Intelligence

Before I start this post and I get berated by people saying that what I'm about to say means nothing because IQ is a stupid test and online tests are even stupider...I know. I know it all. I am only saying these things because they make me feel good about myself, regardless. That said:

I was bored tonight and took a wonderful spark.com trip in which I took many tests (one of which said they were 20% certain I was a girl...hmm....that seems pretty low....) Anyway I took an "unintelligence test" which told me I was 75% smarter than all others in my gender and age group that took the test, and much more observational as well (noticing traffic lights, things of that nature). However it said I had no sense of humor and no morals...hmm.

After my confidence boost with that test I decided to take the actual IQ test that the site offered. I know, I know, it's not real, blah blah. But I find it interesting that I took a totally different online IQ test when I was about 17 and got the EXACT same score as I got tonight. Maybe it means it's working for me, maybe it's just coincidence. So I guess I'll just tell people my IQ is 120, since that is what both of the sites told me. I really want to take a paper and pen IQ test once though, just to see.

Comments

Joseph said…
So if there's like a 6 year age difference and you're still the same as you were when you were 17....doesn't that mean you're not any smarter?? No?

I'm just guessing...love you though!
2:26 AM, April 24, 2005
Erica said…
Lol...you would think that, but these things are *supposed to* account for age and make the test harder accordingly. I'm pretty sure that it's doing its job if your score stays consistent over time
10:32 AM, April 24, 2005
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