Re: my 2 cents

From: kevin moriarty <schmerd_at_primenet.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 07:42:20 -0700
Message-ID: <83atpe$6ls$1@nnrp02.primenet.com>

Kenneth C Stahl <BlueSax_at_Unforgettable.com> wrote in message news:3858EEC2.A7230BE7_at_Unforgettable.com...
> kevin moriarty wrote:
> >
> > Kenneth C Stahl <BlueSax_at_Unforgettable.com> wrote in message
> > news:385803A9.4198FB0A_at_Unforgettable.com...
> > > kevin moriarty wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > IQ 99.7% (CTMM)
> > > > Myers Briggs ENTX
> > > > I've doubled my income every year for the past 3 years and expect
the
> > trend
> > > > to continue.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I also have a CTMM in the 99%. Big deal. High IQ scores are a parlor
trick
> > > - and a cheap one at that. So-called "IQ" tests only test an
individuals
> > > skills in taking IQ tests. By the way, the CTMM is one of the most
> > > unreliable tests - but it is cheaply available.
> >
> > I also scored in the 99% on the cattell
> > You aren't in mensa or intertel or the ispe.
> > I have found standardized IQ tests to be accurate.
> > You should have no problem answering this:
> > what is the next number in this sequence: 1, 3, 8, 22, 65, 209, 732,
2780?

>

> That is exactly why I didn't maintain my membership in Mensa. Mental
> gymnastics like numeric sequences are silly and arcane unless a person is
a
> matematician solving a real-world problem.

>

> You have decided that IQ tests are accurate because you have a vested
> interested in maintaining that they are accurate - in other words, you
lack
> objectivity because you have a need to be perceived as intelligent.
>
> Again, intelligence is a cheap parlor trick. Nothing more, nothing less.

Would you say conversing with a group of mensans is similar to a conversing with any other group of people?

Mental gymnastics physically alters your brain, increases interneural connectivity, and facilitates increased multifaceted problem solving ability. Received on Thu Dec 16 1999 - 08:42:20 CST