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by alemanek on Sunday January 28, 2024 @07:45AM
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There are similar results for other IQ tests as well. You can study and practice to improve your score. Which shows that they aren’t really measuring raw intelligence. But, that doesn’t mean they aren’t measuring fitness for a task at least at that point in time.
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by figassis on Sunday January 28, 2024 @08:12AM
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We also seem to take it as fact that intelligence is an unchanging attribute you get at birth. Wouldn’t your brain upgrade itself as it optimizes for the world around it?
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by epgui on Sunday January 28, 2024 @08:00AM
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Intelligence is a fuzzy concept, but it cannot really be separated from knowledge and experience.
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by maxerickson on Sunday January 28, 2024 @09:23AM
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It's probably more accurate to say that the skills are durable.
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by dartos on Sunday January 28, 2024 @10:59AM
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> My ability to read and instantly formulate logic substantially improved as I got older through practice
I’d argue that is more intelligent. People generally get smarter as they age (up to a point)
That’s why IQ is relative to your peers. A child with a high IQ may still not be as intelligent as an adult with an average IQ
The GT score is comprised of combinations of several different segments of the ASVAB of which the most important is applied arithmetic. Those are math problems in paragraph form that requires careful reading and multiple steps of very simple algebra like calculating pricing for a retail purchase and deduction of the coin denomination in return. The challenge there is just finishing the test because they, by design, do not provide enough time.
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I just want to point out that I did not become more intelligent as I got older. My ability to read and instantly formulate logic substantially improved as I got older through practice. Those, reading and logic, are skills and the performance improvement is permanent.