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What are your thoughts of IQ tests?
Personally I've never taken one, however a person in my class was bragging about his high IQ..
Personally I've never taken one, however a person in my class was bragging about his high IQ..
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What are your thoughts of IQ tests?
Personally I've never taken one, however a person in my class was bragging about his high IQ..
What are your thoughts of IQ tests?
Personally I've never taken one, however a person in my class was bragging about his high IQ..
I've never taken a proper one myself, a waste of money IMO
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What are your thoughts of IQ tests?
Personally I've never taken one, however a person in my class was bragging about his high IQ..
What are your thoughts of IQ tests?
Personally I've never taken one, however a person in my class was bragging about his high IQ..
Anecdotally, the people i know who've taken an IQ test and scored high have actually all done very well academically. All are at amazing universities/competitive courses and destined/achieved success in their careers.
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If it was professionally administered it probably means he has a lot of potential and is naturally very good, but it isn't something I would ever put on my CV and if you talk about it too much, you will sounds like an ass.
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I've taken a few and am part of a high IQ society. Most people who have high IQs tend to realise that it's complete and utter rubbish as an indicator of intelligence.
I once had someone tell me he had an IQ of 210, and he wasn't amused when I expressed surprise that someone with such a high IQ didn't know it stopped at 200.
I once had someone tell me he had an IQ of 210, and he wasn't amused when I expressed surprise that someone with such a high IQ didn't know it stopped at 200.
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(Original post by Hal.E.Lujah)
I've taken a few and am part of a high IQ society. Most people who have high IQs tend to realise that it's complete and utter rubbish as an indicator of intelligence.
I once had someone tell me he had an IQ of 210, and he wasn't amused when I expressed surprise that someone with such a high IQ didn't know it stopped at 200.
I've taken a few and am part of a high IQ society. Most people who have high IQs tend to realise that it's complete and utter rubbish as an indicator of intelligence.
I once had someone tell me he had an IQ of 210, and he wasn't amused when I expressed surprise that someone with such a high IQ didn't know it stopped at 200.
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You should be aware that different tests use different scales and that the scale is usually shown in terms of percentiles of a normal distribution, so 200 on one test might be equivalent to 160 on another...
You should be aware that different tests use different scales and that the scale is usually shown in terms of percentiles of a normal distribution, so 200 on one test might be equivalent to 160 on another...
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I've taken a few and am part of a high IQ society. Most people who have high IQs tend to realise that it's complete and utter rubbish as an indicator of intelligence.
I once had someone tell me he had an IQ of 210, and he wasn't amused when I expressed surprise that someone with such a high IQ didn't know it stopped at 200.
I've taken a few and am part of a high IQ society. Most people who have high IQs tend to realise that it's complete and utter rubbish as an indicator of intelligence.
I once had someone tell me he had an IQ of 210, and he wasn't amused when I expressed surprise that someone with such a high IQ didn't know it stopped at 200.
It may be the most reliable current method of measuring intelligence, but it still has problems and is by no means an indicator of how well you will do in life. People that brag about their IQ all the time tend to be arrogant stuck up douches anyway
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I thought that IQ was generally a normal distribution with mean 100 and standard deviation of 10, so there is no theoretical upper or lower bound (I think I've heard of one guy that had IQ 220).
It may be the most reliable current method of measuring intelligence, but it still has problems and is by no means an indicator of how well you will do in life. People that brag about their IQ all the time tend to be arrogant stuck up douches anyway
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I thought that IQ was generally a normal distribution with mean 100 and standard deviation of 10, so there is no theoretical upper or lower bound (I think I've heard of one guy that had IQ 220).
It may be the most reliable current method of measuring intelligence, but it still has problems and is by no means an indicator of how well you will do in life. People that brag about their IQ all the time tend to be arrogant stuck up douches anyway
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and yeah I agree, I do believe in them as valid measures of intelligence, but if you constantly talk about it, you're probably lacking social skills to the point where it would hold you back to some degree
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Having sat the Mensa tests (they were in the neighbourhood, curiosity got the better of me), I don't think they're an indicator of much other than your ability to answer pointless logic problems quickly.
Personally I think work ethic is always going to be a bigger factor in peoples success than IQ, although obviously a combination of both would be ideal. I was admitted to Mensa, but have average academics (real world average, not "I only got 10A* grades" TSR average...), so in my experience there isn't much correlation.
That said, there may be better professional tests out there.
Personally I think work ethic is always going to be a bigger factor in peoples success than IQ, although obviously a combination of both would be ideal. I was admitted to Mensa, but have average academics (real world average, not "I only got 10A* grades" TSR average...), so in my experience there isn't much correlation.
That said, there may be better professional tests out there.
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If it was professionally administered it probably means he has a lot of potential and is naturally very good, but it isn't something I would ever put on my CV and if you talk about it too much, you will sounds like an ass.
If it was professionally administered it probably means he has a lot of potential and is naturally very good, but it isn't something I would ever put on my CV and if you talk about it too much, you will sounds like an ass.
I hate people like him..
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