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Old December 20th, 2003, 03:44 AM
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Default Re: IQ Tests

Interesting, Geckomlis. "Real" intelligence definitely has many forms.

Tests only measure how well you do at their own form of test. Different people are smart in different ways. One measure of intelligence, is how many ways you can think to debunk the validity of an IQ test.

Of course, to do well on a difficult test is a good sign that the person probably has some smarts of some sort. Scoring low doesn't necessarily say anything negative, though - it might indicate disinterest, or refusal to accept the premises of lame test questions, for example. Answering "what a dumb question!" will hurt one's score, but doesn't necessarily mean the subject is less intelligent than someone going along with the test.

Finding many people have above-average scores on traditional intelligence tests in a computer forum doesn't imply flawed test scales to me, though. There are plenty of shockingly dense people around to bring the average down.

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