Estimation of Intelligence

[catfish]

No interest other than to see if people know the IQ test was created to identify mental retardation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligen...ly_history

I look at this way, anyone who announces their IQ score is basicaly screaming "I'm not retarded!" which makes me doubt the accuracy of the test... (you're interpretation may vary)
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You expect a high school level anonymous source to contain correct material. Perhaps that is an alternate measure of IQ.

So deny it and prove the statement wrong.
This was history that was known long before the internet...
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[A_Nony_Mouse]

You expect a high school level anonymous source to contain correct material. Perhaps that is an alternate measure of IQ.

So deny it and prove the statement wrong.
This was history that was known long before the internet...
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Prove a negative? Should I prove there is no god next?

Waste time with wikipedia juvenalia? Again?

[catfish]

Prove a negative? Should I prove there is no god next?

Waste time with wikipedia juvenalia? Again?

I didn't ask you to prove a negative. You could have proven the statement wrong by presenting contrary evidence, but you didn't, now did you?

Deal with these then, they may or may not be considered "adult" enough for your tastes, but you deserve to know the truth.

"In 1905, the French psychologist Alfred Binet published the first modern test of intelligence. His principal goal was to identify students who needed special help in coping with the school curriculum."
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entr...gence_test

"The Stanford Binet-Intelligence Scale, originally the Binet-Simon Test, was designed to identify students with cognitive disabilities."
http://specialed.about.com/od/assessment...esting.htm

"The more influential tradition of mental testing was developed by Binet and his collaborator, Theodore Simon, in France. In 1904 the minister of public instruction in Paris named a commission to study or create tests that would ensure that mentally retarded children received an adequate education."
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topi...he-IQ-test

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Or WAIT! I bet it's a zionist conspiracy...

[Sarcasm]

In your opinion, is it possible to get an idea of a person's intelligence based on their threads and comments on AF?

Dumb people. Yes. People around where i am. Yes to some extent. People way smarter than me? Probably not.

[catfish]

"Everybody knows the world is full of stupid people..."

[Sarcasm]

"Everybody knows the world is full of stupid people..."

Theyre beneath the crust...?

[A_Nony_Mouse]

Prove a negative? Should I prove there is no god next?

Waste time with wikipedia juvenalia? Again?

I didn't ask you to prove a negative. You could have proven the statement wrong by presenting contrary evidence, but you didn't, now did you?

Deal with these then, they may or may not be considered "adult" enough for your tastes, but you deserve to know the truth.

"In 1905, the French psychologist Alfred Binet published the first modern test of intelligence. His principal goal was to identify students who needed special help in coping with the school curriculum."
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entr...gence_test

"The Stanford Binet-Intelligence Scale, originally the Binet-Simon Test, was designed to identify students with cognitive disabilities."
http://specialed.about.com/od/assessment...esting.htm

"The more influential tradition of mental testing was developed by Binet and his collaborator, Theodore Simon, in France. In 1904 the minister of public instruction in Paris named a commission to study or create tests that would ensure that mentally retarded children received an adequate education."
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topi...he-IQ-test

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Or WAIT! I bet it's a zionist conspiracy...

And how it that contrary to my posts saying it was a subset of the idea of quantitatively measuring, assigning numerical values, in psychometrics and biometrics? You want me to accept IQ sprang out of nothing with no context and no related ideas? Did you really expect the exact detail of the first test? Sorry I do not remember running across that before. Nor even now do I consider the original purpose relevant as it has been used differently since at least 1917 in the US.

For the record, Britannica also has a high school target audience. If you were ever a new parent recall their sales pitch.

[catfish]

For the record, Britannica also has a high school target audience. If you were ever a new parent recall their sales pitch.

Got it, the links weren't "adult" enough for ya...

[Sarcasm]

For the record, Britannica also has a high school target audience. If you were ever a new parent recall their sales pitch.

Got it, the links weren't "adult" enough for ya...

I'm pretty sure "adult" websites also have a large high school audience.

[A_Nony_Mouse]

For the record, Britannica also has a high school target audience. If you were ever a new parent recall their sales pitch.

Got it, the links weren't "adult" enough for ya...

Significantly post high school will do. If you are still in high school just say so. I have no problem replying appropriately. I have no interest in discouraging anyone of any age from being here.

If you are post high school I do expect some degree of life experience and opinions formed from it, recent graduates excepted of course. But I do expect people not to get in over their head and to learn what over their head means. However if you challenge me giving me no background info I will respond. I really am not a nice person.

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Got it, the links weren't "adult" enough for ya...

I'm pretty sure "adult" websites also have a large high school audience.

One of these days I am going to figure who to make a google query to find the "no one under XX" warnings that gets passed the google filters just to reply to moderators when they think I get too adult. I presume the kids have figured out how to do it.