blueeyeswhitedrgon
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Height is an interesting metaphor for intelligence. Both are incredibly socially valued traits for a man to have and if someone is taller or smarter than us, we look up to them literally or figuratively, respectively, and we refer to people who are exceptionally bright or exceptionally dull as intellectual giants or mental midgets respectively. Of course height is a physical variable that is measured directly in feet and inches on an absolute ratio scale, while intelligence is an abstract variable that is measured by comparing people to the norm of Western countries at the time that they live. So if you have the average intelligence of a Westerner of your generation, you’re assigned a deviation IQ (intelligence quotient) of 100. Of course most people deviate from the mean, and the standard amount that people deviate is defined as 15 IQ points, so the IQ range of 85 to 115 defines the limits of normal intelligence and 2/3rds of Westerners fall within this range.
Height could be measured on the same relative scale as IQ is, as Jensen once noted, we just don’t bother because we have an absolute scale to measure height on (feet and inches). But if we did measure height on this relative scale, we would call the scores HQ’s (height quotients). The height distribution of young white American men has a mean of 5’10.4″ and a standard deviation of 2.58 inches, so equating these values with 100 and 15 respectively allows us to assign men the following HQ’s based on their heights (if you’re older than 40 or younger than 20, you may want to add an age bonus to your HQ; if you’re a woman, add about 32 points to your HQ, so a 7 foot tall woman would have an HQ of about 211 instead of 179):
7 feet tall = HQ 179
6’11” = HQ 173
6’10” = HQ 167
6’9″ = HQ 162
6’8″ = HQ 156
6’7″ = HQ 150
6’6″ = HQ 144
6’5″ = HQ 138
6’4″ = HQ 133 (Extremely tall)
6’3″ = HQ 127
6’2″ = HQ 121 (Very tall)
6’1″ = HQ 115 (Tall)
6’0″ = HQ 109
5’11” = HQ 103
5’10” = HQ 98 (Average)
5’9″ = HQ 92
5’8″ = HQ 86 (Short)
5’7″ = HQ 80
5’6″ = HQ 74 (Very short)
5’5″ = HQ 69 (Extremely short)
5’4″ = HQ 63
5’3″ = HQ 57
5’2″ = HQ 51
5’1″ = HQ 45
109 IQ is not impressive, neither is 6 feet tall
5’0″ = HQ 40
Height could be measured on the same relative scale as IQ is, as Jensen once noted, we just don’t bother because we have an absolute scale to measure height on (feet and inches). But if we did measure height on this relative scale, we would call the scores HQ’s (height quotients). The height distribution of young white American men has a mean of 5’10.4″ and a standard deviation of 2.58 inches, so equating these values with 100 and 15 respectively allows us to assign men the following HQ’s based on their heights (if you’re older than 40 or younger than 20, you may want to add an age bonus to your HQ; if you’re a woman, add about 32 points to your HQ, so a 7 foot tall woman would have an HQ of about 211 instead of 179):
7 feet tall = HQ 179
6’11” = HQ 173
6’10” = HQ 167
6’9″ = HQ 162
6’8″ = HQ 156
6’7″ = HQ 150
6’6″ = HQ 144
6’5″ = HQ 138
6’4″ = HQ 133 (Extremely tall)
6’3″ = HQ 127
6’2″ = HQ 121 (Very tall)
6’1″ = HQ 115 (Tall)
6’0″ = HQ 109
5’11” = HQ 103
5’10” = HQ 98 (Average)
5’9″ = HQ 92
5’8″ = HQ 86 (Short)
5’7″ = HQ 80
5’6″ = HQ 74 (Very short)
5’5″ = HQ 69 (Extremely short)
5’4″ = HQ 63
5’3″ = HQ 57
5’2″ = HQ 51
5’1″ = HQ 45
109 IQ is not impressive, neither is 6 feet tall
5’0″ = HQ 40
