IQ test, how smart (or Dumb) am I?

Purple said:
I took a large towel and wiped all the sarcasm off that comment Vanilla, thanks for the complement. :D But I do have to question any IQ test that scores me at 144, for you should have seen this post before I ran spell check!
I'm also a bit disappointed with your comment, I expected something more cutting :p
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No, really, I'm impressed.:)
 
Purple said:
But I do have to question any IQ test that scores me at 144, for you should have seen this post before I ran spell check!
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You should certainly question this one. It has few of the characteristics (e.g. time constraints) that feature in tests administered by, say, Mensa.

Also, there is no direct correlation between a person's intelligence and their ability to spell correctly.
 
Also, there is no direct correlation between a person's intelligence and their ability to spell correctly.[/quote]


I totally agree there. I have a sister who did her hons. degree in Science; some years later decided to teach herself accountancy in order to run her husband's company; and the only spelling she was sure about was in Science. When she qualified and it came to writing off her applications for jobs, I used to write them as she couldn't spell for nuts.
 
I totally agree there. I have a sister who did her hons. degree in Science; some years later decided to teach herself accountancy in order to run her husband's company; and the only spelling she was sure about was in Science. When she qualified and it came to writing off her applications for jobs, I used to write them as she couldn't spell for nuts.
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That really says something for our educational system!
 
liteweight said:
That really says something for our educational system!
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I don't agree with you there. I think some people just can't spell because of the way their brains work. She was very mathematically inclined, I'm not and my own daughters have shown similar characteristics. The educational system I and my siblings had couldn't have been more superior - my parents were our national teachers (my father won the Carlisle & Blake award every year of its existence - other older teachers would know what that was) and we had secondary boarding school education. If you can't spell after that there has to be a reason and dyslexia wasn't it.
 
135. Guess that means I'm not as smart as Clubman - though I did note the link first time round :D

Pity Purple's spell check didn't pick up "complement";)

I wonder if the spelling thing correlates with reading rather than intelligence per se? I work in education and find that wider readers (that's those who read widely, not those of larger girth :D) tend to spell better. (Anecdotal - no evidence for it.)
 
Speaking of spelling, I noticed that the RTE weather report last night displayed the word "Tonite".

Might they have been in a hurry?
 
Haven't tried the IQ test link & don't intend to - did Mensa IQ test some years ago.

What would interest me is the reliability of the specific test. if you really would like to have your IQ accurately measured shouldn't it be done by a reputable organisation? e.g. mensa? or at least approved by someone like this.

To me, doing random on-line IQ tests is a bit like asking email purveyors of generic viagra about pharmaceuticals....

Anyway, agree with some of the comments above - I scored v.well but would have some glaring weaknesses in my abilities - I'm certainly no polymath
 
Purple said:
I took a large towel and wiped all the sarcasm off that comment Vanilla, thanks for the complement. :D But I do have to question any IQ test that scores me at 144, for you should have seen this post before I ran spell check!
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Gah - Spell check the curse of our generation! It corrects spelling but not context!

Compliment not complement !!!! :p
 
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