this is more my level

http://www.hairarchives.com/private/IQ.htm

I got 123... so I'm dumb, by one point.

Coryn is being modest. I know that girl and she got a 170 all by her bad self. Oh yeah.

I will admit though, that I actually find some enjoyment in figuring out what the missing box should be. I like patterns.

what kind of super intelligence does one need to construct such a test that determines a person individual intelligence?

these tests were what the knights templar found under mt solomon, i know it.

i've been missing a lot of box lately

A man has as many hairs on his hand as a chimpanzee.

11-12 Excellent! You really know your "hairs" pretty good!

that hair test made me feel better

I got a 128.

Which is also my penis size.

In feet.

Results:

11-12 Excellent! You really know your "hairs" pretty good!

9-10 Great job!

7-8 Not bad - you're above average!


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There's no mentally deficient score in the hair test. They're kind.

tesco on Apr 09 '08 at 6:30pm
A man has as many hairs on his hand as a chimpanzee.
a man?

anyone in specific? i know my dad doesn't. unless the chimps got a combover

Bah - I did a 3rd year subject on psychometrics and questionnaire design and analysis last year for my psychology degree. I received a high distinction (and one of the top marks in the class). I could write an essay on why that test was complete crap. So don't take it personally if you didn't do well.

Regardless of whether IQ is a valid construct and debates about what IQ tests actually measure, this is NOT a valid IQ test.

(P.S. I'm not trying to toot my own horn, I know I suck, I just wanted to demonstrate that I know about IQ tests etc and what counts as good/bad one)

Well, I got 147 on their 'normal' IQ test. Then I did the other one, and got 113. Which, I think, proves that their system is a bit wank

which one is the normal one?

i just tried to take hte test and the internet broke

"For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!"

it's up and running now

Uh, the idea that there is a "hard" and a "normal" test totally proves how invalid these are. They should be scaled, or some shit.

Sweet, Beth have you seen the in my language video on youtube?

It was made by an autistic woman, who then uses a computer voice to explain why she is doing the things shes doing and explains it in a very articulate way.



skip the first three minutes its just her doing odd stuff.

I read about her in an article by wired magazine, this type of test is a serrious problem for people with autism because it assumes that they have no level of intelligence but this type of test is standard through out the world.

according to that article theres an autistic civil rights movement starting.

WIRED is the best magazine EVARR.

Also, my friend has aspergers [actually, I have two friends with aspergers] and they are the smartest bitches I know for real.

which one is the normal one?

The one that just says IQ Test

i like that quote tonteau

but almost every knows who galileo was
and noone knows who my drunk uncle ted was.

holy crap. that autism video... is stunning.

Hadley, its a pretty amazing magazine I've found it really helpful for writing an essay I've been working on at the moment, the impact of new technologies on the media. Plus its downright entertaining.

As for your friends thats awesome and from what I've read the reason their so smart is because they have aspergers because their minds are more specialised.

But will we always know who Galileo was?

we?

like you and me?

Yeah Wired is the shit. And yeah, they have NO social skills or anything but they totally kick ass at Math and computer science [well one of them does. The other is more physicsy, I think]

Whatever, the point is I totally was reading Wired last night.

Sigh, when we step back far enough, no one matters. But no one exists in such a scale, and no one can function in that mindset so I think it's a pretty dumb way to measure somethings worth. I mean, it's valid, but it's irrelevant.

@tont

Wow, I hadn't seen that video but it was awesome! Thank you for sharing it. I find it really fascinating wondering what is going on in the minds of people with autism, so that insight was mind blowing.

Lucretia Mott on Apr 09 '08 at 6:54pm
Sigh, when we step back far enough, no one matters. But no one exists in such a scale, and no one can function in that mindset so I think it's a pretty dumb way to measure somethings worth. I mean, it's valid, but it's irrelevant.

@tont

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I'm not too sure what that means, but I think its irrelevance depends on your personal standpoint. For you, clearly it is an irrelevance. For me, not so.

And for shirtflirt: intelligence does not equate lasting fame and remembrance, the two do not correlate. Galileo was remembered principally for his opposition to the catholic church and subsequent house arrest. Marie Antoinette another equally famous historical figure is remembered for saying something particularly stupid. Some of the most intelligent people in the history of the world will go unremembered along with everyone else. The reason your uncle Ted will not be remembered (outside his family and friends) has more to do with the fact that he wasn't in a position to deny a country food, than the fact he wasn't a genius of some sort. I'll venture he was better off for it, too.

Well the idea that no one matters, or that our talents don't matter, because everyone ends up dead to me seems pretty....well it seems like a cop out.

Lucretia Mott on Apr 09 '08 at 7:26pm
Well the idea that no one matters, or that our talents don't matter, because everyone ends up dead to me seems pretty....well it seems like a cop out.

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I never said people didn't matter, they do. And it's not that our talents don't matter, more that it's worth getting upset over any perceived deficiency. Whether you believe that your body's dying is the end of your life, is another matter.

(I'm not trying to take a side in this argument, just play devil's advocate)

Well the idea that no one matters, or that our talents don't matter, because everyone ends up dead to me seems pretty....well it seems like a cop out.

You could view it that way, and that is a valid perspective on such an idea. But you could also consider the idea that we are all forgotten to be a massive freedom. If what you do now will not matter, that means you are free to live the life you dream rather than wasting time living up to other people's expectations etc since it will all be forgotten anyway.

Or maybe I'm just spouting drivel :P

This is funny because this is basically what my giant english paper is on. I think that it's both depressing and freeing because such a point of view is so irrelevant that it can't have a real impact on us. I'm not really trying to argue a point, I don't think, because I don't think that that perspective is flawed or untrue, it just doesn't interest me because it doesn't have much of a practical application. I'm all about practicality, baby.

:) You make a fair and true point, and I doff my hat to you my good lady.

Dapps to that biaaaatch!

Multicultural Daps!!

well i know im not smart.....so ha!!!!

Whoa, this blog got all existentialist on yo' ass

O_O

well if you invite people to think they are smart and then participate in a discussion you need to be prepared for the consequences...

:P

what are you talking about? I was simply drawing a picture of an ascii cassette tape...

i do really well on those Real Or Fake boob judging tests.

I tried you test sir!! That things is TOOOOOO hard!
apparently I'm not so smart after all! I didn't even know what those questions meant!! *runs back to the playground with the other dumb kids*

I skimmed in with a 128. Which proves it's shit because not only am I stupid, I'm dead tired.

lucretia, you keep saying it's irrelevant, but it is relevant. many people won't cop to the fact that death is in fact a great motivator. and many people use death to create their ego and to 'live for ever'. so, the theory that we won't last but our 'legacy' continues is quite relevant. it's not a cop out either, cos, well, everybody dies.

Lucretia Mott on Apr 09 '08 at 7:54pm
This is funny because this is basically what my giant english paper is on. I think that it's both depressing and freeing because such a point of view is so irrelevant that it can't have a real impact on us. I'm not really trying to argue a point, I don't think, because I don't think that that perspective is flawed or untrue, it just doesn't interest me because it doesn't have much of a practical application.


haha, i lol'd all over again.

103 for random guesses, because i don't have time for such SHENANIGANS... but apparently enough time to still guess them

lol @ somniphobia