[quote]SexMachine wrote:
RE IQ
I haven’t done any research on the IQ test but I’ve always thought it had major problems. I believe, from doing the test, that it favours mathematical skill and cognitive speed. It has no way of measuring linguistic/language ‘intelligence’ or ‘common sense’, for instance. Anyway, that is my excuse for scoring 115 on my first test and falling approximately into the ‘average’ range. I also misinterpreted several questions including this one:
Q: What is missing from this picture?
<A picture of a dog with only one ear was shown. The stopwatch was timing me. I didn’t notice the missing ear, and ‘thinking outside the box’/‘lateral thinking’ or whatever, answered:
A: A collar
And therefore failed that question. Just one example.
Now, like I said I haven’t researched the IQ test but my understanding is that it was developed in the academic field of psychology as opposed to linguistics. Academic bias right there. Also, the field of psychology has been largely moonbattery since its inception by Freud and Jung from my understanding and experience of it. To put it simply, I don’t agree that my ultimate desire as a child was to screw my mother or some such shit.[/quote]
My Pa told me I did very well on the IQ test but never told me what the number was because he claimed he didn’t want me to be cocky. When I asked him why as a kid? He said “Because your discipline and mental control are now the main determinants of your success in life.”
I asked him again when I was older. I was in that wierd place in my life, where alot of my teenage illusions were wearing off, and I was starting to doubt my own capabilities. He still wouldn’t tell me the number. He cracked and told me I did a “better than the average,” when I asked “by how much?” he said “Does it matter? Are you successful? You are 19 going to community college and living in my basement. If you want to be a genius, then be a genius. A number will not tell you that one or another. Your actions determine that, you could be a 95 IQ Business owner or a 1000 IQ beggar, it comes down to what you make for yourself.”
I asked him later on, and he told me “Just go take the test again, and see how you do. To be honest, I don’t even believe your number because you are not accomplished, so what the hell does the test even mean?”
I went to take the test, and I finished it. Then the online website asked me for like 10 bux to see my result, lol. I was about to pay it, but then I realized what my Father was saying…would a smart man pay for this BS?
I laugh about it now. While IQ may measure cognitive abilities and be applied to a group, it is about as relevant as genetics are to bodybuilding. Some gifted guys might be incredibly lazy, and some hard-gainer guys might be incredibly disciplined. It is a component, but among those who fall into the majority distribution of the bell curve, and even the highest distribution…the largest component affecting your life, is your own WILL.
Some men are cognitively debilitated, and other men my be geniuses but emotionally debilitated, which actually seems to be very common. At the end of the day tho, the will to acton, discipline and self determination make your success. Some claim, it even affects your cognitive ability, as men who study and work their minds will become more intelligent over all. Just like men who lift consistently will eventually experience hyperplasia and muscle memory.
It’s all in our hands.