. That is my takeaway from this.
Quoted from Kyrosfear:Are you actually correcting my spelling on something exactly one post before you used a word that does not even exist Vic?
I am guessing that must be a privilege of someone with an I.Q. of 211 that he received from the internet........
Nice work genius.
-Kyros?
Thank you.
Quoted from DaveH:He meant 163 miles an hour... and then he thought up Getaway!
Mmmm.................. High Speed. After his release.
LTG : )™
Quoted from vicjw66:No where? Is that one of the questions?
I didnt see that written no wear.
Ted Kaczynski (A.K.A. The Unabomber) - Ted Kaczynski skipped the 5th grade after testing 167 on an IQ test.
http://www.examiner.com/article/22-serial-killers-with-high-iqs
Quoted from Kyrosfear:Nice work, genius.
-Kyros?
Fixed that for you.
Quoted from Hougie:I didnt see that written no wear.
Kyrosfear did a little edit too his post.
Quoted from vicjw66:Says yous. Mine was tested at 211 on the Internet. I even got a framed certificate saying as much. Only cost me 100 bucks. Shows how much you know, dummy.
Wow... What can you get for 250 bucks? 
I had to do a search to see where an IQ of 163 actually falls. I found that the Average IQ of Californians ranks in the bottom 3 states in the US. Now I know why I am surrounded by a bunch of idiots! 
Quoted from CactusJack:I had to do a search to see where an IQ of 163 actually falls. I found that the Average IQ of Californians ranks in the bottom 3 states in the US. Now I know why I am surrounded by a bunch of idiots!
You couldn't tell just by surfing Pinside? You still got O-din, though. Guy's a friggin' genius.
Quoted from beelzeboob:You couldn't tell just by surfing Pinside? You still got O-din, though. Guy's a friggin' genius.
Chilliwack, BC
Quoted from SilverBallz:Ted Kaczynski (A.K.A. The Unabomber) - Ted Kaczynski skipped the 5th grade after testing 167 on an IQ test.
http://www.examiner.com/article/22-serial-killers-with-high-iqs
Goodwill Hunting
Quoted from Trekkie1978:Only a genius could design Star Trek LE.
Only a genius with ADD wouldn't finish the code.
Quoted from beelzeboob:But that's just the point. He'd be getting paid a hell of a lot more to do something far more important and impactful on the world than just pinball. And it IS just pinball.
In my experience, financially successful people have lower IQs and a very stubborn streak. They need to overlook risks and have the tenacity to overcome the consequences of overlooking those same risks.
Quoted from beelzeboob:But that's just the point. He'd be getting paid a hell of a lot more to do something far more important and impactful on the world than just pinball. And it IS just pinball.
An IQ score is simply a mesaure of how well you do on an IQ test, nothing else. In other words, a high IQ is no guarantee of having useful skills, or even of having any common sense.
Quoted from btw75:I read a lot about this recently - the super high IQs area all over the map with regard to "success" compared to what we normally assume.
IQ has little to do with "success" ... It all comes down to how you apply whatever you have to whatever you do. And working your ass off goes a long way too.
A buddy of mine lays timber floors. That's hardly "high IQ" work, he'd be the first to say that (in fact he says it all the time) However in a really good week he can pull in $10k. Perfect example of applying what you have and working your ass off.
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Quoted from Baiter:An IQ score is simply a mesaure of how well you do on an IQ test, nothing else. In other words, a high IQ is no guarantee of having useful skills, or even of having any common sense.
There is a little more to it than that. When you meet people that are at the high end of the scale it is very obvious that they have way more horsepower in their heads. 163 is fucking impressive, Einstein was apparently a 160, so I'll take this with a grain of salt.
C'mon guys- The US Government doesn't mess up statistical analysis.
Disclaimer: This is a joke, based on Steve's assertion that he received this IQ analysis during his time in Coast Guard bootcamp, and is not meant to be political.
Really though, it's a pretty good interview.
Quoted from frg:Wow... What can you get for 250 bucks?
Two and a half framed certificates?
Quoted from frg:Wow... What can you get for 250 bucks?
An internet combo pack that also includes a Mensa certificate.
I recall a dude displaying one in his office in Bohemia. New York.
I guess the only way his I.Q.concerns me is his Pinball I.Q.
And if there was a test for that,Ritchie's would be in the top few for sure.
Quoted from beelzeboob:I'm pretty sure if SR's IQ was 163, he wouldn't be designing pinball machines.
Thank you, yeah he sounds like he's in the 163 IQ realm listening to him talk. 
Wtf! Calling others a "dork", seriously, look in the mirror my man. Sounds like he loves himself.
Wow.
Sana'a
Quoted from btw75:I took this one the other day - it was damn hard. If you took this one without random guessing at the end and scored a 180, then I'll be impressed.
https://iq-research.org/en/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=fb-share-iq&utm_term=Fyh2hTRXRCLSixrjG&utm_content=1,1
My IQ is now lower for having followed your link to this click-bait bullshit. After doing all 45 questions they want me to pay for the answers and results.
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