EPTAnd you know Otolia, IQ is a bullshit number that has very little to do with intelligence. Still top 2% would probably get those right straightaway.
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HwangjaeTerran
Finland5967 Posts
And you know Otolia, IQ is a bullshit number that has very little to do with intelligence. Still top 2% would probably get those right straightaway. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9110 Posts
Btw imo everyone that responded with the bat's price as well is technically wrong right? The question only asks about the ball  | ||
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Ausfailia
Australia123 Posts
It's pretty apparent the type of thinking that the "obvious" answers (half and 10c) to these two questions expose - people who respond with the first number that comes to mind; rather how I (and I assume most other people inclined to math/engineering/what have you) answer the question is to spot the obvious and subconsciously ask "does this make sense?". These are really just catches to see who instinctively validates their answer with a quick logical justification. + Show Spoiler + Though it is funny seeing people in this thread try to justify how much smarter they think they are than others by getting the right answer. | ||
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Nevermind86
Somalia429 Posts
Now if you do this study to chess players or to starcraft players who are used to solving problems every time they play, their minds would find the solution deffinevitely faster, most of the smartest people I've known play chess, it's a generalization of course but the constant solving of problems do make these people smarter, these simple problems would be easy for them to resolve. | ||
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HellRoxYa
Sweden1614 Posts
On June 13 2012 19:10 Mindor wrote: Edit: Also, what kind of intelligent people are we talking about? One of the smartest people I've ever known was a history teacher at my highschool who was a complete tool at math. He'd sooner hold a two hour presentation on any topic of your choice than solve any of the problems above correctly.  Being knowledgeable (aka intellectual) doesn't necessairly mean you're smart (intelligent). Meaning that just because he can process, store, and retell a lot of information but that doesn't necessairly mean he understands it, nor (and perhaps more importantly) create any new solutions of his own. | ||
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Silidons
United States2813 Posts
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Nevermind86
Somalia429 Posts
On June 13 2012 23:49 HellRoxYa wrote: Being knowledgeable (aka intellectual) doesn't necessairly mean you're smart (intelligent). Meaning that just because he can process, store, and retell a lot of information but that doesn't necessairly mean he understands it, nor (and perhaps more importantly) create any new solutions of his own. Exactly what I said but much more to the point. The education system should focus on improving both memorizing a lot of information, plus solving problems because one without the other makes an educated individual incomplete. | ||
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Otolia
France5805 Posts
On June 13 2012 23:02 HwangjaeTerran wrote: 5 cents & 1 dollar and 5 cents. And you know Otolia, IQ is a bullshit number that has very little to do with intelligence. Still top 2% would probably get those right straightaway. Whether you consider IQ as a accurate measurement or not, it doesn't change anything. People in TL tends to believe everything as long as an academician wrote a paper on it without even questioning the paradigm. If only they knew the amount of bullshit and pointless studies you can find in every scientific field ... And it's even worse in humanities ... | ||
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mprs
Canada2933 Posts
On June 14 2012 00:15 Otolia wrote: Whether you consider IQ as a accurate measurement or not, it doesn't change anything. People in TL tends to believe everything as long as an academician wrote a paper on it without even questioning the paradigm. If only they knew the amount of bullshit and pointless studies you can find in every scientific field ... And it's even worse in humanities ... Yeah but do you know how hard it is to publish something in a decent journal? You'd have to be a master bullshitter. | ||
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
(Please reply with your answer, and please answer as spontaneously as possible.) A bat and ball cost a dollar and ten cents. The bat costs a dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? 5 cents | ||
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Deadlyhazard
United States1177 Posts
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
On June 14 2012 00:19 Deadlyhazard wrote: I still don't get the 5 cents thing. It has to be 10 cents. FYI I failed statistics 3 times in college, I must not be a very intelligent person. 10 plus 110 is 120. 5 plus 105 is 110. I think that you getting it wrong means you're smart, not stupid. | ||
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Deadlyhazard
United States1177 Posts
On June 14 2012 00:22 Zorkmid wrote: 10 plus 110 is 120. 5 plus 105 is 110. I think that you getting it wrong means you're smart, not stupid. OH MAH GOD it makes perfect sense now. I feel like an idiot! | ||
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Cheerio
Ukraine3178 Posts
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Cynry
810 Posts
On June 13 2012 23:02 HwangjaeTerran wrote: IQ is a bullshit number that has very little to do with intelligence Back this statement with something please, I'm interested. | ||
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sashamunguia
Mexico423 Posts
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CodECleaR
United States395 Posts
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Cereb
Denmark3388 Posts
Atleast the kind of smart that scores high on alot of these test the people were meassured by. You can never go into something completely unbiased and open-minded. You have to have assumptions and knowledge otherwise you won't get anywhere. Some people are in these situations at a disadvantage with more knowledge as they will have more knowledge to "help" them. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18426 Posts
On June 13 2012 21:14 Lobo2me wrote: Here's a little task: In sample 1, A has a concentration of 2 and a signal of 300. B has a concentration of 3 and a signal of 600. In sample 2, A has a concentration of 4 and a signal of 1200. B has a signal of 1800, what's the concentration? Heh, not enough info. Are the samples from the same population? How much noise is there? Need the background. The answer could be anything the way you phrased this. OT: the research is dumb, I got both answers right (first immediately, because that question has been asked soo often and the second after thinking through 10 cents first and realizing it was wrong... took about 5 seconds to get it right). Insofar as I can see the sample the researchers have is not at all unbiased and any possible conclusions should only hold for first year psychology students at a specific university in the USA. Not generalizable. Conclusion: bad research is bad. | ||
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Detwiler
United States239 Posts
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