One thing this doesn’t get into is the misconception that a lot of people have that IQ is some kind of absolute score when it’s a quotient that is combination your score averaged amongst others of your age group. Right now the highest possible IQ is 201 assuming a standard deviation of 16. There aren’t enough people alive to get higher than that.
Thanks; I needed this article.
As a transdimensional entity, I found myself stuck for a lifetime as a human being and figured that would make my life a cakewalk intellectually.
I took a couple of graduate-level examinations: LSAT, MCAT, GRE and scored shockingly average, if not below average.
I arrived at the conclusion that standardized testing is rigorously biased towards those with resources: Students or individuals with ample time and money to practice very constrained and narrow questions – “testing to test” or learning how to “game” the exam.
When I revealed this incongruity to a colleague, they laughed and said: “You need to be smart enough to cheat on an exam and not get caught”.
Humanity is odd, and it won’t stop being odd.
Perhaps the birds had it right, and the most colorful plumage, or the way someone dances is impressive, not their “IQ score”.
