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Higher IQ's
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Funny thing - the more often you take IQ tests, the better your score will be. Why? Because all that IQ tests can reliably determine is - how well you take IQ tests.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
I only took the test once.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
*shrug* Then you're good at taking IQ tests without practicing for them. Seriously, an IQ score is a virtually meaningless number.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
(August 5, 2015 at 4:37 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Funny thing - the more often you take IQ tests, the better your score will be. Why? Because all that IQ tests can reliably determine is - how well you take IQ tests. Which is surprisingly indicative of how poorly the American education system is being operated. ![[Image: 11855872_901653236582433_144992837219517...e=5638AD8D]](https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/s851x315/11855872_901653236582433_144992837219517153_n.jpg?oh=ac0974bfec6de9a996df20794364d1ae&oe=5638AD8D)
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter  RE: Higher IQ's
August 5, 2015 at 5:56 am
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2015 at 5:57 am by Alex K.)
To paraphrase one of the few good quotes from Interstellar, how can it be that it takes two numbers to measure your ass, but only one is supposed to be enough to measure intellectual capabilities. It seems absurd to me that the performance of something as complex and multi faceted as the human mind should be characterizable by one number. And I say that as someone with an IQ of 1** and shoe size 11.5!
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
As an atheist having higher IQ's is relevant as much as it is that white people score higher on IQ tests or very poor people, score lower. Which is to say, none.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
My IQ is about 9 inches long. Is that good?
(August 5, 2015 at 6:25 am)bennyboy Wrote: My IQ is about 9 inches long. Is that good? It's all in the girth, actually...
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
Is there some serious study about that? I highly doubt it.
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IQ is a culturally-biased measurement as it is. Furthermore it is not useful for its originally intended purpose - that is it is unable to be used as a predictor for success in life. High IQ scores are not associated with higher success in life.
To put it simply, a high or low IQ score doesn't mean anything quantitative.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
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