Hey why doesn't everyone that has to join sci forums have to do a IQ test and existing members too, although, it comes up next to your name when posting

A common sense test to qualify for starting a poll wouldn't go astray.

what who where
are you stupid?

scarred or dumb little peter poo

All in favor of banning him, say 'I'.

Aye, tis settled.

Hey why doesn't everyone that has to join sci forums have to do a IQ test and existing members too, although, it comes up next to your name when posting

Because that would be fucking retarded.

Why.... that would be dumb. I enjoy these forums and Im not even out of high school. I post in my educational limits and learn alot of things from these boards. To deny the forums to people of lower intelligence would be stupid. I guess we should keep out blacks and jews right?

yeah why not?

i mean to the iq test, age is not an issue, i am not saying kick people out just have what there iq next to there name

cole grey IQ = 81

Why don't we require that all members stand on their right leg, and vow a pledge of allegiance to the forces of ridiculousness as well?

so your a dumb dumb, what is the pledge of allegiance to the forces of ridiculousness, is this something you do all the time? or is it just a american thing?

I'm glad I posted that, just so I could see "dumb dumb".

Computer = $2000
Cable router = $100
"dumb dumb" = priceless.

Actually, here in america the pledge to ridiculousness is becoming a more realistic threat every day.
I was saying that your idea is ridiculous, although I don't denigrate your bringing it up.
If we all sit around waiting for our ideas to be good before we say anything, we'll have to wait a long time to have any conversation at all.

we shouldnt ban people for having low IQ's they have to learn somewhere, my IQ has grown 7 points since i joined

High I.Q doesn't mean you have anything interesting/intelligent to say. I'm a living proof of that. :D

Thanks Cole i didn't think it was that good although, cheers none the less!

vslayer
No one said anything about banning poeple, read the whole thread, it is not that hard there has nly been one page of replies!

who is that 1 yes over there , please find out and ban him ..

what is Intelligence any way?, this maybe http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=44892?

IQ tests, like SAT and other things like that, only check the test-taking ability. If you practice enough IQ tests, you'll raise your IQ but you won't become better educated or wiser.

what is Intelligence any way?, this maybe http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=44892?

Grand example, Kunax.

Here's another one: http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=44725

who is that 1 yes over there , please find out and ban him ..
who are you talking about

He is talking about the one person that voted 'yes' to your proposal.
It is likely that that person has a very low IQ :p

IQ test are a waste of time and inherently biased. Besides, it would just be another meaningless number which we use to compare ourselves against others... like post count ect... :rolleyes:

My IQ allows me to chew gum and walk. Simultaneously, you pathetic bitches.

So there.

Actually it is non-sense to state an IQ is meaningless. It does make a good indication of one's intelligence, but it does not equal intelligence.

We could start at a very basic level.

Ask everyone to differential between plagiarism and possible copyright violation or violating forum rules.

Some don't know that giving credits (to author and publication) and providing a link to the full text is not plagiarism.

Copying one author is plagiarism.
Copying many authors is research.
Copying no authors is madness.

We could start at a very basic level.

Ask everyone to differential between plagiarism and possible copyright violation or violating forum rules.

Some don't know that giving credits (to author and publication) and providing a link to the full text is not plagiarism.

Yeah that's a great idea, or maybe we could just ask whet the difference between funny and stupid is??

what a joke

sorry i missed the joke, do you mind explaining it, i am not that fast you see.

Sad.

Jolly Rodger . . . Have ya looked at the poll results? Ye'r gettin' yer ass whooped.

i don’t consider having an apposing view as getting my "ass whooped" if anything i suppose i am not conforming like everyone else.
Although the funniest thing is I never vote on my own polls i would rather see what other people think. So buddy, if any one is sad it is you, actually it is worse than sad.

but hey who cares right. that’s right you do

although rules are there for breaking and in doing so i just want everyone to know that i just voted on my poll, i was not going to tell anyone although there you go!

Sorry athelwulf i know i am still hurting from getting my "ass whooped" that is why i am crying, i am so sad, no one agreed with me, boo hoo

I hate you all so much for voting no, that would be freaking excellent.
This place needs a little something that makes it fit it's "intelligent community" moniker.
This would be perfect. If under everyone's name it said;
IQ: 130
(for example)

I think it would be freaking hilarious and really add character to the place.
Just make it standard for everyone joining that they take an IQ test, and force members here already to take one before they can post again.
You're so freaking boring, the lot of you. Why can't you see how great this would be.
Imagine the power you'd have in an argument if you had a big looming superior IQ glaring in your opponents face.
God, have some imagination you fucks.

IQ tests are missleading. For starters they are bias in certain area's, like if english is your second language, or if you only post in ethics but you dont have the physic's knowlage nessary. They say nothing at ALL about political awarness

This place needs a little something that makes it fit it's "intelligent community" moniker.
This would be perfect. If under everyone's name it said;
IQ: 130
(for example)

The irony would be that there could be high IQ scores on the avatar, but the threads would still have the same amount of unintelligent talk.

Poster X (IQ 146) says, "you are an asshole, my dog is smarter than you are."
Poster Y (IQ 139) says, "f*ck you, retard."

I change my vote to yes. It would be very funny.

Jolly Rodger,


i don’t consider having an apposing view as getting my "ass whooped" . . .

That's yer problem.


Although the funniest thing is I never vote on my own polls i would rather see what other people think.

That's not as funny as us knowing what side ye'r on, whether or not ya voted.


So buddy, if any one is sad it is you, actually it is worse than sad.

Nope, I'm still quite happy. 'Tis thee who is sad.


but hey who cares right.

I do! (Assuming that was a question, for it looks like a question even though a question mark is nowhere to be seen.)


that’s right you do

That's right! :D


although rules are there for breaking and in doing so i just want everyone to know that i just voted on my poll, i was not going to tell anyone although there you go!

Good for you.


Sorry athelwulf i know i am still hurting from getting my "ass whooped" that is why i am crying, i am so sad, no one agreed with me, boo hoo

Thou should be sad. For thou art sad.

Dr Lou Natic,


I hate you all so much for voting no, . . .

And we all hate you so much for voting "yes".


. . . that would be freaking excellent.

No it freaking wouldn't.


This place needs a little something that makes it fit it's "intelligent community" moniker.

Or rather . . . This place needs a little something (or someone) to go away to make this place fit its "intelligent community" moniker. ;)


This would be perfect.

Nothing's perfect.


If under everyone's name it said;
IQ: 130
(for example)

If what? Please complete yer thought.


I think it would be freaking hilarious and really add character to the place.

We need neither hilarity nor character.


Just make it standard for everyone joining that they take an IQ test, and force members here already to take one before they can post again.

Ya just restated Jolly's idea. Ye'r being redundant.


You're so freaking boring, the lot of you.

Ye'r so freaking annoying.


Why can't you see how great this would be.

I'm sorry . . . Was that a question? It looks like one, and sounds like one when I read it, but there's no question mark.


Imagine the power you'd have in an argument if you had a big looming superior IQ glaring in your opponents face.

Imagine how little power one would have if sou (http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?p=768841#post768841) had a small IQ, no matter how right sou (http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?p=768841#post768841) is. Bad idea. Horrible idea.


God, have some imagination you fucks.

God, have some common sense, you fuck.

personal insults removed.

^^ just an example of the needless flamewars caused by trying to categorise people

"Needless" my ass.
The kettle so dark that light cannot escape it's surface just referred to polished platinum as black.
This clearly requires correction.

You're so freaking boring, the lot of you. Why can't you see how great this would be.
Imagine the power you'd have in an argument if you had a big looming superior IQ glaring in your opponents face.

No. I thought about it. I wouldn't like being right all the time.

As in the Douglas Adams book where elite physics professors killed a student who had done the greatest discovery of that time because they had finally realised that nobody likes smartasrses.

I haven't voted yet. Someone care to persuade me to vote a certain way? Hm? Politics? Yes?

So If I have extremly low IQ and I make the greatest Invention of 21st Century, will I still be banned before I join SF ?

I don't know why everyone thinks I said they are banned for having a low iq, all I was saying was that their iq would be on display next to their name for every one to see every time the posted something. This is not the first time I have said this in the post either, please take the time to read it, it is not that hard.

So to answer your question no you would not be banned.

Yeah it would kind of defeat the purpose to ban the people with low IQs.

I don't know why everyone thinks I said they are banned for having a low iq,
Paranoia, coupled with unexpected realism.

Paranoia, coupled with unexpected realism.
so you think it is a good idea, or no?

Ja...I hired a mensa member to do my IQ test.

You intelligent community in literal sense?

;)

Was that a sentence?
;)

I don't think putting the IQ next to one's handle would do any good.
It would result in IQ-whining, it would seriously reduce the amount of useful discussion. I speak of experience, any of you who are/were a member of HighIQ societies should agree on that.

Also, who is going to make an IQ test? And how where you intending to norm it properly?

Also, who is going to make an IQ test? And how where you intending to norm it properly?
We were going to rig it so the good guys (i.e. people who agree with us) get a large one... :)

wouldn't it take more time voting on everyones ranking than it would doing an iq test, i mean if your time is so valuable

No. That's ridiculous.

in my persoanl opinion this is a stupid idea as IQ tests are not accurate and intelligence is a human charcteristic that can't be quanitively measured or defined, and one's reactions to anothers ideas/posts should have no correlation to the fist person's IQ. My IQ increases every few years by about a few points. when i was in grade one ,my IQ was aroudn 130 and now its well in excess of 160. So these things can change as IQ tests can't be seriously accurate...

ps visit http://www.redsoulja.tk

ps visit http://www.redsoulja.tk

That is a genius website red, "under construction" with a flashing light or whatever. Now, why did you want me to go there?
Great example. IQ=160, common sense=???.

I.Q. Tests are retarted. Lets just brag and argue like what always happens. I just took my SAT today.

I just find it funny that everyone one this forum thinks they are so smart although is so scared of this idea

I just find it funny that everyone one this forum thinks they are so smart although is so scared of this idea
Continuing your hyperbole, everyone on the planet thinks they are smart.
JR, here are some issues to ponder concerning your suggestion. I shall call them the 3Ms: mechanism, motivation, message.
Mechanism:
To obtain a realistic IQ measurement requires a lengthy test under controlled conditions.
Item 1: A quality test would have to be purchased from a testing company. Given that it would be freely accessible by anyone they are going to charge an arm and a leg for it. Who is going to pay?
Item 2: Even if you run a simpler test of the type to be found free on the inter-net that still creates set up issues for the site owner.
Item 3: The simple tests still take significant time to complete, which will be off-putting to some.

Motivation:
What are we actually gaining from this? Yes it would be of passing interest, in the same way that it interesting to know where someone lives, what sex they are, how old they are, etc. But it is arguably one of the less interesting factors.
So, I ask again, what useful data does it bring to the forum.


Message:
This sends a very strong message to potential visitors that this is an elitist forum of Mensa like geeks. (Thouhg a quick scan of a typical thread would disabuse them of this notion.)
If you know you have a low IQ, but are keen to learn, you are likely to be put off by this requirement to publicly display your allegedly low intellect. Result: fewer posters.

Which is a long winded way of agreeing with SpuriousMonkey. Maybe we aren't falling over ourselves to vote yes because there are too many reasons against it.
For the record I am addicted to IQ tests. The free ones on the net generally give me scores in the high 160s. Properly conducted ones, or serious ones in reputable books, deliver a figure in the high 140s or low 150s. But I fail to see what that has to do with anything. I can still spout as much drivel as the guy, or gal, with an IQ of 95. It's just that I may be more adept at wriggling free when someone calls me on it!

Let the idea slide into well deserved oblivion, but thanks for generating some interesting thoughts.

If anyone is keen to display their IQ they can put it under their custome user title.

end of discussion.

Yeah, but the whole reason I was interested was specifically so the people who didn't want to display their IQs had them displayed against their will.
The idea of that turns me on.
I'm kind of a pervert when it comes to IQs, and nudity too for that matter.

This sends a very strong message to potential visitors that this is an elitist forum of Mensa like geeks. (Thouhg a quick scan of a typical thread would disabuse them of this notion.)
Exactly. This IQ idea is only functional as a comedic device. I change my mind again, it isn't that funny, I vote no.

Ophiolite, fewer posters in the forum isn't what's wrong. It's just that.. a number tells you nothing about a person.

But, how far they have gotten in school certainly does. :D

But, how far they have gotten in school certainly does.

Yeah. It tells you just how willing to conform and fit they are.

If what everyone is saying is true,
your iq has nothing to do with how smart you are then wouldn't that be proven if everyone had there iq next to there name and people with low iq out witted people with hight iqs?
I mean, Athelwulf for example, you think you are pretty smart although it would be funny if you actually did have a high iq.

A little practical thing: The results of an IQ test are rather dependent on the language used in the test. So will non-native engish speakers be forced at gunpoint to take an English IQ test and live with the embarrasment of a reduction in 5-20 IQ points? Or can we take the 5th on this?

I'm worried my mummy will see an incorrect IQ of her beloved son. I couldn't bare living in such a shame.

So will non-native engish speakers be forced at gunpoint to take an English IQ test


a grafical IQ test :)
"http://mensa.dk/ -> Test Din IQ -> Start Test"
end by "Menu -> Send"

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Yeah. It tells you just how willing to conform and fit they are.

Is that not the purpose of society, and internet community?

It seems from the response here that 'outliers' like Jolly Rodger and racists like Big D are not exactly viewed as desirable personalities.

Let the majority do what they will - as long as I'm a part.

Let the majority do what they will - as long as I'm a part.


"the world can go to hell, as long as I can always have my tea", spoken by Liza in 'notes from the underground', by Dostoevsky.

I don't think the I.Q. test is a good idea even though I do have a high I.Q.

Recently in "World Issues" class, we did a political standing test that asked a series of questions to determine one's political views regarding economical and social issues. I was exactly in the middle, but there was an interesting mix of people that lean left and right in the class. I think a test like that would be an interesting bit of information about the members, but an I.
Q. test is subjective.

Factors like language of origin, education and age will sway an I.Q. test. Also, if someone is weak in one area (math, for example), their test will score lower, but there is no way to rate one's strength in philosophy.

Weak in other areas, math for example, Closet? Well, math is THE thing intelligence is measured from, pattern finding abilities, abstract thinking, all stem from math. And Language of origin is not a big factor in these formelly mentioned gathegories. The questions are not jargon. My native language is Finnish, and i have survived (had to mention it as you did this: "I don't think the I.Q. test is a good idea even though I do have a high I.Q.")

And ones strenght in philosophy is merely two things, how much have you studied/read and the capability to form thoughts- which is the basis of intelligence.. which is purely mathematical.

Since both of you have refused private messages...

Jolly Rodger and Athelwulf -

If you two have another exchange with each other or anyone else,
like the one you had here, you will both be permanently banned.