Re: Average SMP IQ.
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"What makes most of the dust that exists now?"
"Which of these numbers is higher; a 5 in a hexagon in a hexagon, or a g with a little 64 just to the right of it?"
the first one tests random knowledge, you could be the most intelligent person here and not have read this particular snapple fact
the second one, wtf are you even trying to say?
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Well, that's pretty much what I was getting at [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] What I really hate about IQ tests is that they're virtually all a case of "turn the handle and the answer pops out", where some have a more difficult handle than others. But in nearly all cases the handle is obvious. To me, a better test of intelligence is finding the right handle to begin with.
Both questions (which in fairness I just made up) appear random and, perhaps, even nonsensical, because they're deliberately written so as to not make the 'path' to the answer obvious, even though both questions have specific and unique 'correct' answers.
They're designed to be answered with the help of any book you like, and with complete access to the internet, so as to remove the random knowledge angle. The trick is using those tools correctly.
I wasn't however looking to get into the details of these questions, but rather the broader principles they embody - I can post the solutions if that would help...?
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