"genius pills'', anyone here tried them?

sonhouse

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sonhouse

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You see all these super brain pills and they make such ridiculous claims, like one that said you get a 77% increase in IQ.

I estimate mine to be around 120 or so, no genius for sure, but lets do the math, I assume it would be 120 times 1.77, right?

Hehe, math says I take those pills I end up with an IQ of 212.

Let me attem😉

I would be ALMOST as smart as Terence Tao😉

wildgrass

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@sonhouse said
You see all these super brain pills and they make such ridiculous claims, like one that said you get a 77% increase in IQ.

I estimate mine to be around 120 or so, no genius for sure, but lets do the math, I assume it would be 120 times 1.77, right?

Hehe, math says I take those pills I end up with an IQ of 212.

Let me attem😉

I would be ALMOST as smart as Terence Tao😉

Genius cannot be measured by an IQ test.

DeepThought

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@sonhouse said
You see all these super brain pills and they make such ridiculous claims, like one that said you get a 77% increase in IQ.

I estimate mine to be around 120 or so, no genius for sure, but lets do the math, I assume it would be 120 times 1.77, right?

Hehe, math says I take those pills I end up with an IQ of 212.

Let me attem😉

I would be ALMOST as smart as Terence Tao😉

Have these things been tested in RCTs? What is the list of ingredients? Frankly you're almost certainly better off with cod liver oil - whether or not it boosts intelligence you at least know what's in it.

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@wildgrass said
Genius cannot be measured by an IQ test.

I take it you don't do well with IQ tests?

wildgrass

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@wolfgang59 said
I take it you don't do well with IQ tests?

Haha. I've never taken one. But I know several people who have scored highly on them but lack original ideas of any kind.

High IQ score is necessary but not sufficient for genius.

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@Duchess64

That's some pretty politically incorrect terminology if you ask me...

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@Duchess64

That's some pretty politically incorrect terminology if you ask me...

Yes, especially the "feeble-mindedness" and the "Very superior intelligence" parts.
-as if the IQ test results reliably says it all about your general character; EXTREMELY dodgy and unscientific wording I think.

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Many people have IQ scores over 140 who are not, by definition, geniuses. I don't know what near genius means, practically speaking.

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@wildgrass said
Many people have IQ scores over 140 who are not, by definition, geniuses. I don't know what near genius means, practically speaking.

You know what the definition is but do not know what it means?

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@humy said
Yes, especially the "feeble-mindedness" and the "Very superior intelligence" parts.
-as if the IQ test results reliably says it all about your general character; EXTREMELY dodgy and unscientific wording I think.

The old, old system defined idiot, moron and imbecile!

wildgrass