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Gary Bushell is in Mensa, says it all really.
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Mr B
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IQ tests test IQ, nothing else.
The memory ones are a good example, who's the more "intelligent"? Someone who tries to commit transient, temporary information to their memory, or someone who writes it down on a post-it note?
I know which one is more likely to forget stuff.
Having said that, you could always lose the post-it note
...I dunno, I've always tested well for IQ, but I have the world's worst memory (especially for phone numbers, road names, etc) and I'm shit at languages, etc
The memory ones are a good example, who's the more "intelligent"? Someone who tries to commit transient, temporary information to their memory, or someone who writes it down on a post-it note?
I know which one is more likely to forget stuff.
Having said that, you could always lose the post-it note
...I dunno, I've always tested well for IQ, but I have the world's worst memory (especially for phone numbers, road names, etc) and I'm shit at languages, etc
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IQ tests tend towards "pattern recognition", the fact that Mensa is run by people who are good at these kind of tests seems to indicate why they think this skill equates to intelligence (hows that for a cynical reversal of "pattern recognition" !)
There is a remarkable difference in the kinds of "pattern recognition" we see in everyday life. IQ tests tend to display a sterile logical view of them, but real life never gives the facts and requires a lot of guesswork.
Personally, I suck at those IQ tests simply because I don't have the patience for them, after question six I say "what the f*ck" and fill in the rest randomly. I was actually very good at chess once long ago but now I can't play more than a few moves without blanking out. Real life logic problems that I encounter every day in IT are far more interesting and varied and keep my attention span for longer.
Logic never works, even with computers, you can guarentee that the bit of code you strung together as a short cut "because it'll never get run anyway" will be the first to get tested, any data anomalies that statistically should never happen seem to be strangely common, and there will always be one more row of data than your reserved memory limit, etc.
Lift manufacturers calculate the maximum payload of a lift (from its volume) and then multiply it by at least 10 (sometimes 100), to give an idea of what the strength of the cables need to be, they do not take any chances and no-one has ever been killed in a lift accident in the UK to date. You can fill a lift with concrete and it will still go up and down without snapping.
That's the kind of logic you need for real life, a Mensa man would've said "you can never get 10 tons in that lift, you only need a 5 ton cable ..." and you can guess what happens the next week.
There is a remarkable difference in the kinds of "pattern recognition" we see in everyday life. IQ tests tend to display a sterile logical view of them, but real life never gives the facts and requires a lot of guesswork.
Personally, I suck at those IQ tests simply because I don't have the patience for them, after question six I say "what the f*ck" and fill in the rest randomly. I was actually very good at chess once long ago but now I can't play more than a few moves without blanking out. Real life logic problems that I encounter every day in IT are far more interesting and varied and keep my attention span for longer.
Logic never works, even with computers, you can guarentee that the bit of code you strung together as a short cut "because it'll never get run anyway" will be the first to get tested, any data anomalies that statistically should never happen seem to be strangely common, and there will always be one more row of data than your reserved memory limit, etc.
Lift manufacturers calculate the maximum payload of a lift (from its volume) and then multiply it by at least 10 (sometimes 100), to give an idea of what the strength of the cables need to be, they do not take any chances and no-one has ever been killed in a lift accident in the UK to date. You can fill a lift with concrete and it will still go up and down without snapping.
That's the kind of logic you need for real life, a Mensa man would've said "you can never get 10 tons in that lift, you only need a 5 ton cable ..." and you can guess what happens the next week.
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i get my "predicted" GCSE results
load of old bollox really. just matchign patterns and comparing words
load of old bollox really. just matchign patterns and comparing words
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Ooh... interesting points. I'm gonna go round to the next local 'MENSA-meet' and kick their smug little faces in.
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I think everyone should do that, just on general principles.
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*cough* Windows XP installer *cough*