IQ, therefore I know?
This was originally going to be a reply to a comment on reddit here. But unfortunately it grew to 11000 or so characters, and Reddit wouldn’t have that. Surprisingly, this is the first time it’s happened to me, even though I have a penchant for incredibly longwinded comments. Enjoy this little TL;DR Internets.
Let’s start at the beginning.
It’s true, I’ve never taken a “real” IQ test. I have read _quite_ a bit about them though. I’ve cited some links which are representative of the materials I’ve read, there is more- and if you feel that those sources are somehow biased, I am very open to being presented with new evidence.
First, for those not aware, I just want to summarize the history and original purpose of the Stanford-Binet IQ Test and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, another important intelligence test which is based on an earlier test due to Wechsler-Bellevue[7]. Note that I’ve cited the Wikipedia entries for these ([2,7,8]) as being relatively representative, I’ve read other materia that. To be frank, I don’t want to bother finding, this is just a silly internet argument after all. One that does come immediately to mind is Stephen Jay Gould’s The Mismeasure of a Man.