posted on Apr, 9 2011 @ 02:53 AM
reply to post by ISRAELdid911
There are a lot of interesting things about intelligence and IQ tests to me so I "had" to take your test. I went into the test hesitant because my
brain feels pretty fried from staying up till 3AM. I none the less managed to score a 107. Last time I took an IQ test I scored highly but I also felt
better.
I take an intelligence test something like once every two years (for random reasons like this thread), and find that my intelligence still goes up
over time, even though I'm past 25 years old. I'm someone who likes to learn. My IQ is now >120 when I'm not tired and annoyed, which I know because I
just happened to take an IQ test recently besides the one you specifically gave me. It also had a time limit but I was able to get through the whole
thing without running out of steam, unlike this one where I simply stopped answering about half way due to running out of mental energy.
But its not so bad if someone's IQ is 90 because for many people that is enough to fill all of their goals in life. Intelligence is something that
changes to a degree to suit people's goals and interests. For example, my current interests mean I'm going to score highly on the questions that have
me folding various shapes cut out on paper in my head, but not so high on verbal areas. However, I'll be to a point soon where I think I'll be
developing my verbal intelligence and losing a bit of visual intelligence in the transition. So, I predict I'll score lower on visual IQ questions but
higher on verbal IQ questions if I take another test next year.
IQ tests need to be tailored to people's goals in order to be most effective. Intelligence is all about goals. People are all about goals. Life is all
about goals. So IQ tests need to ask questions about a person's personal goals before the beginning of the test, and ask questions based upon those
goals. They can then offer suggestions at the end on how to increase their intelligence in a useful way at the end of the quiz. Then IQ tests would
actually have a point, whereas they really don't have much of a point today.
Your typical brainwashed perpetual TV watcher has something like 10 trillion brain cells and perhaps 100 trillion neuron connections to work with. So
yes, they can actually be smart if they so value that and gain a bit of self-confidence.
EDIT - You made a mistake in that you should have asked for volunteers to participate in an online test WITHOUT telling them what the test was about.
People who both dumb and ashamed of being dumb (despite there not really being any shame in it) are not going to want to take an IQ test and then tell
the world just how dumb they are! And then you should have had them PM you the results which you then post as a thread.
Then there are also going to be people who are disappointed with their results and not in the mood to tell the world about it. So, your results are
going to be biased to the high end.
edit on 9-4-2011 by civilchallenger because: (no reason given)