Wednesday, October 31, 2007

I don't believe in IQ tests ... should I?

Facebook ... I couldn't help it, I guess.

An old school friend invited me to be a facebook contact, and when I got there, lo and behold, she was announcing her IQ score computed from Facebook's IQ test application ...

Okay, got the old competitive spirit in me going and I decided to take one too, despite the late hour.

28 out of 30 questions right, in 11 minutes ... and they can only estimate my IQ to be x, a respectable score that is in the range of top 0.5% to top 0.3% ... depending on the standard deviation.

And for very small secure payment ... of US$1.99, I will receive a full detailed report.

I don't buy it.  I've taken several IQ tests and I can be smart some days and really stupid on other days.

I took the test out of sheer competitiveness, and I won't publish its score, 'cos I'm thinking it might trigger a round of competitiveness.

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