[ExI] iqtests

[William Flynn Wallace]

That is all correct, Bill K.  What is your point?   bill w

On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 at 15:01, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > >> how could you say there was a meaningful repeatable measurable
> difference between somebody who had an IQ of 170 and somebody who had an IQ
> of 171?
> >
> > You could say that if the iq test were perfectly reliable - 100%
> agreement between two testings for all subjects.
> > Which will never happen.  A one point difference is well within the
> standard error of measurement (which you might want to learn about).
> >
> > > If IQ is lousy for judging non human intelligence then it must also be
> lousy at judging human intelligence;
> > Poor old IQ tests - don't get credit due.  Standard IQ tests correlate
> with and thus can predict more things than any other test.  Don't think
> that many people aren't trying really hard to find some.
> >
> > Some of you need to do a little research on intelligence, because some
> of you are over your heads.
> >
> > WIlliam F. Wallace Ph. D , experimental and clinical psychology
> > _______________________________________________
>
>
> This article seems like a good review of IQ tests.
> <https://brainmanager.io/blog/cognitive/are-iq-tests-reliable>
>
> IQ tests are not an overall test of your personality, knowledge or life
> skills.
> They are a pretty specific test of mental functioning and reasoning
> ability. This is demonstrated by the fact that you can train for IQ
> tests and doing some practice tests will improve your IQ score.
>
> BillK
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