I thought what distinguished fruits from nuts was that the nut is just the seed by itself whereas the fruit is pulp which contains seeds (like the banana). And the difference between fruits and vegetables being that fruits grow on trees or vines while vegetables grow on stalks or otherwise straight out of (or under) the ground. At least that was what I'd always thought was the naming scheme for them...
Original Message ----------------------- 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
