At school, a couple of neuroscience guys were looking for some subjects for a study they were doing on intelligence. I do not know what they were studying, but it was the day before school closed for the xmas break and all my friends had gone home. I was not leaving until the next day, so I decided in an idiotic attempt to pass the time, I'd do it.
They said they were "standard IQ tests." As a control, there were three tests, each one being slightly different. When the three scores were averaged I scored 123 - two points short of "gifted." I'm not trying to be modest, but I'm not even remotely "gifted."I'm not that bright, and really have to work hard to make an A in calculus, organic chemistry, physics, etc. (about 8 hours of homework a day). While saying I was offended would not be apt, it would be accurate to say was disillusioned. A really smart guy in my cal. class scored 132 on the test. It would not be an overstatement to call the guy a math. genius and he's brilliant at everything else too. Yet, he only scored 9 points higher than me? NONSENSE. He is orders of magnitude more intelligent than me, and even if IQ scores are not linear a nine point difference just does not make sense to me.
I'm aware my account is anecdotal, but I really have to, and excuse the vernacular, call bull- on IQ tests. At the very least, the IQ test I was given.
As a matter of principle, I have no doubt measuring intelligence is possible. However, I highly doubt it is plausible.
So, isn't trying to measuring intelligence foolish?
They said they were "standard IQ tests." As a control, there were three tests, each one being slightly different. When the three scores were averaged I scored 123 - two points short of "gifted." I'm not trying to be modest, but I'm not even remotely "gifted."I'm not that bright, and really have to work hard to make an A in calculus, organic chemistry, physics, etc. (about 8 hours of homework a day). While saying I was offended would not be apt, it would be accurate to say was disillusioned. A really smart guy in my cal. class scored 132 on the test. It would not be an overstatement to call the guy a math. genius and he's brilliant at everything else too. Yet, he only scored 9 points higher than me? NONSENSE. He is orders of magnitude more intelligent than me, and even if IQ scores are not linear a nine point difference just does not make sense to me.
I'm aware my account is anecdotal, but I really have to, and excuse the vernacular, call bull- on IQ tests. At the very least, the IQ test I was given.
As a matter of principle, I have no doubt measuring intelligence is possible. However, I highly doubt it is plausible.
So, isn't trying to measuring intelligence foolish?