That's actually one reason that they've got several tests in several styles.
I'm not sure that any of the them are "good" in the sense that they really
measure intelligence in an unbiased way, but you can easily tell that they
don't all measure it in the same way simply because you can get widely
varying scores across the tests.
In the end "IQ" isn't a real measure of your "intelligence" rather it's a
measure of your ability to take that test. I suppose when you get right
down to it people have decided to compare themselves on much worse criteria
(pissing contest, anybody?) ;^)
Jim Davis
From: Chris Kavanagh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 1:58 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Exactly *how* smart are we?
> I follow most of these discussions on CF, and it's obvious there are
> some extremely intelligent people here. I'd like to invite everyone
> to visit the International High IQ Society Website...
I've always been a little sceptical when people suggest a subject so
complex and diverse as human intelligence can be boiled down to one
number. The verbal intelligence test, for instance: how does knowing
who Voltaire was measure one's intellect in any way? (Just in case
y'all think this is sour grapes, I scored 138.)
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