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Mensa is catnip for narcissists who are great at pattern recognition.
by drchopchop 4y ago
Mensa is catnip for narcissists who are great at pattern recognition.
- nvahalik 4y agoYeah. I did pretty well and I'm definitely not Mensa smart... but a lot of the middle questions were pretty easy to pick up on... or/nor/differences/unions...
- emteycz 4y agoJust like the entire IQ thing
- pizza234 4y agoYou're entitled about your opinion about catnip, but pattern recognition is an important component of problem solving.
- mdp2021 4y ago> catnip for And an opportunity for people looking for people with whom to have some productive exchange. People who already tried some selection filter before (the IQ), will have no issue applying another afterwards (and discard e.g. the pure narcissists).
- ASalazarMX 4y agoWorse, IQ tests are catnip for people who take IQ tests. If you practice IQ tests, your IQ will increase not because you've become smarter, but because you have more experience with IQ tests.
- Ekaros 4y agoI have always wondered how do they say IQ tests can't be gamed or learned, but I never believed that. There really must be certain number of standard pattern matching ways that can be applied. Just cram these like leetcode and you should get better.
- ASalazarMX 4y agoThis, specially the pattern matching. Sequences, dominoes, there's not many ways they can be arranged. The first time people see them they will be stumped, but after knowing how they're made, the tested can figure how the testers think and answer them easily. Another example is language and vocabulary, which are heavily influenced by culture and education. If IQ is going to measure education too, it would be valid to include number sequences that are the even digits if Euler's number, or names of famous astronomers without the vowels.