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Posted by Jason M. on December 01, 2001 at 15:33:40:

In Reply to: Re: Also... posted by pork on December 01, 2001 at 13:43:14:

: As for me, I've never considered myself especially bright. It's a major self-esteem issue with me, moreover. So, I'm persistent and bloody-minded (albeit slow), that's all. Maybe it's a little-known secret that people who actually take the time to practice at these g-tests (especially the SAT, I suppose), and willingly submit themselves to their rather silly premises, are the ones who often score highest. Personality types that think too much and act too little (Fives, INTx's, etc.) might be better primed for such quizzing, too, based on their habitual attention style.

Yeah, I know all about this. There was a period when I had to take every IQ test I could find just to "win." I now look at myself and laugh at what insecurity I had, and how foolish I was. Don't fall into the same trap of trying to prove to yourself that you're "worthy" or "competent." I finally came to the realization that IQ is not everything that people make it out to be. There really isn't much consistency in what can be defined as IQ, and most measures lack true accuracy, or do not measure the type of thinking that I would consider to be brilliant. I think now that I am better off by trying to expand my horizons, instead of just proving myself on narrow tests. Your statements imply that you are above all of this, but, on the other hand, you seem to be addicted like I was.

: Here's another one for Cory: Just scored 162 on "intelligencetest.com". And it's also "normed" from a large sample basis. Ha!

: Yet, there are two curious things about this one. First, the norm was set at 118, not 100, upon the (mis?)apprehension that people who are clever enough to know how to turn on a computer and log onto the Internet are a notch above the sigma +1 range.

I think their premise is that anyone who will hit the "score" button will do so without fear of being embarassed. Thus, most of the left hand side of the curve should drop down, causing the mean score to be higher.

Jason M.

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: : As for me, I've never considered myself especially bright. It's a major self-esteem issue with me, moreover. So, I'm persistent and bloody-minded (albeit slow), that's all. Maybe it's a little-known secret that people who actually take the time to practice at these g-tests (especially the SAT, I suppose), and willingly submit themselves to their rather silly premises, are the ones who often score highest. Personality types that think too much and act too little (Fives, INTx's, etc.) might be better primed for such quizzing, too, based on their habitual attention style. : Yeah, I know all about this. There was a period when I had to take every IQ test I could find just to "win." I now look at myself and laugh at what insecurity I had, and how foolish I was. Don't fall into the same trap of trying to prove to yourself that you're "worthy" or "competent." I finally came to the realization that IQ is not everything that people make it out to be. There really isn't much consistency in what can be defined as IQ, and most measures lack true accuracy, or do not measure the type of thinking that I would consider to be brilliant. I think now that I am better off by trying to expand my horizons, instead of just proving myself on narrow tests. Your statements imply that you are above all of this, but, on the other hand, you seem to be addicted like I was. : : Here's another one for Cory: Just scored 162 on "intelligencetest.com". And it's also "normed" from a large sample basis. Ha! : : Yet, there are two curious things about this one. First, the norm was set at 118, not 100, upon the (mis?)apprehension that people who are clever enough to know how to turn on a computer and log onto the Internet are a notch above the sigma +1 range. : I think their premise is that anyone who will hit the "score" button will do so without fear of being embarassed. Thus, most of the left hand side of the curve should drop down, causing the mean score to be higher. : Jason M.

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