IQ

[sal_amanda]

go to www.tickle.com and sign up to take their general IQ test. John had to take it for his stats class and he started asking me math questions before i knew what it was he was doing. so i'm not going to take it personally that he got two points higher than me since i helped him out. however, we both did much better than either of us expected, but i'm opting not to reveal our actual numbers. in any case, here's my profile:

Your Intellectual Type is Insightful Linguist. This means you are highly intelligent and have the natural fluency of a writer and the visual and spatial strengths of an artist. Those skills contribute to your creative and expressive mind. And that's just some of what we know about you from your test results.

John's was the Visionary Philosopher, but i don't have his description.

anyhoo. off to go check out how the lunar eclipse is doing.

Comments

[flutteronby28.livejournal.com]

i just took the thing pretty hung over and this is what they say about me:

Congratulations, Sheila!
Your IQ score is 131

This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others.

Your Intellectual Type is Insightful Linguist. This means you are highly intelligent and have the natural fluency of a writer and the visual and spatial strengths of an artist. Those skills contribute to your creative and expressive mind. And that's just some of what we know about you from your test results.

[flutteronby28.livejournal.com]

i wonder how accurate this is? do you think its a trick or that there is a catch of some sort?

[sal_amanda]

i don't know that i buy into IQ tests anyway, to be honest. every standardized test has major faults, whether culturally or whatever. not every person can take one test and hope that it's a true account. plus, these are things which can improve with age, knowledge, and education. i mean, i got a much higher score than what i was told was my IQ back in high school. obviously knowledge should be improving with age and education so what does IQ mean anyway?

[flutteronby28.livejournal.com]

"IQ" stands for intelligence quotient...
sounds skeptical and completely subjective to me....