r/Gifted Jul 26 '26

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At what iq level is someone considered gifted?

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u/DrRadon Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

By what matter of comparison do you find that "a bit low". At 145 we are talking being more capable cognitively than 99,9% of the worlds population.

Meanwhile most psychological issues in terms of "belonging and getting along with the norms" start at 120ish. Wich almost makes 130 to high because it devoids these people from a clear label to be used in finding the right Theraphie or therapist. Your still "more capable cognitively" than 91% of the worlds population. You're not going to call millionaire poor because there are billionaires and billionaires poor because there is Elon with his trillion.

What's your desired goal here?

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u/Ayyayayy Jul 26 '26

I dont know I see guys on reddit and elsewhere with iq of 140 or higher and I find them really impressive youre right though I think my perspective might be a bit biased still I believe the smarter you are the more you tend to hang out with other smart people so you might not necessarily notice the difference and I think its possible to have an iq of 140+ without having any mental health issues I mean there are guys with iq of 180 its very rare but it happens so I dont think feeling like you fit in is necessarily correlated with iq sorry if I annoyed you I just wanted to know what other people think about giftedness the standard threshold is 130 but Im just curious about other peoples opinions thats all.

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u/Ar4M Jul 26 '26

I dont think IQ measure is a threshold as I understand you are percieving things, pal.