I picked the grape 'cause it doesn't grow on a tree... also the banana is a nut...
guess it's open to interpretation... 133 -- Fact Curator will s. isaac dealey wrote: >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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
