I took an IQ test to explain what's wrong with them
13M views · Aug 3, 2023 · Education
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@jeremielebrun3637 · 4 months ago
I have an app on my phone where you have to put the right color in the right bottle, and it says my IQ is higher than Einstein's. <br>I find it very accurate.
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@mahirnagersheth · 3 years ago
I just took an IQ test and I am SO happy...<br> <br>Thank God it came back negative!
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@borisloginov2747 · 4 months ago
The main test of one's IQ in these on-line 'free' tests is when they ask for your credit card.
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@chi6168 · 5 months ago
It’s weird that everyone who said they have taken IQ test have “above-average” IQ
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@realDonaldMcElvy · 3 years ago
I had an IQ of 123 when I was a teenager. I call it the Henry Ford Intelligence Test, because it only measures you like a factory worker.
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@tipsbunker4431 · 3 years ago
When I was 8 years old my primary school teacher was convinced that I was gifted because I was always the first to finish a test and because I often seemed to get bored in class. One day I was taken out of class to take an IQ test for this reason. I have no memories of the test itself and no one ever told ma what the conclusion was. Around the age of 15 it also became clear that I had ADHD, despite this I was still holding up in school and I started taking medication. I am now 19 years old and a few months ago my parents told me that I had scored below average on this IQ test in primary school. The primary school psychologist (that had tested me) had told my parents that I would certainly not be able to go to university. My interest in science grew as I got older and when I asked my math teacher last year if I would be capable of studying engineering he said I definitely was. I have now completed my first year at the university.<br>I am convinced that such IQ tests do not tell the full story at all. I had concentration problems and when I was 8 in primary school I had no idea what kind of test I was even taking.<br><br>Don't let some number distract you from your goals!
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@zorphorias1523 · 3 years ago
Given how most schools are run, I feel like using IQ tests to indicate school success is a lot like saying "If you're good at taking tests, we can determine that you are good at taking tests."
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@xyrzi · 7 months ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkKPsLxgpuY&t=559">9:19</a> me when im trying not to use the same word twice in the same sentence
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@smogy001 · 3 years ago
Cecil: you're smarter than 98.8% of the population<br>Derek: wow😒<br>Cecil: hopefully you're not disappointed<br>Derek: *visibility disappointed*😕
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@tieroberson · 2 years ago (edited)
Back in high school, I took several iq tests and would always score somewhere around the 132 range, so naturally I was walking around like the big brain on campus. Then I grew up and realized I'm dumb as hell, but just a really good test-taker.
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@GussDeBlod · 3 years ago (edited)
I took an IQ test once that had a time limit and there was a clock in the room. I don't like time pressure so I panicked and ended up with a not too bad but still very depressing score. They made me take another test and told me it wasn't timed, I did way better, was proud of myself. They actually lied to me, it was timed, but by not telling me I just got a way better score and still finished in time. So many factors as to why someone would get a bad or good result in a test.
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@rumlia · 3 days ago
Correlation is not Causation. Russel Ackoff submitted a paper in the 1900s suggesting a strong correlation between tobacco smoking going up and reduction in cases of cholera. The paper was not accepted because it was considered "facetious"!
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