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Maybe I should study for my IQ test. Wouldn't that be defeating the purpose?
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Intelligence is good. Most people are good-but they are not good all the time! Therefore, not all people are intelligent all the time.
On the other hand-maybe I need to think about this a little more. That might do me some good! Then I might be intelligent for at least a moment.
I don't know it all seems so confusing. Maybe I should quit this forum and study up for my IQ test. Or screw the IQ test and simply try to be a good human being all the time. Ultimately that's more important than one's IQ.
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Thought I'd chime in with a very simple observation - scientifically gathered empirical evidence is not the only valid form of evidence, especially in an informal discussion. Anecdotal evidence is valid, eyewitness testimony is valid, and arguments possessing internally consistent logic and reasoning gives them greater credence as being valid. One can suggest reasons and ideas about the intelligence of pianists and attempt to sway the other to their point of view, all without a shred of empirical evidence. And there's nothing wrong with this.
I never understood people that obsess over empirical evidence. They need to make philosophy, humanities, and even religious studies mandatory for everyone, ESPECIALLY science and engineering students. We treat eyewitnesses as telling the truth until proven otherwise, and use their claims to put people to death in this country. We might as well throw history books out of the window while were at it, because they speak on matters for which we have no hard empirical data prior to the Age of Enlightenment.
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Artys, I recommend you read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig. The guy who wrote it has an IQ of 190 and has something interesting to say about science. Ever thought about where your hypotheses come from?
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I am thinking, especially in light of this thread, that intelligence may be a myth.
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I am thinking, especially in light of this thread, that intelligence may be a myth. You're absolutely right
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I am thinking, especially in light of this thread, that intelligence may be a myth. What an intelligent observation.
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'Intelligence is Overrated' - Socrates (?)
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Is that how 'intelligence' is defined in USA - based on exam scores in maths and verbal skills? That's the thing with an IQ test. It measures one thing and one thing only: The ability to solve IQ tests. Any well programmed and powerful computer could do it. But would I rather listen to Watson or Deep Blue perform Beethoven sonatas than Christoph Eschenbach or Yuja Wang? I think not.
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'Intelligence is Overrated' - Socrates (?) By the way a most intelligent footballer, wasn't he.
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'Intelligence is Overrated' - Socrates (?) By the way a most intelligent footballer, wasn't he. Has Doctor Sócrates's IQ been measured? I believe the original Greek philosopher's IQ has been estimated at 199.9 .
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Is that how 'intelligence' is defined in USA - based on exam scores in maths and verbal skills? That's the thing with an IQ test. It measures one thing and one thing only: The ability to solve IQ tests. Any well programmed and powerful computer could do it. Real IQ test results seem to be consistent throughout life, and mostly independent of schooling, academic attainment, life experiences, or even 'practicing' at sample IQ tests - unlike academic exams, like the SATS. The ones I did were basically tests of reasoning power, lateral thinking, visualisation and imagery, spatial awareness, deduction from given facts etc - and with time factor involved. They don't resemble Sudoku, or Scrabble, or any sort of academic tests. Computers can easily beat the best chess players in the world, but I think some IQ test questions might well fox the silicon chip brain. (Like 'Why did the hen cross the road?' ).
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Real IQ test results seem to be consistent throughout life, and mostly independent of schooling, academic attainment, life experiences, or even 'practicing' at sample IQ tests - unlike academic exams, like the SATS.
You are right that SAT and GRE are a lousy way to measure IQ (not even MENSA does that anymore). A good IQ test will take into consideration things like age, for example; BUT IQ definitely changes. This study shows changes by as much as 20 points in teenagers, for example. For the chronically lazy, here is another useful link.
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'Intelligence is Overrated' - Socrates (?) By the way a most intelligent footballer, wasn't he. Has Doctor Sócrates's IQ been measured? I don't know. But I know that I don't know. Actually, that Socrates of yours was not bad either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5fGSBsfq8&t=2m33sI believe the original Greek philosopher's IQ has been estimated at 199.9 . Probably another Plato's exaggeration.
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I recall having read that, during the IQ boom, some researchers went and test some australian aborigines.When researchers explained the natives that their purpose was to determine wether anybody is more clever than others, aborigines were astonished that someone had such a futile,rude and inconsiderate interest. They all knew which one was the most clever and who was the dumbest in their group, but to make it evident was undoubtedly not fair. Therefore, they refused to be tested, proving, in my oppinion, their superior intelligence. None of them were pianists, by the way (well, the easy joke)
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I recall having read that, during the IQ boom, some researchers went and test some australian aborigines.When researchers explained the natives that their purpose was to determine wether anybody is more clever than others, aborigines were astonished that someone had such a futile,rude and inconsiderate interest. They all knew which one was the most clever and who was the dumbest in their group, but to make it evident was undoubtedly not fair. Therefore, they refused to be tested, proving, in my oppinion, their superior intelligence. None of them were pianists, by the way (well, the easy joke) Aboriginals have a special 'intelligence' which is apparently unique to them, the ability to orientate themselves within a bland landscape (desert), or 'visual spatial memory'. Which goes to show that people adapt to the environment they live in, and that the Western method of measuring intelligence is somewhat limiting.....
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Intelligence is most definitely not fixed, and you can increase your intelligence. Music is a great way to do this.
Your brain is like a muscle - if you exercise it and keep it in shape, or even push it to get into better shape, them boom. Intelligence.
If you don't use it, you lose it.
I despise IQ tests. Young people get some number in their head that makes them think they are pre-ordained to be this, that or the other. I do remember at least one study that looked at Noble Prize winners and there was no correlation between them and their IQ scores as future predictors of success.
I have to think that IQ tests have a distinctly upper-middle class bias, although I have no empirical proof to support this claim at the moment. The early years of life are critical to shaping the brain and I know that I was born into a loving family of educated professionals with only the usual minor hiccups in an otherwise comfortable life.
Of course I grew up to be well-spoken because my parents spoke this way around me my whole life. These language skills are learned and of course SAT verbal will be easier for me. Of course I'm 'intelligent', because my early brain got the best environment possible to develop in in those crucial years. I also find that, to my surprise, most people who lived in my conditions are all 'smart' people who do very well on standardized tests, go to good schools, etc. Go figure. Of course, these facts say nothing about their character.
Give everyone the same opportunities in life and I bet there would be a lot more 'geniuses' around.
Also, intelligence is often so narrowly defined. Sports athletes are geniuses - the brain makes no distinction between physical and mental because they are products of the same system. Lebron James is a genius. Being able to coordinate your body in time and space to some ridiculous degree like that snowboarder in Sochi is genius, human poetry in motion.
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Also, intelligence is often so narrowly defined. Sports athletes are geniuses - the brain makes no distinction between physical and mental because they are products of the same system. Lebron James is a genius. Being able to coordinate your body in time and space to some ridiculous degree like that snowboarder in Sochi is genius, human poetry in motion. A "genius" is defined as a person with extraordinary creative or intellectual ability.
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I have known some people who had very high IQ's but were mediocre at organizing novel solutions to real problems. Especially under time pressure.
I don't know of any system for measuring creative thinking other than life. I often marvel at how uncommon, (including myself) it is for people to excel at building a co- operative enterprise. It is probably the single most important intelligence skill. Some musicians are very good at this.
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I don't know of any system for measuring creative thinking other than life. +1 Creative people have to create. It's in their blood. Anyone who is creative will naturally have creative works, but judging them is merely opinion. I don't know for sure, but I suspect there isn't any way to get an objective measurement on someone's creativity. If there was I'd find it very interesting.
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