• Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days ago

    Is this a humiliation kink thing? I can get how you’d mistake “top 65%” as a good thing and send it to your friends (not because it’s confusing, but because you’re in the top 65%). But then you post your low IQ to multiple communities while making it clear you didn’t understand the results page.

    I’d be embarrassed just admitting I took an online IQ test.

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      12 days ago

      There is no such thing as an intelligence quotient test, the premise is flawed. They are logic tests, and if you practice logic tests you will get a higher score, despite not being more intelligent than previous you that didn’t practice those tests.

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        This is what people dont get. Of course there is a limit how much you can improve in a short time (due to limits of what learned before), but i bet that if focusing on improving skills related to these tests over a very long time pepple could improve even more. But why let a pointless test dictate what you do with your life or what skills to improve. Let slop solve it!

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          It’s the same thing with the test to get into law school, they’ve to take a bunch of logic tests, I perused one briefly and it was basically a much bigger version of the Original IQ test I took online a long time ago. People that take the law school test practice obsessively to pass it.

          On the original IQ test, one question was a jumble, a game that is easier if you do them regularly, just as a sudoku is. The entire premise is flawed in other areas as well, there are different types of intelligence, even if these tests did measure it accurately, which they don’t.

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        11 days ago

        Facts. I’m ND and will generally score well above average on these types of tests, depending on the method, yet I have areas that I’m only capable of if I have consistent practice and coaching. The first week without, and I’m unlikely to solve the most basic of problems in that area. Additionally, I think these tests are harmful for anyone who scores outside the norm, as it will essentially place them in a box of expectations harmful to their individual growth.