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2011 Geek IQ Test
snydeq writes "Active Directory object catalogs, quad-core processors, Debian default configurations, Star Trek TNG guest appearances — find out how much you know where it really counts by taking InfoWorld's 2011 Geek IQ Test."
Incorrect as it is, "IQ test" has come to mean a test of knowledge and fact rather than one of ability.
Yes but only since it was noticed that knee-grows weren't doing so well at the test and it was getting harder to excuse that in terms of "cultural bias" when they're born in this country and have been part of American culture for over 200 years. People with brains who are unafraid to use them were saying "that makes no sense, it is a flimsy explanation at best and a lame excuse at worst". They still wanted to be politically correct so they had to do something. So they decided IQ testing was now a knowledge test and somehow not the aptitude test it was designed to be.
They still have to ignore the way people with high IQs tend to make more money, better decisions, have more education, etc. But that's normal. People who care about political correctness have been practicing this kind of selective memory and mental gymnasia for a long time now. They've reached a point where they can feel good about nearly anything without blinking. Kim Jong Ill a terrible brutal murderous dictator and a tyrant? Man, stop forcing your American cultural biases on the Koreans. Etc.