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Originally posted by LadyV
LOL...yep that's me a "profound" genius! Come on people...some of you here know me a bit......"me" a Profound Genius!? I'm 50 years old, I front a rock band, shun organized religion, a bit on the "out there" side of things......I just don't go for the whole silly "mensa" thing! A label to make some feel good or something, better than others
Originally posted by LadyV
I was tested in high school...maybe 70..and again in the late 80s why?
and I have taken some of those silly internet tests.
[edit on 3/30/2005 by LadyV]
Originally posted by LadyV
and I have taken some of those silly internet tests.
[edit on 3/30/2005 by LadyV]
Originally posted by LadyV
LOL...yep that's me a "profound" genius! Come on people...some of you here know me a bit......"me" a Profound Genius!? I'm 50 years old, I front a rock band, shun organized religion, a bit on the "out there" side of things......I just don't go for the whole silly "mensa" thing! A label to make some feel good or something, better than others
Originally posted by Byrd
Compare US with other women our age!
Originally posted by Byrd
Originally posted by LadyV
LOL...yep that's me a "profound" genius! Come on people...some of you here know me a bit......"me" a Profound Genius!? I'm 50 years old, I front a rock band, shun organized religion, a bit on the "out there" side of things......I just don't go for the whole silly "mensa" thing! A label to make some feel good or something, better than others
...which actually would suggest that you really are of genius level IQ.
I've noticed that those in this IQ range have certain characteristics -- one of them is that they have multiple odd talents that they can practice at a professional or near-professional level. They also assimilate information quickly.
Compare US with other women our age! While I do like many of the women I work and worked with, I just can't imagine many of them being able to discuss the aerodynamics of hypothetical space vehicles, space-time continuum, the possibility of cryptozooids and what sort of environmental range it would take to sustain a breeding population and so forth. On the other hand, you can get about 2 mintues' worth of discussion out of me on home decorating and curtains and that's it. And for a long time, my discussion of cooking and recipes was limited to "Hey, there's this new little restaurant that just opened over in...."
Originally posted by LiquidationOfDiscrepancy
Why can't I find more attractive ladies like you and LadyV in my school?
I'd go CRAZY if I found a beautiful young lady that would love to TALK to me about the things you mentioned! Good gosh.. I wouldn't know where
to begin... maybe with wormholes, or parallel universes!
Originally posted by JamesBlonde
Originally posted by LiquidationOfDiscrepancy
Why can't I find more attractive ladies like you and LadyV in my school?
I'd go CRAZY if I found a beautiful young lady that would love to TALK to me about the things you mentioned! Good gosh.. I wouldn't know where
to begin... maybe with wormholes, or parallel universes!
Hey, If you do find one clone her off for me would you!
Originally posted by LiquidationOfDiscrepancy
Einstein even said "It’s not that I am smarter than everyone else, it’s just that I stay on a problem longer."
Originally posted by ThunderCloud
Originally posted by LiquidationOfDiscrepancy
Einstein even said "It’s not that I am smarter than everyone else, it’s just that I stay on a problem longer."
Unfortunately, that's what I think is wrong with all the tests at this guy's website. They are all well designed, but the time limit shouldn't be there. A very intelligent person will be able to answer every question on the test correctly, if given enough time. And, on the other hand, a sufficiently mentally challenged person would not be able to answer most questions correctly, no matter how much time they're given.
Most IQ tests, as well as other academic tests (SAT, ACT, GRE, etc.) measure a person's ability to recognize patterns, solve logic problems, and classify objects. Also, they measure a person's mental speed, by timing the tests. But, what if a person is a genius at pattern recognition, but not as mentally speedy as others? What if a person is a genius at solving logic problems, but lacking in object classification? How do you decide who's more intelligent then? (To say nothing of other talents, like music, art, athleticism, etc.)
To use a classic analogy, think of your brain as a computer -- your brain has its own CPU (with its own number of transistors [neurons], and processing speed), hard drive, RAM, and operating system. An IQ test attempts to measure how powerful the CPU is, and ignores everything else...
[edit on 3/30/2005 by ThunderCloud]