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Junkard · 31-35, M
@Faerylight: That is true, yet it is nothing special either haha. Thanks for the confidence in me :) That is true and I'm starting to understand that better. It's not quite worrying about what others think, but rather the result that could stem from that, like denial of chances, as has happened to me more than once.
Serenitree · F
IQ tests, especially online tests that use very few questions and only academic skills really are worthless. I myself feel that I am barely average but there are things I do excel in. I took the test online. There were about a hundred questions and my end score was 138. There is no way, my real IQ would be that high. But I'm a person who likes quizzes so I do lots. My real IQ would likely be between 110 and 115, no more than that.
I say go with your strengths and forget standard iq tests. Just get the most you can out of life.
June 2/17
7:46 pm
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I say go with your strengths and forget standard iq tests. Just get the most you can out of life.
June 2/17
7:46 pm
EDT
Serenitree · F
@Junkard: yup. There was an article in the paper several years back that showed that inner city kids had much lower IQs than suburban kids. They tended to fail miserably. Until some inner city school teacher changed all the questions so that the inner city kids would know what was being asked. They had seriously high IQs. The suburban kids failed miserably, because they didn't understand the questions.
Don't ask me how they differed, because it was more than 20 years ago, and I don't recall.
June 2/17
7:54 pm
EDT
Don't ask me how they differed, because it was more than 20 years ago, and I don't recall.
June 2/17
7:54 pm
EDT
Junkard · 31-35, M
@Serenitree: That does make sense, tailor the questions to a certain audience, of course they'll score better.
I truly only believe in IQ tests when they use questions that do not require prior knowledge, except when testing lingual skills since that can't be tested without at least some knowledge and/or feeling. Of course, offline tests are the only ones suited to use properly.
I truly only believe in IQ tests when they use questions that do not require prior knowledge, except when testing lingual skills since that can't be tested without at least some knowledge and/or feeling. Of course, offline tests are the only ones suited to use properly.
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Junkard · 31-35, M
@dannys925: I see, thanks for the confidence boost, much appreciated! I do play video games, but in this case it's a good thing since it's going to be 'game development' hahaha :D
dannys925 · 26-30, M
@Junkard: Lol, big field to get into, grab the "brass ring"--do it before someone else does.
Junkard · 31-35, M
@dannys925: True, it's incredibly popular, with good reason.