Is anyone aware of a study that equates lower IQ scores to self mutilation?
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So you think because a little number says your not as smart as the next guy that the individual is more likely to be into body art or as you carefully put it "self mutilation". Well you yourself are living proof that IQ's don't measure all aspects of a person. I won't say your not a smart guy, I can even see your reasoning. "If a person has a lower IQ they are less smart than others and are more succeptable to make unwise decisions that involve causing harm to themselves." Does that sound about right? Well despite your high IQ you are still a walking contradiction. You think you are better than a lot of people, am I wrong? If you answer me that question I will gladly tell you why you are a hypocrite and how you contradict yourself.
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Hi Meredith,\n\nExcellent topic. The keyword you are therefore looking for on the Internet is "eugenics", i.e.  the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding. (Remember the name of one of the protagonists in the movie : Eugene - rings a bell? )\n\nThere are a lot of articles on that topic according to google. Try this one for example: http://theoccidentalquarterly.com/vol4no1/toq-editnote4-1.html \n\nGood luck !
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You probably can't find such a website.  I don't believe there is one.  Average IQ ranges from 85 to 115, low average to high average.
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I know Darsee, a prominent psychologist and professor at Harvard, falsified most of his data.  Someone notified the NIMH and his data was analyzed and concluded to be falsified.  He lost his job and his reputation.
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http://www.highiqsociety.org/iq_tests/
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i was also into self mutilation and i used to cut myslef too.  i also have my reasons to why i did it. best way i think is to talk to someone you are close to. you are too young for this type of thing.
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The only problem with this form of punishment is it does nothing to remove the mental drive of the perpetrator. He will still have the same thoughts. Maybe a combination, frontal lobotomy and castration, will do the trick, but I can't see any State passing this into law. I'm more in favor of the two strikes and your shot approach. Besides, bullets are so much cheaper than surgery.
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A couple of places to look that are listed below. Many of the references deal with research aimed at children and adults with learning disabilities, although not all do. \n\nA neat summary of intelligence and learning, by Robert Sternberg, a scholar about intelligence, can be read at: http://teachpsych.lemoyne.edu/teachpsych/faces/text/Ch06.htm
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There are lots of on line sites where you can take an "IQ test".  They are interesting and fun to do, and tell us some things about ourselves, but they are not "real" IQ tests.  These tests tend to score higher than the real IQ tests.\n\nHere are some links you may find interesting and helpful.
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imup4unow is right about high IQs and social disorders but schizophrenia tops the list. Also people with high IQs tend to have poor communication skills when it comes to verbalizing their feelings.  Extreme talent often seems to have a price. We see this all the time in artists, musicians, scientists and philosophers. I think failures in life is a harsh term. You need to look at what a persons goals in life are before they are deemed a failure. A truely lazy person may want to do nothing more than lie around all day. If they are truely happy is that failing?
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IQ scores are over rated.  Now a days, only psychiatrist uses them as a means to measure your score to label you with whatever disease.
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That is a totally false claim. The link below will take you to a table showing IQ by nation. The US is not bottom.
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Here's a good article about self-harm that may help answer your question.
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The University of California Berkeley did a study on the subject.  I think it was in 2004 or 2005.
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For the most part research is geared toward men and most IQ tests can be a little gender biased. For that matter- so is our school system...Boys are socialized to be smarter and better in things like math and science and girls are socialized to be nice and pretty.\n\nThere is no truth to this and people need to learn how to read research results with a critical eye. Like for years the research showed that African Americans had lower IQ's than caucasians. This is certainly not true and these results only happened because the IQ tests are created based on caucasion experiences.
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Logically, if you believe in myths you are less intelligent.\n\nI don't need a harvard study to prove that.\n\nAnd from all of the brilliant IQs found above, you can also conclude that the majority are not just less intelligent, but liars.
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I don't know the exact statistics, but you might check out this website.  There is no doubt that abuse causes serious problems especially in children.  Many adults diagnosed with multiple personalities experienced some sort of abuse as a child.  Abuse can also be linked to causing many cases of depression and other mental illnesses.\n\nThe exact statistics will probably be directly related to how you classify "mentally disturbed".\n\nI'll keep looking, but right now, I'm just getting off work, so this is a start.