Was wondering (feel free to flex i guess). Do you remember at what age you took them. Some well known folks and their score. Hilary Clinton - 140. Elon Musk - 155 Stephen Hawking - 160 Bill Gates - 160. Also curious if any have family or have worked with kids with IQ on the lower end.
Not really. But was going to say, the score is curbed for people of different age groups. So an adult (because of a more developed brain let's say) will need to get more questions answered correct to get a 100, than say a kid for his 100. Also a kid could have something like above an 100, but later grow up, if taken the test again may be just average.
No tests are perfect sure. I know for IQ test, they try to not include certain biases like cultural knowledge or certain high/specific educational topics. Cultural knoweldge could be a question with reference to quinceanera or bar mitzvah. Educational level things could be like a very specific Astrophysics topic, where maybe only a physics major might know. Are there tests that are better that measure intelligence?
I did a mock Mensa test a few months ago. It had square root and prime number questions. Ain't nobody got time to remember that.
I don't think pure brute brain force, aka, being a genius, has anything to do with anything you would learn in a class or a book. I also think there are different types of intelligence There are also savants, that are brilliant in one particular thing, like Rainman, and lack severely in other areas.
Last time I took one was for employment at a Securities Firm. I went in looking for a Financial Advisor role. After the test they offered me a Financial Analyst position. Would be interesting to see how my life may have skewed had I taken it.
I'm confused.. you said you took it and then you asked how you're life may have changed had you not taken it
