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Re:So you’ve learned you’ve got a “pitifully” low IQ. How wo... by confounded on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @01:56AM (#15539537)
I think the causality may be the other way around.

Having a preoccupation with IQ tests will get you a high IQ test score. Because being very familiar with IQ tests violates the assumptions of IQ tests.

I’ve always assumed that this is why people who talk about their high IQ scores are insufferably dull.

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Re:So you’ve learned you’ve got a “pitifully” low IQ. How wo... by pcurve on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @09:39AM (#15541403)
How do you even get tested these days? I got tested when I was 13 in a classroom setting many moons ago (not in the U.S.), and no one in the class knew it was IQ test.

I moved to the U.S. shortly afterward and I don't recall being tested.

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