Comments on: Online IQ test scam

By: k N

k N — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:13:37 +0000

yes, also get a free report with the same top achiever thing. I think they’re sending it to everybody =__=

By: Celeste

Celeste — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:39:54 +0000

I took the tickle test (in early 2005, I believe) because everyone in my group at work had taken it and wanted me to take it. I scored 147, so this notion that the highest possible score is 144 is incorrect, unless it changed after that. They praised me highly for doing well in all of the areas that they test and called me a “mastermind”, but they didn’t offer me anything for free. I do not know my “actual” IQ.

I met someone who gives IQ tests for a living. She tests for learning disabilities at a community college for the purpose of allocating resources such as tutoring. She says Stanford-Binet was originally designed to test compliance and the ability to follow instructions and that “a creative person doesn’t stand a chance”. That’s an exact quote.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:48:56 +0000

CW, Amen! While intelligence is roughly defined as one’s ability to solve problems, the problems presented in these tests tend to be quite culturally biased. On top of that, as one can see from all of the comments on this blog, I.Q. tests have degenerated into a mere tool that assists one is “ducking his own sick” (if that makes no sense to you, don’t worry about it).

By: cw

cw — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:50:51 +0000

What is intelligence? All cultures differ in what makes up intelligence. Even the experts cannot agree on what intelligence is. Even if we could agree on what qualities that made up a person’s intelligence were, we can never be sure we have the tools to measure them - Psychologists are still trying to measure the quality of things they do know.

IQ tests were originally used only to separate the normal kids from the mentally challenged ones.
The tests quickly progressed to a parlor activity and it still is a parlor activity.

If you want to improve your IQ score, do more exercises that simulate questions on these IQ tests. Your score will improve dramatically.

In other words, a person’s intelligence, at this point cannot not be measured nor is it always stable.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:52:50 +0000

Mike,

Religion, Sex, Power; all are good examples, seems to me. Pride would be another. Personally, I am religious (or, I try/want to be) but, not to let myself off the hook, I may be a good example of the very thing I just described. I have a legitimately tested I.Q. of 154, but I do some pretty stupid things sometimes. Lol, takes one to know one, I guess. ;D

By: Mike Linksvayer

Mike Linksvayer — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:57:22 +0000

Adam,

Very funny. I don’t think you were being very serious, but what sort of “Operating System” could one have in one’s mind that would not impact IQ test score but would impact “efficiency”? Religion? Sex? Power?

Separately, I wonder how actual computer Operating System use correlates with IQ test scores…

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:17:26 +0000

I agree that most of these online tests are suspect, at best. They are simply too cursory to provide accurate results. That said, even a legitimately assessed intelligence quotient tells you far less about a person than those with high I.Q.’s would like to believe. To liken the mind to a computer, the I.Q. would be comparable to the chipset. You can have the newest, most high-performance chipset made, but it’s all for naught if you’re running with $#!+ software! Unfortunately, many people with high I.Q.’s seem to be running Windows. At least, their “O.S.” seems to be just about as efficient.

-I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned.-

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:18:30 +0000

sweet i got 137

By: ooooooooooze

ooooooooooze — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:27:22 +0000

hey! I took the tickle test and got a Q. Is that good?

By: yashika

yashika — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:25:34 +0000

i feel dissappointed.i got 136 on the tickel’s iq test