Ironically, I got a message from this company yesterday. I took the test a long time ago (don't remember what I scored), but the email said that I was one of their "top scorers" and I could now get my 15 page report for free (for a limited time!). I didn't bother and deleted the message.
-d ----- Original Message ----- From: "s. isaac dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:48 PM Subject: RE: RE: procratinating > Each question is obviously about 3 pts... give or take... it may use a gradient scale so they may not all be worth the same number of points, but there weren't 140 questions, so... But then it's a fundamental problem with the concept of IQ and IQ tests/testing in general. It's comparing a collection of specific skills (those used in certain types of games) which have little or nothing to do with one another and trying to compare them on the same scale so they can cram them all into a single number that in the strictest sense has no meaning... > > Not to mention... > > Which of these 5 doesn't belong: coconut, grape, banana, apple, pear ... So is it the grape for its size, the banana for not being roundish or the coconut for being a nut? ... And how in the world does this have anything to do with measuring intelligence? It's a matter of subjective interpretation. > > Neil Postman did a good job of dissecting the IQ testing industry in the book Technopoly also... He sites leaders in the IQ testing industry stating publicly that they don't know what IQ tests measure, how they determine values, what those values mean, or how they can be applied to things outside the IQ test. In other words: "we don't know, we just work here". Must be nice tho, to get paid to pull pseudorandom numbers out of your... > > Original Message ----------------------- > I dunno. I got a 138, so clearly it's calibrated properly. :-) > > I think I'd have done better if I'd really worked at it, but I'm sleepy > after lunch. :-\ > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Andre Turrettini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 2:27 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: RE: procratinating > : > : > : hey!! same score here. I think its cheating. > : DRE > : > : > -----Original Message----- > : > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:41 AM > : > To: CF-Community > : > Subject: RE: procratinating > : > > : > > : > Exact same score. > : > > : > Pity it lies about it being accurate (none are, particularly > : > ones this short), and doesn't tell you what scale it's using. > : > > : > > -----Original Message----- > : > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : > > Sent: 16 July 2003 16:59 > : > > To: CF-Community > : > > Subject: procratinating > : > > > : > > > : > > http://www.emode.com/tests/uiq/ > : > > > : > > 131 precision processor. Before coffee. > : > > (wanders off to find some) > : > > > : > > Dana > : > > > : > > But I don't make films > : > > But if I did they'd have a samurai - Bare Naked Ladies > : > > > : > > : > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
