A lot of people think that verbal innovativeness and creativity are an indication of general intelligence.
They'd be right...but measuring that ability on a standardized test is very difficult because language is different for everybody and depends a lot on cultural factors.
You're right. An IQ test is designed to measure things well near the norm and not so well away from the norm.
I don't think they're deliberately designed that way, it's just the way math works when curves are asymptotic (eg. a bell curve) - nothing you can do about it!
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Rubbish. The million dead Iraqi/Afghan civilians were totally worth it to get to Osama.
I thought it was Bert.
Try talking to them in a sexy voice ... I bet they'll back off
You don't get out of your basement much, do you?
more boilerplate bullshit please!
You know how I know you didn't Read The Article...?
Does that mean the boys can go home now? Oh, wait...
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Dunno about that but if it can make decent sandwiches I'm all ears...
FTA: "experts estimate insurance losses at up to $5 billion"
So...it's not called "damage" any more, it's called "insurance loss"?
The insurance company's bottom line is more important the the people without homes?
If it can't correct for windage, etc. then what's the point? You still need a spotter.
And two miles away you're still probably going to miss.
anybody who wants the, often quite aggressive, price/performance of an AMD part won't be buying more than one NVIDIA card
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Dear /. owners/IT/whoever in charge...You know it would be really easy to give users a way to report trolling, spam & such?
If only there was a way for you to filter out posts with a negative rating...that would be totally awesome
A few more cases like that and we might get some laws changed...
That was nearly as funny as the episode of the IT crowd where they labelled a box "The Internet" and the managers believed it.
This isn't a 'posting', it's a headline.
It's on a major web site and it's supposed to have gone through an editor and/or screening process before we get to read it.
Probably Plexiglass.
You know how I know you didn't read the article...?
Doesn't sea depth have its own units? If you're going to use archaic units you could at least use the right ones....
FTA: "They call it the pressure boundary," said Raggio. "It's the boundary between you and instant death."
Okay then, where do I sign up...?
You've never been down there? It's amazing!
Anybody who didn't think of these things before signing up was Doing It Wrong.
Well if I show you a drawing depicting a house, and the house is green, and the question asks "how many sides of the house are green?"
...it would be a terrible question for an IQ test.
It does not measure how quickly you can run 1600 meters. THAT is his point.
I bet there's a strong correlation between the two. THAT is the point of IQ tests - to distinguish the mental couch potatoes from the athletes.
A lot of people think that verbal innovativeness and creativity are an indication of general intelligence.
They'd be right...but measuring that ability on a standardized test is very difficult because language is different for everybody and depends a lot on cultural factors.
There are people who did just figure it out.
I'm one of them. When I learned to solve the cube there were no books or web tutorials. Get off my lawn.
Solving it by yourself takes about a month of motivated fiddling and has very little to do with spatial ability.
Probably not.
Those tests aren't done to find out who the smart kids are, they're done to identify the 'tards^G^G^G^Gdevelopmentally challenged.
You're right. An IQ test is designed to measure things well near the norm and not so well away from the norm.
I don't think they're deliberately designed that way, it's just the way math works when curves are asymptotic (eg. a bell curve) - nothing you can do about it!