โฒ 271 โผ Who cares about red flags in people. What are your green flags (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by Ilflish@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 274 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago (4 children) Have you heard about IQ Test. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [โ] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) The flawed metric racists use to claim they are somehow superior? There is a reason why it isn't standard practice and only covers certain topics. It can measure some general knowledge, but is in no way indictment to the actual intelligence of a person. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* Yes I know the origins of IQ Tests and how it was used for justifying eugenics in USA and how Hitler got inspired by it. But I ment it as a joke to the original comment asking how to measure intelligence. And anyway who believes in a number on piece of paper we all only believe in how much upvotes we can get on Lemmy. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago No that's dumb permalink fedilink source parent [โ] ondoyant@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) somebody talking about their IQ would be a major red flag for me lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Is it OK if they mention that their IQ is less than 0 Kelvin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] ondoyant@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [โ] homicidalrobot@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Have YOU been on the mensa forums? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] badelf@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I'm theoretically Mensa qualified but when I met some I turned away. My sense of what's fun and creative did not align. At all. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) The flawed metric racists use to claim they are somehow superior? There is a reason why it isn't standard practice and only covers certain topics. It can measure some general knowledge, but is in no way indictment to the actual intelligence of a person. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* Yes I know the origins of IQ Tests and how it was used for justifying eugenics in USA and how Hitler got inspired by it. But I ment it as a joke to the original comment asking how to measure intelligence. And anyway who believes in a number on piece of paper we all only believe in how much upvotes we can get on Lemmy. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* Yes I know the origins of IQ Tests and how it was used for justifying eugenics in USA and how Hitler got inspired by it. But I ment it as a joke to the original comment asking how to measure intelligence. And anyway who believes in a number on piece of paper we all only believe in how much upvotes we can get on Lemmy. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] ondoyant@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) somebody talking about their IQ would be a major red flag for me lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Is it OK if they mention that their IQ is less than 0 Kelvin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] ondoyant@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Is it OK if they mention that their IQ is less than 0 Kelvin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] ondoyant@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] homicidalrobot@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Have YOU been on the mensa forums? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] badelf@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I'm theoretically Mensa qualified but when I met some I turned away. My sense of what's fun and creative did not align. At all. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] badelf@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I'm theoretically Mensa qualified but when I met some I turned away. My sense of what's fun and creative did not align. At all. permalink fedilink source parent