this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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Sadly, probably not
I mean, that score supposedingly means you struggle to put together normal sentences... So I'd assume it's satire
86 is still way above an intellectual disability, that limit is set below 70.
An IQ of 86 is not THAT low, the percentile in the pic is right, about 1 in 6 people is below 86.
Oh goodness no, with an IQ of 86, most people wouldn't even peg you as surprisingly stupid, maybe a bit slow. This is still very much in the "slightly below average" column. The 70s are "below average" and only below that do you get into disability territory.
People overestimate the effect a not-even-20-points deviation has in real life. Just like people with an IQ of 114 are a just your average Janes and aren't generally geniuses, people with 86 are still your average Joes and generally not noticeable. 82,2% of all people are between 80 and 120. And you can't tell me that you actually think of every fifth to sixth person around you as exceptional (in either direction).
86 is not that noticeable, as others have pointed out. Also, there's a high chance this post was GPT-produced
Can you really be sure that he actually wrote something himself in 2025? Something that wasn't a prompt?
Exactly my thinking. Too verbose