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Jun 8, 2021
3:45:12pm

TomPetty Intervention Needed

Can you test one that doesn't know any words? Maybe, but gaze

studies are just that.

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TomPetty

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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.

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.

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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