A Reddit publish precisely revealed Kamala Harris’ IQ rating as 78.
A rumor circulating on-line as a screenshot of a Reddit publish claimed U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris obtained a rating of 78 on an IQ take a look at whereas attending Howard College. The evaluation platform Thomas defines IQ (or intelligence quotient) as “a typical rating that exhibits how far above or under, his/her peer group a person stands in psychological means.”
For instance, on Sept. 23, 2024, X consumer @PatrioticPizzas posted (archived) the screenshot displaying the title, “Kamala’s IQ Revealed.” The consumer added, above the screenshot, “Kamala Harris had a 78 IQ when she attended Howard College.” Harris graduated from the traditionally Black college in 1986. The publish was seen almost 2 million instances.
Nevertheless this rumor was unfounded, that means we investigated however discovered no demonstrable proof to help the claims. We apply the unfounded score to claims that lack proof and originated as rumour or hypothesis. Additional, the unknown consumer who created the Sept. 23 Reddit post (archived) on the r/america subreddit later deleted it. The publish additionally talked about r/AskAnAmerican and now reads, “Sorry, this publish was deleted by the one who initially posted it.”
Other users on Facebook, Instagram and X additionally reposted the screenshot. As one extra instance, X consumer Wall Road Silver (@WallStreetSilv) — an account with greater than 1.4 million followers — posted (archived) the screenshot and added, “I imagine it,” although no proof exists to help the story’s claims.Â
The textual content of the unfounded story within the screenshot learn as follows:
I went to Howard College and was in the identical psychology class as Kamala Harris.
One of many subjects we have been studying about was IQ. Naturally, all of us took an IQ take a look at throughout one of many courses.
After that class, a few us have been chatting about what we obtained. Most of us have been round 115. Kamala comes up and goes “78…I am going to take it! The utmost is 80 proper?” Then she began laughing like a psychopath. I assumed there was no means this b**** graduates.
She should have discovered in regards to the vary that evening, as a result of the following day she comes as much as the scholars she talked about her rating to and began venting about how she was distracted and did not have her espresso and this and that. No Kamala, you are simply an fool. Everybody within the class thought she was bizarre.
For additional studying, we beforehand reported a few false rumor claiming a doc found in Could 2019 revealed then-U.S. President Donald Trump scored 73 on an IQ take a look at. That earlier rumor revolved round a cobbled-together newspaper clipping that bore indicators of intentional manipulation — the rationale that declare obtained a false score, versus unfounded.
