I've been kinda disturbed by the mass of people claiming that they are smart because of a stupid test score. Sure, if IQ could really determine how successful you could become, then I really do have no qualms. Thing is- it doesn't. A high IQ can actually undermine income, and I have the statistics to prove it.
(Half Sigma: High IQ may cause LOWER income)
Furthermore, how the fuck does a stupid test on vocabulary and patterns and math have anything to do with intelligence? The inconsistency of the test is so bad its hilarious. There was a time I got 93 on an IQ test in grade school, and I was assigned to an ESL class ( I was an asian immigrant). In middle school however, I had received a score of 125 and was assigned to a gifted class. How the FUCK can you rely on an IQ test that differs by a score of 30 points?
(Btw, I flunked the gifted glass, lol. I spent too much time playing maplestory and I sucked at math.)
We haven't even defined intelligence yet, and how to measure it. The way I see it, IQ can be improved by education. Come on? Math questions? With the proper knowledge, anyone can score well on an IQ test. Patterns? What the hell does that have to do with intelligence? Yeah, I see patterns. That so helped me to build a gun, put an end to the archaic period, and shoot people. Yeah, seeing patterns is sooo important.
Linguistic intelligence? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Good debating skills? Jokes? If that's the case, how the hell did I get a below average score in that if I won the debating competition last year?
(I seriously need a roll eyes or face-palm smiley right now)
And besides that, a 15 IQ score unreliability is a HUGE amount of points. Yeah, it's accurate in the range of 15 points. Yeah, accurate my ass.
So far, we have no correlation between income and IQ, and proven unreliability. What's next? It seems that the person with the highest IQ in the world go a simple geometric problem wrong (facepalm smiley here).
And it still hasn't explained how my friend, who does absolutely no work gets A's (he's pays attention though, while I go ADD) in a SUMMA program with no home-schooling flunked an IQ test. When questioned, the psychologist said that he probably worked harder than other students and I rolled my eyes so hard it hurt.
Yeah, if working hard means playing counterstrike for 10+ hours, he sure does work hard.
So far, I think that IQ is bullshit and a way to increased ego- and lower self-esteem (note: ego is an exaggerated version of self-esteem, while self-esteem is actually healthy)
Way to go, the-guy-who-created-this-fucking-system.
(Half Sigma: High IQ may cause LOWER income)
Furthermore, how the fuck does a stupid test on vocabulary and patterns and math have anything to do with intelligence? The inconsistency of the test is so bad its hilarious. There was a time I got 93 on an IQ test in grade school, and I was assigned to an ESL class ( I was an asian immigrant). In middle school however, I had received a score of 125 and was assigned to a gifted class. How the FUCK can you rely on an IQ test that differs by a score of 30 points?
(Btw, I flunked the gifted glass, lol. I spent too much time playing maplestory and I sucked at math.)
We haven't even defined intelligence yet, and how to measure it. The way I see it, IQ can be improved by education. Come on? Math questions? With the proper knowledge, anyone can score well on an IQ test. Patterns? What the hell does that have to do with intelligence? Yeah, I see patterns. That so helped me to build a gun, put an end to the archaic period, and shoot people. Yeah, seeing patterns is sooo important.
Linguistic intelligence? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Good debating skills? Jokes? If that's the case, how the hell did I get a below average score in that if I won the debating competition last year?
(I seriously need a roll eyes or face-palm smiley right now)
And besides that, a 15 IQ score unreliability is a HUGE amount of points. Yeah, it's accurate in the range of 15 points. Yeah, accurate my ass.
So far, we have no correlation between income and IQ, and proven unreliability. What's next? It seems that the person with the highest IQ in the world go a simple geometric problem wrong (facepalm smiley here).
And it still hasn't explained how my friend, who does absolutely no work gets A's (he's pays attention though, while I go ADD) in a SUMMA program with no home-schooling flunked an IQ test. When questioned, the psychologist said that he probably worked harder than other students and I rolled my eyes so hard it hurt.
Yeah, if working hard means playing counterstrike for 10+ hours, he sure does work hard.
So far, I think that IQ is bullshit and a way to increased ego- and lower self-esteem (note: ego is an exaggerated version of self-esteem, while self-esteem is actually healthy)
Way to go, the-guy-who-created-this-fucking-system.