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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Some years ago a yound woman stated "I've just had my IQ tested by Cosmopolitan and if i send them £5 they'll confirm it's 135."
I replied : "And if you send them £25 will they confirm it is 70"
"Uh?"
Yep, blonde.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Even funnier is IQ tests were brought out so the government could sterilise the feeble minded to stop them breeding. Kind of scary anyone would take them really. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I read an interesting article about how IQ tests are irrelevant.
Einstein was a genius. But scored relatively poorly on his IQ test, especially for some one so far head of everyone in terms of intelligence. There was a massive paper published on people that score high on an IQ test are simply good at taking tests.
It was actually a great read |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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IQ tests were never designed to test 'intelligence', but as we seem to have the urge to measure everything so we can categorise it, it was leapt upon and has become the norm.
Intelligence comes in many forms - not all of them of measurable and so often ignored. Shame really. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I read an interesting article about how IQ tests are irrelevant.
Einstein was a genius. But scored relatively poorly on his IQ test, especially for some one so far head of everyone in terms of intelligence. There was a massive paper published on people that score high on an IQ test are simply good at taking tests.
It was actually a great read "
Einsteins never taken an IQ test. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Dependant on the type of test, the way its done, etc the score can be ridiculously different.
There are literally dozens of them because the one "standardised" test don't actually work. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I read an interesting article about how IQ tests are irrelevant.
Einstein was a genius. But scored relatively poorly on his IQ test, especially for some one so far head of everyone in terms of intelligence. There was a massive paper published on people that score high on an IQ test are simply good at taking tests.
It was actually a great read
Einsteins never taken an IQ test."
He must have at some point seeing as they have it recorded! |
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By *heOwlMan
over a year ago
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Hmm, I guess the validity of an IQ result, like any assessment, will be dependent upon the method of testing. That said they can still be useful tools particularly for identifying other issues. For instance the, rather long, IQ test I was required to take prior to attending one school, highlighted various discrepancies that indicated that I am dyslexic. So the test and its results may or may not be irrelevant, but in my case it was certainly helpful  |
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
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"I read an interesting article about how IQ tests are irrelevant.
Einstein was a genius. But scored relatively poorly on his IQ test, especially for some one so far head of everyone in terms of intelligence. There was a massive paper published on people that score high on an IQ test are simply good at taking tests.
It was actually a great read "
They tell you at how good a person is at placing things into abstract categories that humans have invented. For example, when asked the question "what is the relationship between a dog and a rabbit?" a higher IQ answer would be that they are both mammals whereas a lower Iq one would be that the dog chases the rabbit.
Both are correct, and I would say that the latter is possibly a more useful answer in the real world. |
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By *heOwlMan
over a year ago
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"I read an interesting article about how IQ tests are irrelevant.
Einstein was a genius. But scored relatively poorly on his IQ test, especially for some one so far head of everyone in terms of intelligence. There was a massive paper published on people that score high on an IQ test are simply good at taking tests.
It was actually a great read
They tell you at how good a person is at placing things into abstract categories that humans have invented. For example, when asked the question "what is the relationship between a dog and a rabbit?" a higher IQ answer would be that they are both mammals whereas a lower Iq one would be that the dog chases the rabbit.
Both are correct, and I would say that the latter is possibly a more useful answer in the real world. "
In theory an IQ test should show a persons ability to identify and resolve an issue. This resuires the test itself to be abstract and not utilise existing knowledge. So the dog and rabit answers of being mammals versus one chasing the other only shows that one individual has different knowledge ratehr than either one having higher or lower IQ.
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By *heOwlMan
over a year ago
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Surely, the intelligent ones would ask what sex are the dog and rabbit? It may make a difference to their relationship? "
Then there is orientation, personal tastes and aditional dressings to account for as well |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Surely, the intelligent ones would ask what sex are the dog and rabbit? It may make a difference to their relationship?
Then there is orientation, personal tastes and aditional dressings to account for as well "
I would have said not a good relationship,dogs eat rabbits |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Ok, then can we have two tortoises? Their relationship maight endure.
Off topic, is this the first ever thread where every subsequent post bears abolsutely no relation to the OP? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The way questions are worded makes a difference too. My grandson's had a maths question that asked what is one third(written as a fraction) and two thirds(as a fraction) in tenths. What would your answer have been? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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3.3333 dot ( ie recurring) tenths
likewise 6.666666etc.
That's not written as a fraction that's numerical"
You don't say. Oh you did.
The question was "What is 1/3 in tenths."
It never ceased to amaze me how many times the kids brought home Maths ( well, arithmetic) question sheets where either the Question or the Teachers answer was a load of shite. |
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IQ tests were based upon flawed research data and interpretation. They measure little of value other than skill taking that test. Result shouldn't change but does with practice.
As others state, intelligence is multi faceted and its qualitative elements are as important as anything that may be quantifiable.
I'd like to be a little quicker sometimes at running things through my head, but I'm never in a race in my life. |
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"I read an interesting article about how IQ tests are irrelevant.
Einstein was a genius. But scored relatively poorly on his IQ test, especially for some one so far head of everyone in terms of intelligence. There was a massive paper published on people that score high on an IQ test are simply good at taking tests.
It was actually a great read
They tell you at how good a person is at placing things into abstract categories that humans have invented. For example, when asked the question "what is the relationship between a dog and a rabbit?" a higher IQ answer would be that they are both mammals whereas a lower Iq one would be that the dog chases the rabbit.
Both are correct, and I would say that the latter is possibly a more useful answer in the real world.
In theory an IQ test should show a persons ability to identify and resolve an issue. This resuires the test itself to be abstract and not utilise existing knowledge. So the dog and rabit answers of being mammals versus one chasing the other only shows that one individual has different knowledge ratehr than either one having higher or lower IQ.
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Yup, in my understanding they are a test of the ability to use logic to solve a novel problem - and, in their purest form, in a way that does not depend on extant knowledge.
You can test animal IQ and that has nothing to do with use of language or retained trivia! |
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By *afadaoMan
over a year ago
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"You can test animal IQ and that has nothing to do with use of language or retained trivia!"
How about 15 to 1 for critters?
Everything from magpies to border collies to dolphins forming the famous semicircle so we can see which does retain trivia best. |
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"You can test animal IQ and that has nothing to do with use of language or retained trivia!
How about 15 to 1 for critters?
Everything from magpies to border collies to dolphins forming the famous semicircle so we can see which does retain trivia best."
Crows - dems clever critters. And honeybadgers! |
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