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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.social |
IQ is a great indicator of intelligence, in that the second you see someone obsessing over it online, you can usually conclude they’re dumb as rocks.
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Mr Craggs
@acraggsesq.bsky.social
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I think if somebody wants to science up their racist idea that white people are just plain smarter, then a culturally biased IQ test sure comes in handy. Also, it's really funny all the ads for IQ tests on the page!
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Bethany Black
@bethanyblack.bsky.social
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My favourite insult is “you do come across ass the sort of person who’d believe in IQ”
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John O’Donnell
@jodami.bsky.social
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I remember the BBC did a IQ test TV show, and I got a good score. “Yeah super-genius, I am!” Me trying to navigate the online holiday booking system my job has, which isn’t really complicated. “What is going on? Why is it doing this? Why does the universe hate me?” It’s a crock of shite.
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pyxl-8
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I think the other aspect of this you didn’t touch on is that you have losers who are somewhat intelligent (or at least were told they were at a young age), clinging to their ability to do puzzles as proof that the squandered potential was there and to place blame on the world for their failed lives
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Daniel McGowan
@omnigroove.bsky.social
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Tested as "gifted" at age 10. Tested and graded at 153 in my twenties. And yet still have never had, nor been offered employment in anything above manual trades or customer service. IQ is crap. And a big brain is useful mostly only for party tricks.
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Colin Speirs 🌧️🏴
@dampscot.bsky.social
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Agreed. They usually consist of learnable tricks and puzzles
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The Ever-Upvoted Goldmask
@amagire.bsky.social
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IQ testing is an objective, balanced, culturally-neutral way to assign a numerical value to how likely someone is to pay mensa dues
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kylie4Bob
@kayfourbee.bsky.social
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Do you have a bet on about how bad you can make your mentions on Twitter?
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Courtney Love Actually
@hexadecibelle.bsky.social
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the number of arguments i’ve had with people about this. eventually i grew up and realised it was easier to just nod and say “yes that is a very impressive number, you must be a very special boy”.
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Pete Fraser
@petefrasermusic.bsky.social
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The old ‘how do you know someone doesn’t have a TV/is vegan/etc…’ joke works absolutely flawlessly for ‘how do you know someone’s a member of Mensa?’
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Mel Deans #FBPE
@melhistorygeek.bsky.social
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i have a kid with part of his IQ score at 85 and another bit at 140 the ed pysch said an IQ number made no sense in his context! We at least we able to work out accommodations for him and appropriate help. He got to Cambridge for a SEND kid that is bloody miraculous. IQ is a joke.
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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
@ostrichson.bsky.social
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Broke: Obsessing over IQ. Woke: Obsessing over QI.
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