TOP 2 IQ Percentile Re: [extropy-chat] Seven cents an hour?

[Jacob Bennett]

Brett Paatsch wrote:

> Damien Broderick wrote:
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>> It's hard for us self-starter INTJs to grasp that hapless dynamic,
>> but then we're less than 5% of the population, and most of us here
>> are a slimmer slice through that group as well, being at least in the
>> top 2 IQ percentiles.
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> I wish it were so but I reckon this flatters or genuinely overrates
> "most of us here" by about a standard deviation. 
> I'd estimate the mid-point of the curve as closer to one standard 
> deviation above the mean than two.
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> Brett Paatsch
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Personally, I question the validity of these tests.  I am rated an INFP 
by all the tests I've taken.  When I was leaving the Air Force I took 
these tests in association with a transition program designed to help 
Airman find careers once they leave.  It was recommended for INFP's find 
a career working with people: counselor, etc...  That's where it said I 
would be the happiest.  Personally, I take far greater joy in computer 
programming and technical applications (typically a INTJ(P) field), than 
help people sort through their problems on a daily basis.  The same goes 
for IQ tests.  It seems generally true that an educated person would 
fare far better on one than an uneducated person.  Only one person can 
decide what to do with their life...that individual.  Let the individual 
decide what he/she may want to do with their life.  Don't take me 
wrong...I find the questions asked by both to be a valuable 
introspective tool...but the focus should be on the questions 
asked...and not necessarily the results.

--Jacob Bennett