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If ever a reliable method for measuring actual intelligence rather than IQ is invented I imagine we'll be seeing a somewhat lumpier graph than that smooth mean distribution curve.
At the end of the day, reducing intelligence down to one single number is already kind of questionable. What does it mean for someone to be 1 point more intelligent than another person?
If you took a test as a child, it was probably WISC-V.
Which seems very reasonable to me. This was originally intended to be an aptitude test, not strictly to measure your intelligence.
This is supposed to quantify intelligence but how are these criteria quantified? Seems like the same fundamental issue
I don't know, when I got tested it seemed like they were testing the right stuff.
I'm pretty sure it's a well-made test that provides fairly accurate results. Even if what they claim to be measuring in each category isn't reflected in the test, it is, at the very least measuring the abilities required to take the test and that exactly.
It seems pretty straightforward to see how good a kid is at solving a puzzle, right?
It's the composite score, and especially the heavy emphasis on it as some innate unchangeable thing, that's the questionable part.
Absolutely, but it's still useful. Allegedly Alfred Binet did not approve of the eventual applications of the test he designed.