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Mensa tests are actually very easy for people trained and practised in the tests, and aren't really an accurate measure of much at all.
Originally posted by Gazrok
Mensa tests are actually very easy for people trained and practised in the tests, and aren't really an accurate measure of much at all.
This is extremely true. As a hobby, I do puzzles, etc. similar to that on these IQ tests. Because of this, I routinely score insanely high on these (I'd tell you, but you'd think I was a liar). Suffice to say, I know I'm not THAT smart. I consider myself intelligent, but I'm no Doogie Howser....or genius....
I should point out, that most of the time, most of us don't slam grammar mistakes (as many of our posters use English as a second language). However, if you are trying to recruit "intellectuals"...use the edit function, as when you have like 4 mispellings in the first sentence alone...it doesn't help much.... There is no need for such recruitment though, as your purpose is the general purpose of this entire board....
Originally posted by resentedhalo
Im not actual trying to recruit smart people, just want to have a gathering to share idea's and theories etc, I think everyone should check out my propultion poll in the sci and tech area. Also i dont particulary beleive that grammar and minor spelling errors really matter on the internet, its not like were writing a thesis.
Originally posted by David
Originally posted by Gazrok
Mensa tests are actually very easy for people trained and practised in the tests, and aren't really an accurate measure of much at all.
I used to do those too gazrok, when i sat my mensa test i got a 164...that was aged 10.
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
164 that is way up there brother! And to think I had the audacity to feel proud of mine. Excuse Me.
tut tut
Each good test will tell you exactly what it's measuring
Originally posted by johnb
OK agreed this was not a full IQ test and I did not send �9.99 to get a fuller reading.
However what is intelligence
Oxford Paperback Dictionary
intelligence
/n"teld()ns/ noun 1 intellect; quickness of understanding. 2 collecting of information, esp. secretly for military or political purposes. 3 people employed in this. 4 information collected. intelligence quotient number denoting ratio of person's intelligence to the average.
�1ability, acumen, alertness, astuteness, brainpower, brains, brightness, brilliance, capacity, cleverness, discernment, genius, colloquial grey matter, insight, intellect, judgement, keenness, mind, colloquial nous, perceptiveness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, quickness, reason, sagacity, sense, sharpness, shrewdness, understanding, wisdom, wit, wits. 2,3espionage, secret service, spying. 4data, facts, information, knowledge, colloquial low-down, news, notification, report, warning.
Surely an IQ test does not actually test all of the above and is just an indication of certain types of intelligence.