Really hard test!

[betazed]

I took a look at the exceptional IQ test. It is hardly an exceptional IQ test.

It is just a hard math test.

Question 2 with those where you are asked to guess the numerical value of the last diagram is basically a simultaneous equation problem. There are 7 symbols and 7 equations! Huh! So where are we measuring the IQ? You are measuring my ability to solve simulatenous equations!

Same goes for questions 6 where you are to judge the numerical value of feynmann. There are 25 letters (Y is missing) and 25 equations! Another simultaneous equation problem! some more

What a crappy IQ test!

I did not go any further.

 

[Pirate]

Originally posted by betazed


I consider myself a trekkie, but cannot put a finger on your reference

Which movie, which scene are you talking about?

I thought it was at the beginning of 4, when he is taking the logic test on Vulcan and just flying through the answers like it was nothing even though they are incredibly complex. Then it asks him "how do you feel?" and he is stumped.

Anyway, to me the test looked like the same questions but ramped up to a level of difficulty that it just makes it a pain in the arse. For instance your 25 simultaneous equations to find the value of 'feynmann' was the same kind of question in the ultimate test that had you find the value of 'chocolate.' Still there were others that I just didn't even start to look at. Not the type of thing to get into during your lunch break.

 

[betazed]

Originally posted by Pirate

Anyway, to me the test looked like the same questions but ramped up to a level of difficulty that it just makes it a pain in the arse. For instance your 25 simultaneous equations to find the value of 'feynmann' was the same kind of question in the ultimate test that had you find the value of 'chocolate.'

Exactly.

The only difference between the tests seemed to be the tediousness of calculation.

Another one was the number of figures made by the diagonals of an irregular heptagon. It is a standard combinatrics problem. Routine mind numbing calculation.

In any case any IQ test that requires tedious calculation must be skewed because you are not just measuring IQ but also the ability to continue lengthy calculations without making mistakes(arguably a very nice quality but hardly having a strong correlation with IQ)!

 

[stratego]

I glanced at this before and I think there were only two problems I was able to do quickly. It was the cannon ball stacking and something else.

I won't be able to solve all the problems by myself, but if anyone knows the solutions to any problem can you please post your explanation? Maybe collectively we can solve all 25

 

[IceBlaZe]

You are not supposed to do that.
They specifically ask not to publish answers or solutions to their questions anywhere.

 

[stratego]

What about PMing

 

[betazed]

I think I already gave answers to two questions (at least how to solve them).

maybe I should not have done that.

 

[stratego]

Well Betazed, since you've already broken the rules, why stop now

 

[IceBlaZe]

Play fair stratego.
Such a move would border infringement of copyright.

 

[Shadylookin]

IQ is irrelavant, I've seen people with supposedly high IQs that were just wasting up space. And i've seen normal people acheive good things. I liked what my 5th grade teacher said it's not your IQ that counts it's your "I will"

 

[Giotto]

I agree that IQ scarcely matters.. I just wanted people to see that exceptional IQ test.. that thing seems tough!

wasn't it Einstein who said that genius is 10% intelligence 90% creativity or something?

 

[polymath]

I didn't bother with that exceptional one - I just can't be bothered to sit there with pen and paper. If I can't do it in my head I also get unwarrantedly frustrated and have to climb back in my pram...what betazed and the others said, it's mind-numbing.


I did two of the others though - the first test (untimed) I got 129, and the second (timed) test I got 136.