Hey IQ people. Talking about your IQ does the opposite of what you think it does. When people see your IQ in your bio/handle, they don’t think: Oh! He’s a smartie!
Instead they think: Oh dear. Poor dummy hasn’t figured out IQ scores are meaningless.
Instead they think: Oh dear. Poor dummy hasn’t figured out IQ scores are meaningless.
At best, we could say an IQ test is a not-very-good personality guide, though much less useful than Myers-Briggs, Enneagram, or Astrology, because it doesn’t even attempt to help you self-reflect or improve your interpersonal relationships.
That said, anyone who talks about their IQ is almost guaranteed to be a jerk. So I guess we could say the test is useful to help identify jerks? IQ test as jerk predictor?
At worst the IQ test is yet another tool to discriminate against minority groups, and uphold white supremacy.
https://twitter.com/themagnifera/status/1349754549247082508?s=21
Don't tell me your IQ. I have no reference for what the number means. If you say your IQ is 1000, or 10, it's the same to me. It’s like telling an American the weather in Celsius. (23? That sounds cold! Oh, you’re at the beach?)
No matter what the number is, my reaction is the same: I think you’re a dummy who is so paranoid about people thinking you're dumb, that you're trying to prove you're smart. I've never met a smart person who tried to prove they were smart.
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