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IQ is just a measure of how fast a person can understand, abstract, and apply new information. It does nothing to examine how well someone understands a given subject, whether their conclusions are logical or accurate, or bothers to account for cultural and personal biases.
An IQ test is never a stand alone diagnostic tool in a comprehensive evaluation of a person's knowledge or ability. Its one of many metrics used to inform competent professionals of the capabilities of an individual in a controlled, non standard setting.
And that's a best case scenario for it. It can also be just a measure of how well can you solve very specific type of puzzles at this very moment. And the evidence of it being the latter are actually quite convincing.
They also have extreme cultural bias and other issues.
Even beyond that, it is a very crude instrument originally intended to diagnose major impairments.
Bragging about your "High IQ" should go over about as well as when Trump brags about acing his cognitive tests. Or mastering a series of sobriety tests.