Whats your IQ?

[simonpro]

Haha, I broke the IQ test that computerex posted. it dumps me back to the main screen when I press complete (just tried it multiple times by clicking random buttons, always dumps me back). Stupid thing.
Anyway, I agree that IQ is a pretty useless measurement of ability, or even intelligence. You could have an IQ of 200 and still not do very well in your job, while someone with an average IQ does their work better, faster, and maybe more sociably than you.
I've also noticed that, as Dutchpirate says, a lot of these high IQ societies are really just excuses to be able to say you have a high IQ.
I say: So what? If you need to show off your IQ in such a way then you may have a high IQ, but you obviously have low self-esteem.

 

[tomek]

IQ tests are, for the most part, just a special case of trivia quizzes. Their original purpose, if I recall correctly, was sorting out personnel enlisted into armed forces - those with high IQ were more likely to have valuable knowledge/skills, and therefore less likely to end up being cannon fodder. Basically, an IQ test shows how "educated" you are, which is not really in direct correlation with "smartness" as such.

 

[agentgonzo]

Eh, I think IQ tests are rather pointless. Wisdom isn't based on weather* you can detect patterns and do calculations in your head.

Anyway, I agree that IQ is a pretty useless measurement of ability

IQ tests test intelligence, not wisdom or ability. There is a difference between intelligence, wisdom and knowledge.

http://www.answers.com/wisdom
http://www.answers.com/intelligence
http://www.answers.com/knowledge


*I think you mean "whether".

 

[unussapiens]

Wisdom is the logical analysis of concepts (or other similar things) to ascertain an answer as to what is right/wrong (or similar, I don't mean to be specific, please don't argue using these points, I'm only using them to get my view through).

Intelligence allows you to think logically and make connections, analyse patterns. This is closely related to wisdom, as wisdom is basically understanding and then using logic to decide what a good response/answer/whatever you are looking for.

 

[cjp]

I got 136 . It says I'm a Visionary Philosopher.

I can remember doing a very similar test some years ago (probably exactly the same test). Back then, it gave me a score of 144. I remember it had questions about English words, so, not being a native English speaker, I decided to do a dutch IQ test directly after the English test. The dutch test did not have any language-related questions (only logic and geometry), and it gave me a 138 score (my father got 158 on the same test :blink. Maybe the Dutch average is different from the average of English-speaking countries?

 

[dutchpirate]

Eh, I think IQ tests are rather pointless. Wisdom isn't based on weather you can detect patterns and do calculations in your head.

Quite true! Intellect, wisdom, common sense, and personality, work a lot better when you have a measure of each. Some of the "smartest" people I have met are social ups.

 

[Pilot7893]

An I.Q. of at least 150 classifies you as genius. *sniff* I am not worthy for Orbiter with my mere 118I have failed myself, the forum, I have no reason to live:suicide:

 

[Ghostrider]

I once completed a MENSA test and qualified for membership. I turned it down when I discovered that they weren't a society of supergeniuses hellbent on world domination and they didn't have a secret base on a Pacific volcano island with an army of black-dressed henchmen.

 

[Mission_CDR]

I tested recently and got a 141.

 

[unussapiens]

I once completed a MENSA test and qualified for membership. I turned it down when I discovered that they weren't a society of supergeniuses hellbent on world domination and they didn't have a secret base on a Pacific volcano island with an army of black-dressed henchmen.

Just because they don't tell you about the world domination and pacific islands doesn't mean they don't exist.

Ahh, here comes my henchm... uh, "servant" with a drink and blueprints of the... uhh... "device"...

 

[computerex]

These tests need to be timed to be accurate, or worth anything at all.

Why? What is more important, answering correctly or answering quickly? Will you magically get more "intelligent" in a non-timed test?

I clicked through this one entirely at random in about 30 seconds and scored 100.

That just proves that you were very lucky. There are still 4/5 choices and one correct answer.

These tests are just to make you feel good and sell some advertising/get you to sign up to something, it's no better than spam really.

Eh, all IQ tests are made for the same purpose more or less.

 

[agentgonzo]

Why? What is more important, answering correctly or answering quickly? Will you magically get more "intelligent" in a non-timed test?

Proper IQ tests are calibrated against time. The time you take is factored into work out your IQ. If two people answer exactly the same, but one takes 5 minutes and the other takes 5 hours, the one who takes 5 minutes will be more intelligent.

Eh, all IQ tests are made for the same purpose more or less.

IQ tests are designed as a way to assess intelligence for some purpose, not sell you anything. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iq

 

[Bj]

IQ tests are designed as a way to assess intelligence for some purpose, not sell you anything. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iq
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well yes and no,

Dont you think some of these free tests had a kind of factoral knowledge side to them?

Example: whats the capital of iceland? --- incase you didnt know, (I didnt) then am I considerd stupid, or less intellegent compared to someone that did? ... or am I less educated?

 

[Whatu]

well yes and no,

Dont you think some of these free tests had a kind of factoral knowledge side to them?

Example: whats the capital of iceland? --- incase you didnt know, (I didnt) then am I considerd stupid, or less intellegent compared to someone that did? ... or am I less educated?

In my opinion IQ test should not be based in common knowledge but in mental abilities.

 

[Bj]

In my opinion IQ test should not be based in common knowledge but in mental abilities.

I agree with you there.

Now we just have to find a free online test that does this, then we are talking,

of course if you wish to waste a day, you could take the offical test, which should be as un bias as possible.

 

[Coolhand]

Why? What is more important, answering correctly or answering quickly? Will you magically get more "intelligent" in a non-timed test?

thats exactly right.... because you have more time to solve the problems in an untimed test, if you've ever taken a real IQ test you'll face a very strict time limit, how fast you solve problems is just as important as solving them at all.

That just proves that you were very lucky. There are still 4/5 choices and one correct answer.

True, or it's perhaps biased in some way... It still seems very unlikely that i could randomly click through and still get a fairly decent score.

Eh, all IQ tests are made for the same purpose more or less.

Not really, some are legitimate, like the Mensa tests, some like this are skewed in various ways and either have a big fat advert in them or make you sign up to something to get the results. The purpose of this test is to get you to click on some advertising (why it's essentially just spam), not to give you a true appraisal of your IQ... Again, there's not nearly enough questions and it's untimed.

Sorry man, i'm not meaning to rain on anyones parade, but the test is worthless as an IQ test... have fun with it if you want, but i just see these things as ways of selling products/ and or getting your email by pretty much making you think you're smarter than you actually are.

Cynical old me eh?

 

[Bj]

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Cynical old me eh?

Meany

Sorry man, i'm not meaning to rain on anyones parade, but the test is worthless as an IQ test... have fun with it if you want, but i just see these things as ways of selling products/ and or getting your email by pretty much making you think you're smarter than you actually are.

All these tests online are bias in some way or another, so they shouldn't be taken to heart. However taking the test online is just a little fun thing to do and talk about...

We all know we are in the upper 50 percentile, otherwise, we wouldn't understand Orbiter...

 

[Coolhand]

Meany

LOL!

I'm sure if we had a proper IQ test around here, i wouldn't rank too highly... Orbiter has a very smart community

 

[computerex]

Sorry man, i'm not meaning to rain on anyones parade, but the test is worthless as an IQ test... have fun with it if you want, but i just see these things as ways of selling products/ and or getting your email by pretty much making you think you're smarter than you actually are.

Cynical old me eh?

Eh, I agree with you there, the tickle test might be bogus, but that's my opinion for ALL IQ tests. Mind you, I am not saying that because I score low on them, on the contrary I scored quite high the last time I took it from a legit source. (more like forced to take it) My opinions are based on things I have experienced. Some people I know with high IQs don't tend to get the simplest concepts, and I know some people who are not academic, but they are the smartest people I know. I doubt a simple test could come close to determining the true potential of someone, otherwise we would be using them everywhere.

 

[Bj]

Eh, I agree with you there, the tickle test might be bogus, but that's my opinion for ALL IQ tests. Mind you, I am not saying that because I score low on them, on the contrary I scored quite high the last time I took it from a legit source. (more like forced to take it) My opinions are based on things I have experienced. Some people I know with high IQs don't tend to get the simplest concepts, and I know some people who are not academic, but they are the smartest people I know. I doubt a simple test could come close to determining the true potential of someone, otherwise we would be using them everywhere.

Kindof like the SAT's. They are like the IQ test only they are used by Collages.

Mind you, I am not saying that because I score low on them, on the contrary I scored quite high the last time I took it from a legit source.

weren't you like a 128? thats high, not low. even from a non legit source.

Some people I know with high IQs don't tend to get the simplest concepts,

This is funny, In math class, our math teacher commented one time that we could do all this , but when at or near the end, we screw it up in something simple like have the calculator set to deg instead of rad and do a CSC of something...

I doubt a simple test could come close to determining the true potential of someone, otherwise we would be using them everywhere.

I at tests. If you say this piece of paper is a test, then ill have my calculator set to degree mode all the way threw...

If you judge me on those tests, you woulnot believe that I could run Orbiter...
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