Nimiety's Charts Funny, isn't it? You could write a million letters saying how black is white (and get people killed at the next zebra crossing) and not hear a complaint or even a peep, but call someone dumb or imply it by graphing two people side by side on a chart, and watch out! A person's IQ represents their ability to think and to reason, relative to another's. One's intelligence is one's capacity to make abstractions and to learn. IQ tests are designed with the purpose of quantifying these capacities, measuring abilities in verbal, non-verbal, mathematical and reasoning examples. Of course, this doesn't have a lot to do with programming and such, but we still think it's really neat. This intelligence chart measures the expected potential of someone who's IQ calls within the given ranges. It is not a guarantee of success, as there are many "geniuses" that have neither the drive nor capability to be a business leader, and many "morons" that have contributed to society and changed the way people think. It is, however, a chart that shows the rough relative intelligence and expectations of IQ and roles. IQ Range Frequency Cumulative Frequency Typical Educability Employment Options Below 30 >1% >1% below 30 Illiterate Unemployable. Institutionalized. 30 to 50 >1%? >1% below 50 1st-Grade to 3rd-Grade Simple, non-critical household chores. 50 to 60 ~1%? 1.5% below 60 3rd-Grade to 6th-grade Very simple tasks, close supervision. 60 to 74 3.5%? 5% below 74 6th-Grade to 8th-Grade "Slow, simple, supervised." 74 to 89 20% 25% below 89 8th-Grade to 12th-Grade Assembler, food service, nurse's aide 89 to 100 25% 50% below 100 8th-Grade to 1-2 years of College. Clerk, teller, Walmart 100 to 111 50% 1 in 2 above 100 12th-Grade to CollegeDegree Police officer, machinist, sales 111 to 120 15% 1 in 4 above 111 College to Master's Level Manager, teacher, accountant 120 to 125 5% 1 in 10 above 120 College to Non-Technical Ph. D.'s. Manager, professor, accountant 125 to 132 3% 1 in 20 above 125 Any Ph. D. at 3rd-Tier Schools Attorney, editor, executive. 132 to 137 1% 1 in 50 above 132 No limitations. Eminent professor, business leader 137 to 150 0.4% 1 in 100 above 137 No limitations. Leading math, physics professor 150 to 160 0.1% 1 in 1,100 above 150 No limitations Lincoln, Copernicus, Rembrandt 160 to 174 0.01% 1 in 11,000 above 160 No limitations Mozart, Einstein, Darwin 174 to 200 0.0001% 1 in 1,000,000 above 174 No limitations Galileo, Pascal, Newton Above 200 0.00000002% 1 in 5,000,000,000 above 200 No limitations Goethe, Sidis, da Vinci