The Rant Against IQ

2 points by ne38 5 years ago

If I told you here is the sequence: 1 what is the next numbers? You answer I don't have enough information, maybe it is 1 1 1 ... or 1 2 3 etc So the same goes for all tests asking given n numbers what is the next number; there is a unique polynomials of degree at most n - 1 that interpolate these sequence of numbers! But why should we restrict our self to just polynomials; A savvy mathematician would tell you I will peek any application from natural numbers to itself.

In the end IQ test is more about telepathy and normalization (we have same __limited__ culture) than any other factor.

The same goes for verbal ability and image recognition.

If I told you here is the sequence: 1 what is the next numbers?

Chyzwar 5 years ago |

Sequence questions in IQ tests would provide enough information to have provable answer. Most of these questions are intentionally easy to measure the speed of getting an answer.