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kccougar
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Punctuation.
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Is there a way to accurately measure ones intelligence?
Marc Spector
All-American
6/8/21 3:11pm
By their CB posts.
SpotOnOpinionsGuy
6/8/21 3:12pm
That actor's Spin City character is almost exactly how I picture you.
CDV
6/8/21 3:38pm
RE: By their CB posts.
Backcountry
6/8/21 4:55pm
Punctuation.
kccougar
6/8/21 3:12pm
RE: Punctuation.
Marc Spector
6/8/21 3:15pm
IQ tests are kind of a wash
Michigan
6/8/21 3:15pm
Quality IQ tests focusing on reasoning and problem solving and are observed.
mudpupper
6/8/21 3:17pm
The most well researched is the Wechsler IQ test. Been around a long time. I
BleedCougarBlue2
6/8/21 3:30pm
It really does come down to how you define intelligence. To me the most meaningful definition of intelligence is the
Slim
6/8/21 3:21pm
Knowledge base is not relevant to intelligence.
Plato
6/8/21 3:21pm
Well word analogies are often used and use need knowledge of what words mean for
TomPetty
6/8/21 3:23pm
You can test a child's IQ.
Plato
6/8/21 3:32pm
Can you test one that doesn't know any words? Maybe, but gaze
TomPetty
6/8/21 3:45pm
It would obviously make it much more difficult, but you are trying to measure
Plato
6/8/21 3:47pm
If a computer could do well on those tests is it intelligent?
TomPetty
6/8/21 3:50pm
a 135 IQ 3 year old isn't as intelligent as typical adult
TomPetty
6/8/21 4:00pm
I disagree.
Marc Spector
6/8/21 3:57pm
It's nearly impossible to even properly define what "intelligence" is.
shoganai
6/8/21 3:24pm
Maybe tough to define but you can sure tell when people don't have it. (or
BleedCougarBlue2
6/8/21 3:32pm
I think it's pretty well established. If someone wants to argue about the
Plato
6/8/21 3:34pm
Are you talking about "g"?
TomPetty
6/8/21 3:48pm
Rule of thumb, if smart people say you are smart and dumb people say you are not
TomPetty
6/8/21 3:32pm
Not according to Nassim Taleb
Chareth Cutestory
6/8/21 3:35pm
Out of all the "measurable" ideas in the social sciences, IQ is the very BEST at
Spine
6/8/21 3:35pm
It’s the best predictor of a lot of things, even more than economic success
hansel
6/8/21 4:59pm
But admittedly that isn't saying much, we don't predict well for people
TomPetty
6/8/21 5:08pm
Every time I am asked this question, and I often am, I refer the asker to D&C 93:36-37. To wit:
Nikomedes
6/8/21 3:36pm
Give my regards to MENSA.
BleedCougarBlue2
6/8/21 3:42pm
We sure as heck can't measure truth
TomPetty
6/8/21 3:47pm
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