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Sent this to my friends flexing a "top 65%" score. The site didn't make it clear that's not a good thing. (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/crappydesign@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 25 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Is this a humiliation kink thing? I can get how you'd mistake "top 65%" as a good thing and send it to your friends (not because it's confusing, but because you're in the top 65%). But then you post your low IQ to multiple communities while making it clear you didn't understand the results page.

I'd be embarrassed just admitting I took an online IQ test.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    There is no such thing as an intelligence quotient test, the premise is flawed. They are logic tests, and if you practice logic tests you will get a higher score, despite not being more intelligent than previous you that didn't practice those tests.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Facts. I'm ND and will generally score well above average on these types of tests, depending on the method, yet I have areas that I'm only capable of if I have consistent practice and coaching. The first week without, and I'm unlikely to solve the most basic of problems in that area. Additionally, I think these tests are harmful for anyone who scores outside the norm, as it will essentially place them in a box of expectations harmful to their individual growth.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    This is what people dont get. Of course there is a limit how much you can improve in a short time (due to limits of what learned before), but i bet that if focusing on improving skills related to these tests over a very long time pepple could improve even more. But why let a pointless test dictate what you do with your life or what skills to improve. Let slop solve it!

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    It's the same thing with the test to get into law school, they've to take a bunch of logic tests, I perused one briefly and it was basically a much bigger version of the Original IQ test I took online a long time ago. People that take the law school test practice obsessively to pass it.

    On the original IQ test, one question was a jumble, a game that is easier if you do them regularly, just as a sudoku is. The entire premise is flawed in other areas as well, there are different types of intelligence, even if these tests did measure it accurately, which they don't.

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