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Title: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on March 31, 2017, 11:18:09 AM
Just wondering :)
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: deadsirius on March 31, 2017, 11:22:25 AM
> 9000
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Gustoph on March 31, 2017, 11:24:32 AM
Just wondering :)

Are you asking those who believe in the Flat Earth, or everyone?
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on March 31, 2017, 11:37:52 AM
Everyone.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Gustoph on March 31, 2017, 11:50:38 AM
Everyone.

Something tells me self-reported IQs are going to be very questionable here.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Jonny B Smart on March 31, 2017, 12:04:19 PM
This, I think, is the bigger problem: lack of visual-spatial understanding of the Earth.

http://study.com/academy/lesson/visual-intelligence-definition-lesson-quiz.html

This keeps crossing my mind as I see "looks flat to me" arguments over and over again.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on March 31, 2017, 12:20:51 PM
Everyone.

Something tells me self-reported IQs are going to be very questionable here.

Obviously so, yes.
I have made some predictions how I'd expect the result. Will be fun to see how far off my prediction is.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Twerp on March 31, 2017, 01:54:58 PM
Intikams's IQ is 180 (He posts 160 but that's just because he's humble!)

I feel like I am almost as smart so I voted >120.  ;D
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on March 31, 2017, 02:38:44 PM
Intikams's IQ is 180 (He posts 160 but that's just because he's humble!)

I feel like I am almost as smart so I voted >120.  ;D
Well, that's hell of a logic argumentation :D
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: RocksEverywhere on March 31, 2017, 02:43:15 PM
My mom says I'm smart so I picked >120
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on March 31, 2017, 03:08:51 PM
I haven't voted yet or seen the results.

I am going to predict everyone has said >120    ;)

I'll be right back . . .
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on March 31, 2017, 03:18:25 PM
Not what I expected to see.   :D
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: disputeone on March 31, 2017, 04:56:47 PM
> 9000

First post best post.


I'm around 120 - 130 depending on the test (not online we can all get score like inkey after six shots at the same test)

Doesn't help me find my car keys most mornings. Speaking of that, where are my car keys??

Also what's next?

How big is your peni?
Post in inches...
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: gg1gamer on March 31, 2017, 05:00:46 PM
Never taken an IQ test.  I'm just gonna go for <80. Cause reasons.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: MaxPen on March 31, 2017, 06:15:42 PM
I am in the top 2%, of the top 2%, of the top 2%
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Mikey T. on March 31, 2017, 06:30:48 PM
I picked what I feel, I do not trust those IQ tests I have taken in the past.  so <80 for me.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on March 31, 2017, 11:19:27 PM
> 9000

First post best post.



First liar doesn't stand a chance.

> 9001     ;D
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: rabinoz on March 31, 2017, 11:32:21 PM
> 9000
First post best post.
First liar doesn't stand a chance.
> 9001     ;D
What sort of questions are asked in the IQ test fot a Bull moose?
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on March 31, 2017, 11:46:24 PM
> 9000
First post best post.
First liar doesn't stand a chance.
> 9001     ;D
What sort of questions are asked in the IQ test for a Bull moose?


Basic stuff like, if you see a dude in camo with a bright orange vest, what do you do?

(the high I.Q. answer is . . . get the fuck out of there!)
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Twerp on March 31, 2017, 11:54:25 PM
> 9000
First post best post.
First liar doesn't stand a chance.
> 9001     ;D
What sort of questions are asked in the IQ test for a Bull moose?


Basic stuff like, if you see a dude in camo with a bright orange vest, what do you do?

(the high I.Q. answer is . . . get the fuck out of there!)


You see a very attractive cow Moose. It seem like she's interested in you. But you see a big tough bull Moose approaching with obvious intentions of claiming the cow for himself. What's the high I.Q. response to that?
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 12:06:40 AM
> 9000
First post best post.
First liar doesn't stand a chance.
> 9001     ;D
What sort of questions are asked in the IQ test for a Bull moose?


Basic stuff like, if you see a dude in camo with a bright orange vest, what do you do?

(the high I.Q. answer is . . . get the fuck out of there!)


You see a very attractive cow Moose. It seem like she's interested in you. But you see a big tough bull Moose approaching with obvious intentions of claiming the cow for himself. What's the high I.Q. response to that?

Take off the orange vest and shoot him.

I'm not your average Moose.   ;)

Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: sceptimatic on April 01, 2017, 12:11:24 AM
The debate should be what constitutes intelligence?

An IQ is just an intelligence quotient. It's a mixture of all mental segments of a test.
This doesn't set anyone out as being more intelligent than others,  it more than likely sets out that some people have a different set pattern to how they work through life and how quick they are, mentally, to solve conundrums.

Is a person who takes 10 minutes to solve a conundrum any more intelligent than a person who takes 1 minute?
Fast leaner or fast solver. Slow learner or slow solver.
Fast runner or slow runner?

What about a person who scores 140 against a person who scores 80 and yet the person who scores 80 actually answered all the questions on one particular set, accurately against the 140 person who struggled?

IQ tests are pressure tests and have no real bearing on the ability of a person to function properly in life any less than another.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 12:20:21 AM

Is a person who takes 10 minutes to solve a conundrum any more intelligent than a person who takes 1 minute?



Yes. That's the whole thing in a nutshell.


Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Twerp on April 01, 2017, 12:24:42 AM
The debate should be what constitutes intelligence?

An IQ is just an intelligence quotient. It's a mixture of all mental segments of a test.
This doesn't set anyone out as being more intelligent than others,  it more than likely sets out that some people have a different set pattern to how they work through life and how quick they are, mentally, to solve conundrums.

Is a person who takes 10 minutes to solve a conundrum any more intelligent than a person who takes 1 minute?
Fast leaner or fast solver. Slow learner or slow solver.
Fast runner or slow runner?

What about a person who scores 140 against a person who scores 80 and yet the person who scores 80 actually answered all the questions on one particular set, accurately against the 140 person who struggled?

IQ tests are pressure tests and have no real bearing on the ability of a person to function properly in life any less than another.

Intelligence is almost impossible to quantify. I know people who didn't do well in school but they can listen to an engine for a minute and know what's wrong with it. Or tame a horse or manage cattle. Or make a garden grow. Conversely I know others who got straight As but they wouldn't have a clue how to change their oil or even pound a nail properly. Often when someone is a genius in one area, he is somewhat weak in other areas. I suppose that's the trade-off. You can be well rounded, fairly good in all areas but not exceptional. If you are exceptionally strong in some area, you're probably exceptionally weak in another area.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: sceptimatic on April 01, 2017, 12:27:50 AM
The debate should be what constitutes intelligence?

An IQ is just an intelligence quotient. It's a mixture of all mental segments of a test.
This doesn't set anyone out as being more intelligent than others,  it more than likely sets out that some people have a different set pattern to how they work through life and how quick they are, mentally, to solve conundrums.

Is a person who takes 10 minutes to solve a conundrum any more intelligent than a person who takes 1 minute?
Fast leaner or fast solver. Slow learner or slow solver.
Fast runner or slow runner?

What about a person who scores 140 against a person who scores 80 and yet the person who scores 80 actually answered all the questions on one particular set, accurately against the 140 person who struggled?

IQ tests are pressure tests and have no real bearing on the ability of a person to function properly in life any less than another.

Intelligence is almost impossible to quantify. I know people who didn't do well in school but they can listen to an engine for a minute and know what's wrong with it. Or tame a horse or manage cattle. Or make a garden grow. Conversely I know others who got straight As but they wouldn't have a clue how to change their oil or even pound a nail properly. Often when someone is a genius in one area, he is somewhat weak in other areas. I suppose that's the trade-off. You can be well rounded, fairly good in all areas but not exceptional. If you are exceptionally strong in some area, you're probably exceptionally weak in another area.
Exactly.
Tests like this are designed more as an upmarket type categorization of classes rather than any real attempt to have any bearing on real intelligence.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 12:36:42 AM
When the test is administered in person by an actual doctor of psychology, it has some actual meaning. In context.

Internet questionnaires are a joke.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on April 01, 2017, 02:23:57 AM
If you are exceptionally strong in some area, you're probably exceptionally weak in another area.
That might be true sometimes, but sure not always.
I know e.g. a guy that scores good grades at an elite university, has a good social life (and a girlfriend), is a pretty good musician that plays the violin in a university orchestra and actually is really good at a lot of sports, too.

On the other hand there are people that aren't exceptionally strong in any area but still are exceptionally weak in others.

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IQ tests are pressure tests and have no real bearing on the ability of a person to function properly in life any less than another.
That is not true.
There are certain university subjects where it is necessary to pass some sort of IQ-test to attend; BECAUSE they DO mean something (even if it's just the correlation between the grades you'll achieve and the score you get).
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 02:29:49 AM
Curious that some are afraid, or dismissive, of I.Q. tests
and some understand what they actually measure.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Twerp on April 01, 2017, 02:38:08 AM
If you are exceptionally strong in some area, you're probably exceptionally weak in another area.
That might be true sometimes, but sure not always.

Absolutely. That was only a suggestion as to how things may be in general. Maybe it doesn't even hold true at all. ATM it kind of seems to me like that's the way it is in general.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 02:45:08 AM

An IQ is just an intelligence quotient. It's a mixture of all mental segments of a test.
This doesn't set anyone out as being more intelligent than others,  it more than likely sets out that some people have a different set pattern to how they work through life and how quick they are, mentally, to solve conundrums.


Right?    ::)

Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Twerp on April 01, 2017, 02:47:06 AM
Curious that some are afraid, or dismissive, of I.Q. tests
and some understand what they actually measure.

I certainly agree that IQ tests are measuring something and in some cases (ie. certain courses or occupations) that something is very important.

I just think intelligence is hard to define and I don't think an IQ test is broad enough to really qualify as a measure of intelligence.

Another thing is how we learn. I don't know if he took IQ tests but my tutor was considered kind of slow all through elementary and high school. When he got out of school he took a couple of years and studied on his own using a different approach that worked better for him. The man's a quasi genius. He just has to approach problems in a less conventional way.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 02:52:21 AM
Something costs $100

10% off is $90

If you but two
You save 20%

True or False?

Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Twerp on April 01, 2017, 02:54:30 AM
Something costs $100

10% off is $90

If you but two
You save 20%

True or False?

You save $20 on  $200 worth of merchandise.

The answer is false.

(If it was true I could buy 10 items and save 100%)
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 03:35:56 AM
Something costs $100

10% off is $90

If you but two
You save 20%

True or False?

You save $20 on  $200 worth of merchandise.

The answer is false.

(If it was true I could buy 10 items and save 100%)


I am sure you would not be surprised how many get that wrong.


(they pay 23% on credit cards.)

Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: gotham on April 01, 2017, 03:38:24 AM
votde
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 03:48:22 AM
votde

Soooo, I'm a dumb Moose. I Googled . . .  VOTDE


Quote
My sister just said she'd give me a tenner to have my eyebrow pierced because I'm too chavy. #VotDe (https://twitter.com/hashtag/VotDe?src=hash)

Oh, I hope 'tenner' is a ten spot and not a sex act.


Should I have searched 'chavy' instead?

(damnit, gonna go search 'chavy', it better be worth it.  ;) )
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Kami on April 01, 2017, 03:49:54 AM
Something costs $100

10% off is $90

If you but two
You save 20%

True or False?

You save $20 on  $200 worth of merchandise.

The answer is false.

(If it was true I could buy 10 items and save 100%)


I am sure you would not be surprised how many get that wrong.


(they pay 23% on credit cards.)
Actually when you buy something that is 10% off you do not save 10%, you spend 90%.  :P
Something my sister struggles to understand.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on April 01, 2017, 03:52:30 AM
Something costs $100

10% off is $90

If you but two
You save 20%

True or False?
It's true, because if you buy 10 pieces you get one for free so you save 100% on that one "something" :o

Quote
I just think intelligence is hard to define and I don't think an IQ test is broad enough to really qualify as a measure of intelligence.
I agree. But since it is (together with school-grades) the easiest and most common way of measuring intelligence, it does make sense to talk about IQ (and school grades). On the other hand, one should be aware that IQ is not absolute and IQ =/= intelligence.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Twerp on April 01, 2017, 03:58:01 AM
Something costs $100

10% off is $90

If you but two
You save 20%

True or False?

You save $20 on  $200 worth of merchandise.

The answer is false.

(If it was true I could buy 10 items and save 100%)


I am sure you would not be surprised how many get that wrong.


(they pay 23% on credit cards.)
Actually when you buy something that is 10% off you do not save 10%, you spend 90%.  :P
Something my sister struggles to understand.

If you buy one item you save $10. If you buy ten items you save $100. It's pretty obvious what you should do. Saving $100 is better than saving $10.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 04:01:17 AM
Something costs $100

10% off is $90

If you but two
You save 20%

True or False?

You save $20 on  $200 worth of merchandise.

The answer is false.

(If it was true I could buy 10 items and save 100%)


I am sure you would not be surprised how many get that wrong.


(they pay 23% on credit cards.)
Actually when you buy something that is 10% off you do not save 10%, you spend 90%.  :P
Something my sister struggles to understand.


You buy ten and it's all free. 100% off.
10% + 10% +10% ... 100%

Money in the bank. An investment.

(I have a sister like that too.)

Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: rabinoz on April 01, 2017, 04:15:12 AM
The debate should be what constitutes intelligence?

An IQ is just an intelligence quotient. It's a mixture of all mental segments of a test.
This doesn't set anyone out as being more intelligent than others,  it more than likely sets out that some people have a different set pattern to how they work through life and how quick they are, mentally, to solve conundrums.

Is a person who takes 10 minutes to solve a conundrum any more intelligent than a person who takes 1 minute?
Fast learner or fast solver. Slow learner or slow solver.
Fast runner or slow runner?

What about a person who scores 140 against a person who scores 80 and yet the person who scores 80 actually answered all the questions on one particular set, accurately against the 140 person who struggled?

IQ tests are pressure tests and have no real bearing on the ability of a person to function properly in life any less than another.
Put a chalk mark on the wall! I more of less agree,
though I'd prefer not to comment here on the "abilities" of some with self-proclaimed very high IQs.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: sceptimatic on April 01, 2017, 04:15:35 AM
Something costs $100

10% off is $90

If you but two
You save 20%

True or False?

You save $20 on  $200 worth of merchandise.

The answer is false.

(If it was true I could buy 10 items and save 100%)


I am sure you would not be surprised how many get that wrong.


(they pay 23% on credit cards.)
Actually when you buy something that is 10% off you do not save 10%, you spend 90%.  :P
Something my sister struggles to understand.
You spend 100%.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on April 01, 2017, 05:05:46 AM
Something costs $100

10% off is $90

If you but two
You save 20%

True or False?

You save $20 on  $200 worth of merchandise.

The answer is false.

(If it was true I could buy 10 items and save 100%)


I am sure you would not be surprised how many get that wrong.


(they pay 23% on credit cards.)
Actually when you buy something that is 10% off you do not save 10%, you spend 90%.  :P
Something my sister struggles to understand.
You spend 100%.
You spend 100% of what the item costs after reducing the price but only 90% of what you would have spent if you bought the item when it was not on sale. So if you planned to go to the shop to buy that particular item for 100$ an you have already gotten the money, but once in the store you see the 10% discount you have actually saved 10%, no?
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: physical observer on April 01, 2017, 05:12:57 AM
Just wondering :)

How far can you urinate?
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on April 01, 2017, 05:33:43 AM
Just wondering :)

How far can you urinate?

Don't hijack my thread, start a new one.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: physical observer on April 01, 2017, 05:39:01 AM
Just wondering :)

How far can you urinate?

Why, same subject matter!

Don't hijack my thread, start a new one.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on April 01, 2017, 05:42:09 AM
Just wondering :)

How far can you urinate?

Why, same subject matter!

Don't hijack my thread, start a new one.
Two reasons why you should have voted for <80
1) You cannot quote
2) You think "how far can you pee" and "how high is your IQ" is the same subject matter.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 05:47:58 AM
Something costs $100

10% off is $90

If you but two
You save 20%

True or False?

You save $20 on  $200 worth of merchandise.

The answer is false.

(If it was true I could buy 10 items and save 100%)


I am sure you would not be surprised how many get that wrong.


(they pay 23% on credit cards.)
Actually when you buy something that is 10% off you do not save 10%, you spend 90%.  :P
Something my sister struggles to understand.
You spend 100%.
You spend 100% of what the item costs after reducing the price but only 90% of what you would have spent if you bought the item when it was not on sale. So if you planned to go to the shop to buy that particular item for 100$ an you have already gotten the money, but once in the store you see the 10% discount you have actually saved 10%, no?

Get out your credit card and save money.   ::)


Everything is for sale. All the time.
Everything is perpetually on sale.
Hurry now, buy it before our next promotion.
Sale ends Sunday.

Next sale starts Monday. Hurry on down. Don't miss out.

320 cars on display at the fairground. All must be sold!

Free admission. Bring the kids!

Come on down! Hurry, hurry, hurry!

Free hot dogs! And turtle racing!!!!!

An event you don't want to miss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Al Franken's Used Cars.    The Senator from SNL? 




 ;D








Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: physical observer on April 01, 2017, 05:50:57 AM
Just wondering :)

How far can you urinate?

Why, same subject matter!

Don't hijack my thread, start a new one.
Two reasons why you should have voted for <80
1) You cannot quote
2) You think "how far can you pee" and "how high is your IQ" is the same subject matter.

It's a "toot you're own horn" fallacy. Completely useless in solving any issue.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on April 01, 2017, 06:07:13 AM
Just wondering :)

How far can you urinate?

Why, same subject matter!

Don't hijack my thread, start a new one.
Two reasons why you should have voted for <80
1) You cannot quote
2) You think "how far can you pee" and "how high is your IQ" is the same subject matter.

It's a "toot you're own horn" fallacy. Completely useless in solving any issue.
How is the FES useful in solving any issue? Enlighten me please.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 06:15:25 AM

How is the FES useful in solving any issue? Enlighten me please.



It separates the thinkers from the believe-what-you're-tolders.
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on April 01, 2017, 06:48:05 AM

How is the FES useful in solving any issue? Enlighten me please.



It separates the thinkers from the believe-what-you're-tolders.

Does it, or do you just believe it does?  ;)
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 07:12:12 AM

How is the FES useful in solving any issue? Enlighten me please.



It separates the thinkers from the believe-what-you're-tolders.

Does it, or do you just believe it does?  ;)


Can I get a 10% discount?   ;D
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on April 01, 2017, 07:59:41 AM

How is the FES useful in solving any issue? Enlighten me please.



It separates the thinkers from the believe-what-you're-tolders.

Does it, or do you just believe it does?  ;)


Can I get a 10% discount?   ;D
Only if you don't want it 10 times ;D
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Bullwinkle on April 01, 2017, 08:07:22 AM

How is the FES useful in solving any issue? Enlighten me please.



It separates the thinkers from the believe-what-you're-tolders.

Does it, or do you just believe it does?  ;)


Can I get a 10% discount?   ;D
Only if you don't want it 10 times ;D

So, there's some wiggle room?

And, what the hell are you selling anyway?
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on April 01, 2017, 08:34:22 AM
And, what the hell are you selling anyway?

If you don't know it you can't afford it :)
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: rabinoz on April 01, 2017, 04:23:07 PM
What sort of questions are asked in the IQ test for a Bull moose?

Basic stuff like, if you see a dude in camo with a bright orange vest, what do you do?

(the high I.Q. answer is . . . get the fuck out of there!)
Next question.
You are driving a young moosess, Doris, home 3 hours late and meet the Doris's Big Daddy Moose like this:
(http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w433/RabDownunder/Clip%20Art/Young%20BullMoose%20meets%20FATHER_zps8eh0vcxg.jpg)
What do you do?
Title: Re: How high is your IQ?
Post by: Definitely Not Swedish on April 02, 2017, 12:55:16 AM
Funny thing is, the poll gives us a somewhat standard distribution - but in reverse. That's really interesting and honestly not what I was expecting.
One could now conclude that this forum consists of "telling the opposite" not depending on whether it's true or not ;)