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IQ topic is popular on hackernews. I wonder if people with well-above intelligence have preoccupation with IQ more than others.
by pcurve 9y ago
IQ topic is popular on hackernews. I wonder if people with well-above intelligence have preoccupation with IQ more than others.
- joshumax 9y agoAccording to http://xkcd.com/715 http://xkcd.com/715 the normal curve for people googling their IQ is positioned significantly differently than the actual intelligence curve
- pcurve 9y agolol thanks for sharing this. These are all great.
- confounded 9y agoI think the causality may be the other way around. Having a preoccupation with IQ tests will get you a high IQ test score. Because being very familiar with IQ tests violates the assumptions of IQ tests. I’ve always assumed that this is why people who talk about their high IQ scores are insufferably dull.
- pcurve 9y agoHow do you even get tested these days? I got tested when I was 13 in a classroom setting many moons ago (not in the U.S.), and no one in the class knew it was IQ test. I moved to the U.S. shortly afterward and I don't recall being tested.