I don´t believe in IQ
Its a long discussion but what I have very much doubt about is the claim that you can´t train your IQ beyond your teenage years. So please participate in this small test if you want.
Here is a test very close to that used to measure IQ by psychologist and Mensa.
http://www.iqtest.dk/main.swf
As I understand it you are not able to measure the IQ directly but this test comes close.
lease try to take the test now. Make a mental note of the result, go over the test once more and try to figure out
In some month I´ll present another test that is very close to this one but different and lets see if you get another result.
What I want to know is: Did your IQ go up, down, stay the same? Had you tried this kind of test before within the last, say, three years? And your age.
Please participate. Or do whatever you want with it
And I added a small poll because it usual attracts more readers 
Here is a test very close to that used to measure IQ by psychologist and Mensa.
http://www.iqtest.dk/main.swf
As I understand it you are not able to measure the IQ directly but this test comes close.
lease try to take the test now. Make a mental note of the result, go over the test once more and try to figure out
In some month I´ll present another test that is very close to this one but different and lets see if you get another result.
What I want to know is: Did your IQ go up, down, stay the same? Had you tried this kind of test before within the last, say, three years? And your age.
Please participate. Or do whatever you want with it
And I added a small poll because it usual attracts more readers
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and I only got to question 36...
34 and up are a bitch...
Originally posted by curiousuburb
115+ while drunk.
and I only got to question 37...
35 and up are a bitch...
yeah they were... 39 wasnt bad, but 37 took a while. I got 145 which is around the same score that i recived when i took a "real" IQ test (giving by a professional to me)
Highschool is getting old...I cant wait to get out:-(
104.
Now if only they had a patience test...
Now, I've heard that the actual "IQ" test takes a person's age into consideration...as a divisor of some sort. Meaning that if your "knowledge" remains the same, your IQ will actually DECREASE as you age. (Or you could say that to maintain one's IQ level, you need to constantly learn new things.)
Originally posted by KingOfSomewhereHot
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Now, I've heard that the actual "IQ" test takes a person's age into consideration...as a divisor of some sort. Meaning that if your "knowledge" remains the same, your IQ will actually DECREASE as you age. (Or you could say that to maintain one's IQ level, you need to constantly learn new things.)
It's true for kids only.
Luckily otherwise, I would become more and more idiot
Funny thing was I got real stuck on one of the very early ones. I hate it when they are really obvious and you just don't see it. I think I only made it up to 34 or so.
Based on our poll, it looks like we have one strange bell curve around here.
If it is high people feel good and sign up to join :-)
ha
Originally posted by Anders
No. (Most) online test do screw the result. The Mensa ones are usually very adjusted, even to different countries. That they have some strange belief that tells them the environment doesn´t affect your ability to solve their tests are another subject.
Who believes that the environment doesn't affect your test scores?
You are not rewarded for finishing before time is up - so take your time! Wrong answers do not influence your result - so guess rather than omit a question!
So how does it score?
Originally posted by mouseion
So how does it score?
On correct answers only. Some tests actively penalize you for incorrect answers instead of just not giving you the points(though I don't if any IQ test that do so). The idea being that if you left it blank, you didn't know, but if you answered incorrectly you actually reasoned or calculated wrong.
There was a prof in university that scored tests like that. On mulitple choice tests, you could answer most of the question right and still end up with a fail if you answered enough wrong instead of leaving them blank. Luckily, I never had him.
Originally posted by Tulkas
On correct answers only. Some tests actively penalize you for incorrect answers instead of just not giving you the points(though I don't if any IQ test that do so). The idea being that if you left it blank, you didn't know, but if you answered incorrectly you actually reasoned or calculated wrong.
There was a prof in university that scored tests like that. On mulitple choice tests, you could answer most of the question right and still end up with a fail if you answered enough wrong instead of leaving them blank. Luckily, I never had him.
Whaa? It makes a *lot* more sense to penalize for wrong answers! If you don't, that just adds a random "lottery" part to the end of the test, where at ~1 minute before end of test you fill a random answer to every question you haven't answered yet.
I have done an unofficial math/logic IQ test maybe twice, and have been officially tested once at school. Got a 141 in that test. I'd love to practice some (practice definitely gives you a better score in these tests) and see how far I can up the score, just as a fun "project". I think this fact you can better your scores makes Mensa an unnatural, contrived, pompous organization.
I'll do this one later, haven't got 40 minutes now.