From: ABlainey@aol.com
Date: Wed Jan 22 2003 - 17:42:18 MST
> D. Broderick wrote:
>
> > It's interesting (and depressing) to consider that this list has a
> > mean IQ of perhaps 130, with plenty of us at 150 or above. Yet with
> > topics like this one, much of the level of debate is at the bar-room
> > brawl or barracks posturing level. Dog help us when nano or AI really
> > start to kick in as issues wrestled with by the rest of the planet.
One thing that has always really got on my tits! (Annoyed me, for all of you
that are not British) Is the fact that IQ tests are timed. As a sufferer of
dyslexicia <G> I have always felt very hard done by when completing said
tests. It takes me an age to read the questions and another age to reread
them just to make sure I got it right the first time.
Even the so called Culturally unbiased test (LOL, unbiased!) are a challenge.
Which of these dancing, blurry psychedelically coloured iterations off the
pattern is next?
How about giving me a chance to comprehend what i'm actually seeing before
you tell me the time is up. Surely the measure of intelligence can be
calculated by whether or not you can answer the question correctly. Rather
than simply how fast you can finish it.
I know this may cause some of you to say that speed does indicate the level
of intelligence. I'd say I do agree. Only the speed of the mental calculation
of the answer, not the speed of reading the question.
I say Down with Dislexism! I is integliment I tell you
Alex
"Thank God for spell check!"
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