[occalmnab]

Absolutely, those people get right up my nose...

[Bemapayople]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
For my current job (programming) I sat a logical deduction test, which instead of word & number puzzles described a scenario and then asked questions about what could be logically deduced from the facts, and what could not. The test catches out people who let prejudice get in front of the facts, and people doing well on the test tend to be good at programming, where dumb assumptions are no good, but cold hard analysis is essential.

I felt the test was far more appropriate for applying logic to real-world problems than the usual magazine-type puzzles that fraudulently claim to have a full definition and measure of intelligence. And any good IQ test should have sections like that - what can be deduced, what can't, that kind of analysis. Other puzzles test different things, which is why a range of tasks is needed.

[Ijkavylo]

Look at Mobius' mensa remark. Does that answer all questions? I think so.

[valiumnopresc]

I wouldn't count on it. I think there are a few people here with 163+ IQs from proper tests. Although that doesn't necessarily say much.

Also, aren't there a few people here with/doing PhDs too? Poly is a pretty high achieving group.

[Brewpralgar]

Kitty is very shmart.

[jhfkgkfdvjk]

Originally posted by TCO
Kitty is very shmart. Thank you.

[hauptdaunnila]

On the other hand, I also got some codeine out of it. Now where's my whisky...

[soitlyobserty]

I don't tend to cavities. Only had two in my life (one with filling that just fell out and one in a wisdom tooth half buried under gums)

Plus I should have dental for the rest of my life now (just got on sugar-momma's plan, and any posdoc or faculty position comes with that stuff).

[iioijjjkkojhbb]

IQ-Tests are a good measure of the ability to solve IQ-Tests