re: #392 Ray in TX

No, I think IQ tests in general are unreliable because there’s no consistency from test to test. The methodology varies between tests, so it’s clear that you are being judged by the subjective standards of the test designers (whom I presume score very well on their own tests).

I think that most of what we perceive as “intelligence” is nothing more than disciplined thinking, which is learned process. Barring some actual mental defect, everyone is capable of it. The people who learned the “rules” early on are just presumed to be more intelligent by the people who don’t really understand that there are actually rules.

Gee, so there aren’t really any dumbasses after all; they just need more time to come to the same conclusions as you. (of course I don’t mean YOU literally)