Ascent into the 3rd Standard Deviation

Here's a fun chart about IQ, borrowed from here:

Practical Significance of IQ

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 College Degree	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%	11 in 10above 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, editor
137 to 150	0.9%	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, Jefferson
160 to 174	0.01%	1 in 11,000 above 160	No limitations	Descartes, Einstein, Spinoza
174 to 200	0.0099%	1 in 1,000,000 above 174	No limitations	Shakespeare, Goethe, Newton

The earlier link uses the normal distribution to break down your average consumer at Wal-Mart. It's either funny or scary, depending on your perspective!

The thing that makes a 'normal' distribution interesting is that 99.73002039367% of the population (nearly everyone) is within three standard deviations of the average. In other words, if you know the average IQ and the standard deviation from that average, than you can be 99.73% sure that anyone you meet at Wal-Mart has an IQ higher than the average - (3 * STD) and less than the average + (3 * STD).

But not everyone you meet will fall into that range! In fact, 0.13% of them won't! Welcome to the top 10% of the top 10% of the top 10% (if you believe in IQ tests)! I'm not just talking about me; there are many friends here, and chances are, (against statistical odds) you're probably one of them! Let's get together and create statistical aberrations! :)