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Posted by pork on November 30, 2001 at 20:04:41:

In Reply to: Three comments posted by Cory on November 30, 2001 at 16:43:48:

: 2) I don't think it's possible to be an Extraverted Five since the essence of a Five is introversion.

Everybody has their own interpretation of the system. I've heard just about every idiosyncratic idea for a type-related "rule" that you could think of. Some of them make sense on their *own* terms, but don't be astonished if you find real people don't fit them. Yet, as bad as it would be to respond with astonishment, it would be worse to respond with denial and dismissal in the flavor of "I'm-a-young-bourgeois-kid-in-my-little-paper-cup-yet-I-know-everything."

: You may have Five-like qualities. Perhaps you are an intelligent Seven?

Is this a game to you? Telling people what type they are "perhaps" when you've only read a little bit about them? That's the nadir of shallowness, my friend.

: 3) 157 IQ? Sorry, that online European IQ test doesn't count.

The European IQ test been defunct for years. Do you mean the "Culture-Fair IQ Test" on queendom.com? I got about the same score on that one as I have on most other such "tests."

Culture-Fair Test: 162
TheSpark.com: 160 (deja vu? ;)
IQTest.com: 161
Some other 60-item test: 160+

: But seriously, do you realize how RARE that is? What IQ test did you take?

One with a fairly mid-to-high ceiling, obviously. :) Actually, high "ratio" IQs are rarer in theory than they are in reality. That's why they invented "deviation" IQ's, in which the score is based on standard deviations from a mean of 100 on a normal curve. For instance, if the standard deviation is 16 points, then a score in the 98th percentile would be 132, and a score in the 99.9999th percentile would be 176, etc. The ratio and deviation scores are nearly identical at the mean, then they start diverging. A ratio IQ of 160 translates to a deviation IQ of 150, and a ratio IQ of 230 (now *that's* rare) to a deviation IQ of about 190.

^(oo)^, who loves different people

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Pork, did you take the SAT? JP 08:20:03 12/01/01 (11)
- About the SAT Jason M. 14:51:06 12/01/01 (1)
  - Re: About the SAT Jason M. 14:59:15 12/01/01 (0)
- Ya, and I sucked on it! :) *txt* pork 10:33:53 12/01/01 (8)
  - Here's what happens if you take IQ tests too seriously Mikko 17:41:16 12/01/01 (1)
    - Re: Here's what happens if you take IQ tests too seriously pork 17:50:23 12/01/01 (0)
  - Also... Karen 12:14:32 12/01/01 (4)
    - Re: Also... pork 13:43:14 12/01/01 (3)
      - Yes... Karen 18:00:32 12/01/01 (0)
      - Re: Also... Mikko 17:44:32 12/01/01 (0)
      - IQ tests and more Jason M. 15:33:40 12/01/01 (0)
  - Recentered scores Karen 12:06:29 12/01/01 (0)

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: : 2) I don't think it's possible to be an Extraverted Five since the essence of a Five is introversion. : Everybody has their own interpretation of the system. I've heard just about every idiosyncratic idea for a type-related "rule" that you could think of. Some of them make sense on their *own* terms, but don't be astonished if you find real people don't fit them. Yet, as bad as it would be to respond with astonishment, it would be worse to respond with denial and dismissal in the flavor of "I'm-a-young-bourgeois-kid-in-my-little-paper-cup-yet-I-know-everything." : : You may have Five-like qualities. Perhaps you are an intelligent Seven? : Is this a game to you? Telling people what type they are "perhaps" when you've only read a little bit about them? That's the nadir of shallowness, my friend. : : 3) 157 IQ? Sorry, that online European IQ test doesn't count. : The European IQ test been defunct for years. Do you mean the "Culture-Fair IQ Test" on queendom.com? I got about the same score on that one as I have on most other such "tests." : Culture-Fair Test: 162 : TheSpark.com: 160 (deja vu? ;) : IQTest.com: 161 : Some other 60-item test: 160+ : : But seriously, do you realize how RARE that is? What IQ test did you take? : One with a fairly mid-to-high ceiling, obviously. :) Actually, high "ratio" IQs are rarer in theory than they are in reality. That's why they invented "deviation" IQ's, in which the score is based on standard deviations from a mean of 100 on a normal curve. For instance, if the standard deviation is 16 points, then a score in the 98th percentile would be 132, and a score in the 99.9999th percentile would be 176, etc. The ratio and deviation scores are nearly identical at the mean, then they start diverging. A ratio IQ of 160 translates to a deviation IQ of 150, and a ratio IQ of 230 (now *that's* rare) to a deviation IQ of about 190. : ^(oo)^, who loves different people

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