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Originally posted by Keiron
Btw avg human iq =90,
handicap iq = &=170
[edit on 26-1-2005 by Keiron]
Originally posted by Keiron
Small green & grey aliens with really big heads! What could there IQ be, any estimate ?
Originally posted by pantha
Actually, going by what we know of our own species, there is an argument that could lean towards the fact that the heads of aliens aren't enlarged to house big brains. This is just something that I picked up on in a recent program on UK's
Channel 4.
Neuroscientist Dr Michael Hofman of the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research has compared the brain structures of primates to try and understand what would happen if our brains were to become much bigger. According to Hofman, we humans have hit the limits of our intelligence – if our brains got any bigger, they’d actually get slower: ‘After a particular brain size, something strange happens. There is some maximum in intelligence, in processing power, in cognitive abilities, but beyond that point you find a decrease.
If we have reached a glass ceiling in brain power, could we or other life forms in the universe ever become more intelligent?
www.channel4.com...
Originally posted by iori_komei
The average human IQ is 97-99, sub-genius is 130-159, genius is 160 and above.
[edit on 1/27/2005 by iori_komei]