The IQ Test
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I don't know, I think I'd rather have a PhD and work in biotech than score well on an IQ test.
Of course, I'm currently 0 out of 2.
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I don't know, I think I'd rather have a PhD and work in biotech than score well on an IQ test.
Of course, I'm currently 0 out of 2.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The IQ Test:
I don't know, I think I'd rather have a PhD and work in biotech than score well on an IQ test.
I sure as hell wouldn't.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The IQ Test:
I don't know, I think I'd rather have a PhD and work in biotech than score well on an IQ test.
I sure as hell wouldn't.
@Aqua-Letifer said in The IQ Test:
I sure as hell wouldn't.
I'm speaking figuratively. Having a high IQ isn't very helpful if you're an inveterate lazy bastard with borderline ADHD. Or so I imagine.
I was only joking
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To try to judge intelligence by education level is quite foolish. Go strike a deal with a farmer. When he agrees, then you will know you have been well and truly screwed.
"You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell
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To try to judge intelligence by education level is quite foolish. Go strike a deal with a farmer. When he agrees, then you will know you have been well and truly screwed.
@Mik said in The IQ Test:
To try to judge intelligence by education level is quite foolish. Go strike a deal with a farmer. When he agrees, then you will know you have been well and truly screwed.
IQ, as opposed to the woolly concept of intelligence, shows a positive correlation with education, which is hardly surprising.
However, as I've said before, if you really want to score well on IQ tests the best way is probably to practice doing IQ tests.
I was only joking
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@Aqua-Letifer said in The IQ Test:
I sure as hell wouldn't.
I'm speaking figuratively. Having a high IQ isn't very helpful if you're an inveterate lazy bastard with borderline ADHD. Or so I imagine.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The IQ Test:
@Aqua-Letifer said in The IQ Test:
I sure as hell wouldn't.
I'm speaking figuratively. Having a high IQ isn't very helpful if you're an inveterate lazy bastard with borderline ADHD. Or so I imagine.
Well for me I'm just saying I'd rather have to make Sif laugh than be in a PhD program or work in biotech. For starters I'd have to get presentable shirts and shit.
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My dream job would be doing medical experiments on people with degrees in English. I'd be willing to buy a couple of shirts and possibly even some slacks.
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My dream job would be doing medical experiments on people with degrees in English. I'd be willing to buy a couple of shirts and possibly even some slacks.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The IQ Test:
My dream job would be doing medical experiments on people with degrees in English.
Let me know what you find out.
My degree's not even that relevant, sorry.
Please love yourself.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The IQ Test:
My dream job would be doing medical experiments on people with degrees in English.
Let me know what you find out.
My degree's not even that relevant, sorry.
@Aqua-Letifer said in The IQ Test:
My degree's not even that relevant, sorry.
I was going to say poetry, but I thought it would be rude.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in The IQ Test:
My degree's not even that relevant, sorry.
I was going to say poetry, but I thought it would be rude.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The IQ Test:
@Aqua-Letifer said in The IQ Test:
My degree's not even that relevant, sorry.
I was going to say poetry, but I thought it would be rude.
Hey, at least it isn't Poetry Studies.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The IQ Test:
My dream job would be doing medical experiments on people with degrees in English.
Let me know what you find out.
My degree's not even that relevant, sorry.
@Aqua-Letifer said in The IQ Test:
Let me know what you find out.
The main goal would be to see how much shit people who have elected to avoid working in the rat race are willing to put up with for differing amounts of money. At the end of it, I'd ask them whether being deliberately infected with botulism was preferable to getting a job where you have to buy some shirts.
Of course, it's a pipe dream. My main goal at this point is to survive another 5 years without people realizing how lazy I am or try to medicate me for ADHD.
I was only joking
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@Aqua-Letifer said in The IQ Test:
Let me know what you find out.
The main goal would be to see how much shit people who have elected to avoid working in the rat race are willing to put up with for differing amounts of money. At the end of it, I'd ask them whether being deliberately infected with botulism was preferable to getting a job where you have to buy some shirts.
Of course, it's a pipe dream. My main goal at this point is to survive another 5 years without people realizing how lazy I am or try to medicate me for ADHD.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The IQ Test:
… realizing how lazy I am or try to medicate me for ADHD.
Is either bad?
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@Mik said in The IQ Test:
To try to judge intelligence by education level is quite foolish. Go strike a deal with a farmer. When he agrees, then you will know you have been well and truly screwed.
IQ, as opposed to the woolly concept of intelligence, shows a positive correlation with education, which is hardly surprising.
However, as I've said before, if you really want to score well on IQ tests the best way is probably to practice doing IQ tests.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The IQ Test:
However, as I've said before, if you really want to score well on IQ tests the best way is probably to practice doing IQ tests.
True enough, though it doesn't help much. And the implication that there's a good correlation between practice time and scores, would probably not pan out.
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Uhm, can we talk about Sean for a minute?
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@Aqua-Letifer said in The IQ Test:
Let me know what you find out.
The main goal would be to see how much shit people who have elected to avoid working in the rat race are willing to put up with for differing amounts of money. At the end of it, I'd ask them whether being deliberately infected with botulism was preferable to getting a job where you have to buy some shirts.
Of course, it's a pipe dream. My main goal at this point is to survive another 5 years without people realizing how lazy I am or try to medicate me for ADHD.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The IQ Test:
@Aqua-Letifer said in The IQ Test:
Let me know what you find out.
The main goal would be to see how much shit people who have elected to avoid working in the rat race are willing to put up with for differing amounts of money. At the end of it, I'd ask them whether being deliberately infected with botulism was preferable to getting a job where you have to buy some shirts.
I've actually done some fieldwork on this. It turns out that it's not actually the choice it appears to be. Some folks actually do indeed listen to their puritanical parents and try to join the rat race—and end up being the very first person in a 35-year-old program to be shit-canned for "lacking professional demeanor."
Of course, it's a pipe dream. My main goal at this point is to survive another 5 years without people realizing how lazy I am or try to medicate me for ADHD.
C'mon over to my side of things. I don't think I work with a single colleague who isn't spectrumatic in some way. It's actually the expectation.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The IQ Test:
@Aqua-Letifer said in The IQ Test:
Let me know what you find out.
The main goal would be to see how much shit people who have elected to avoid working in the rat race are willing to put up with for differing amounts of money. At the end of it, I'd ask them whether being deliberately infected with botulism was preferable to getting a job where you have to buy some shirts.
I've actually done some fieldwork on this. It turns out that it's not actually the choice it appears to be. Some folks actually do indeed listen to their puritanical parents and try to join the rat race—and end up being the very first person in a 35-year-old program to be shit-canned for "lacking professional demeanor."
Of course, it's a pipe dream. My main goal at this point is to survive another 5 years without people realizing how lazy I am or try to medicate me for ADHD.
C'mon over to my side of things. I don't think I work with a single colleague who isn't spectrumatic in some way. It's actually the expectation.
@Aqua-Letifer said in The IQ Test:
C'mon over to my side of things. I don't think I work with a single colleague who isn't spectrumatic in some way. It's actually the expectation.
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Having a median IQ at a large corporation, I mean whatever that median happens to be at any given corporation, can be very comfortable. If you're an outlier problem solver, it just increases the difficulty of the social problems you'll need to navigate.
Education is extremely important.
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The worst kind of people to work with are the ones who think they're outlier problem solvers but in reality are just a fucking nuisance and can't follow standard processes. Dunning Kruger at work.
I was only joking
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The worst kind of people to work with are the ones who think they're outlier problem solvers but in reality are just a fucking nuisance and can't follow standard processes. Dunning Kruger at work.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The IQ Test:
The worst kind of people to work with are the ones who think they're outlier problem solvers but in reality are just a fucking nuisance and can't follow standard processes. Dunning Kruger at work.
Yeah I know. Also, intelligence is meaningless!
Education is extremely important.
