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  • #31
    Originally posted by Agathon
    No - not at all. I had to do several when I was at school. I found them less than amusing.
    They made me take one back in grade 5 when I transferred to the US system, to see about admission to the GATE program. It was a "real" child IQ test, in that it was delivered by a district psychologist.

    I found the whole thing quite amusing, how they thought it was representative of intelligence...

    There was a vocab section (obviously people who know more words are more intelligent! duh), putting pictures in a "proper" sequence, etc.

    It was the most bull****ty test I've ever done.
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    • #32
      It was the most bull****ty test I've ever done.
      Bitter at your low score Asher?
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      • #33
        I like to think "I am smarter then the average bear".
        Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by Japher
          I think that we are all smarter than the avergae apolytoner...
          The average Apolytoner is a moron

          I as the average Apolytoner

          Therefore I am a ?!?

          this surely is some mistake
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          • #35
            I've gotten scores in the 140s on IQ tests I've taken, but I don't know how good a measure they really are for intelligence, so I don't put much stock in them. SATs too...got a 1300...but I know dumb kids who did very well, and smart people that did very poorly.
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            • #36
              Theres also the different IQ testing to take into account, cognitive etc

              Child testing was fun, I was told right up until the age of 17 that my high skill in maths meant i would do best in something along the lines of accounting or banking. I'm now on my way to a chemistry degree after refusing to even attempt to memorise all the equations needed for a maths A level



              (Just checked some of these online IQ tests and they are basically an ego boost into making you buy whatever book goes with them )
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              • #37
                I'm SMRT


                Learn to overcome the crass demands of flesh and bone, for they warp the matrix through which we perceive the world. Extend your awareness outward, beyond the self of body, to embrace the self of group and the self of humanity. The goals of the group and the greater race are transcendant, and to embrace them is to acheive enlightenment.

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by obiwan18
                  Bitter at your low score Asher?
                  On the contrary, I believe it led to my overconfidence throughout jr high and high school.

                  Which is why I'm bitter. I think I'd have been better off without it.
                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by Asher

                    There was a vocab section (obviously people who know more words are more intelligent! duh), putting pictures in a "proper" sequence, etc.
                    As far as I know there's a reasonable correlation between vocab and intelligence, so that's not so strange.

                    Here's a laugh. We used to have this thing called a "reading age" which was age at which your reading ability was considered normal. I was a pretty intense reader as a nine year old and these testing clowns told me that I had the reading age of a first year university student.

                    I never believed this because I used to spend most of the time reading a series of trashy detective novels. Years later, I was talking about it with a friend who had just finished his first year at varsity and he thought it was funny. Then we went to his house and it turned out he was in the midst of one of these same trashy novels. Weird...
                    Only feebs vote.

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                    • #40
                      On IQ:
                      I know two people that are members of Mensa. The first of them is really dumb. I mean sure he's really good at finding out the next number or letter in a series but that's about it. But that's about it. The other one is indeed smart but he himself thinks that the test measures just small a fraction of what could be considered to be intelligence. His real reason to be a member is that it could be a real door opener when it comes to finding a good job. And yes, that's smart I guess...

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                      • #41
                        I'm not smart, I'm just witty.
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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by Lazerus
                          I'm SMRT




                          SMRT in my language means DEATH

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                          • #43
                            Agathon:

                            I had the same results as well, scoring at a first-year university level, for reading comprehension at around the same age.

                            Asher:

                            Sorry to hear that. It does give you confidence which is nice to have, but unfortunately there is a fine line between confidence and overconfidence.

                            As for Mensa, people pay money for tests that tell them they are smart. Best scam in ages.
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                            • #44
                              but unfortunately there is a fine line between confidence and overconfidence.


                              A line many Apolytoners seem to have crossed. Over 60% think that they're in the 90th percentile or above? Please.
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                              • #45
                                I know I am smarter than a banana... or am I? This is a tough question!
                                Monkey!!!

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