On Saturday evening, the BBC ran an experiment to to find out the nation's IQ. They basically ran a national IQ test on prime time TV. I didn't see the TV program (hey, I have better things to do on a Saturday night) but luckily the test is also available online.
I tried it this morning and scored 137 which is, I guess, pretty good. Would have been nice to get 140 :(
An interesting result is the map of results by region. The pale colours indicate that most regions were pretty much near average, but notice the higher over average scores for Surrey and Hampshire and the large area of under-achievers in Western Scotland.
At this point I lost confidence in the whole thing and went back to watching the programme on Kylie on Channel 5.
I don't know if that decision rates me as more or less inteligent.
The interface is buggy... sometimes, it stops responding to mouse clicks (doesn't register your answer), and then you get an extra 5 seconds where it forcibly puts your answer as the place where you first clicked (no changes can be made)...
Just finished playing it, I suck at pattern recognition and towards the end, I got calls from outside (yes, I'm making excuses
Still haven't got the mail from BBC, though
Re:tried it...
davorg on 2002-05-13T10:17:02
That sounds to me like you might be trying to answer the example questions.
I made the same mistake
:) Re:tried it...
tinman on 2002-05-13T10:24:01
LOL... You're absolutely right (everyone in my cubicle is playing it now *evil grin*, which is how I noticed
:o) Wish they allowed a player to move on once they answered the question instead of waiting the whole 15 odd seconds.. bah.. (still no email, maybe their application doesn't handle IQ in the floating point ranges
;o)
Does alcohol have any (momentarily) effect on IQ scores? Judging from my own experience it would seem that it actually increases IQ (which corroborates the feeling one gets when drunk): I got 136 after coming home completely wasted at 5am
Re:Babies?
mir on 2002-05-13T17:41:43
Does a screaming baby have any (momentarily) effect on IQ scores? Judging from my own experience it would seem that it actually increases IQ (which does _not_ corroborates the feeling one gets when listening to him): I got 136 while Antonio was raising hell in the house.
On the other hand it looks like it has the same effect as alcohol
;--) Re:Babies?
darobin on 2002-05-13T17:48:22
Good to hear that, I now have a strong case to continued drinking instead of procreation as they have the very same effect. Whichever future girlfriend tries to get me to become a father will have to beat that argument, HA!
Re:Babies?
djberg96 on 2002-05-15T13:53:33
I now have a strong case to continued drinking instead of procreationHmm...that's odd. I thought the two were intertwined.
:-O
Re:IQ test are so flawed - it's sad to see them us
pudge on 2002-05-16T22:37:26
Hm. Does the fact that you have no less than six punctuation errors and two spelling errors -- not to mention the argumentation error of saying "it's been known" without saying who knows it -- contribute to your distaste for tests?
Re:IQ test are so flawed - it's sad to see them us
ajt on 2002-05-21T08:32:43
Dyslexia has it's problems....
As it happens, I've had my IQ measured by Statutory tests by the UK Government (11+), and had a score in the region of 160. As a result of this test I was allowed to go to a better school than other children, and was easily able to obtain a BSc and PhD.
IQ tests do not test spelling or grammer...
Re:IQ test are so flawed - it's sad to see them us
barbie on 2002-05-20T13:48:02
IQ tests only measure the brain's ability to respond to a variety of mental puzzles, that are supposed to be aimed the both the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
The word intelligence is misleading as you really need to go into a lot more depth to discover someone's intelligence. However, as a guide to someone's mental dexterity, it's pretty good.
Anyone who bases their life on their IQ score has probably missed the point.
