Re:So you’ve learned you’ve got a “pitifully” low IQ. How wo...
by kqr on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @12:53AM
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Real IQ tests (i.e. not ones with portraits of Einstein on them) cover a few more areas than spatial awareness. This makes them a useful diagnostic tool sometimes -- as a personal anecdote, there is a huge difference in my score if you remove the processing speed parts, which apparently is evidence in favour of ADHD.
But even so, they are hugely limited in determining many very important qualities. Like social skills.
It's just another number we can calculate that happens to be relatively fixed by genetics and has some predictive power. But so is your height, and nobody raves about that.
Re:So you’ve learned you’ve got a “pitifully” low IQ. How wo...
by fjsolwmv on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:33AM
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Employers and mating partners rave a lot about height. But height doesn't control the mouth and hands, so it can't make you talk about itself like brain features can.
But even so, they are hugely limited in determining many very important qualities. Like social skills.
It's just another number we can calculate that happens to be relatively fixed by genetics and has some predictive power. But so is your height, and nobody raves about that.