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Comment author: Kawoomba 01 February 2013 06:45:01PM 1 point [-]

Lastly, I've never had my IQ measured properly -- passing the Mensa admission test places me at least two SDs above the norm

Isn't that a proper IQ test? At least it is where I live. Funny how we like to talk about things we're good at. The real test is "time from passing test to time you leave to save the yearly fee."

I'm an aspiring Friendliness theorist, currently based at the Australian National University -- home to Marcus Hutter, Rachael Briggs and David Chalmers, amongst others -- where I study formal epistemology through the Ph.B. (Hons) program.

That's awesome. Don't miss Marcus' lectures, such a sharp mind. Also, midi - Imperial March (used to be?) playing on his home page.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 February 2013 07:54:24PM 1 point [-]

Isn't that a proper IQ test? At least it is where I live.

Yes and no; it's some version of the Cattell, but it's not administered individually, has a lowish ceiling and they don't reveal your exact result.

The real test is "time from passing test to time you leave to save the yearly fee."

For the record, you needn't join in order to take their heavily subsidised admission test.

Comment author: Kawoomba 01 February 2013 07:58:28PM *  0 points [-]

(...) has a lowish ceiling and they don't reveal your exact result.

Is your info Aussie-specific? (EDIT: We're not quite antipodes, but not far off, either) They did when I took it, ceiling 145, was administered in a group setting.

For the record, you needn't join in order to take their heavily subsidised admission test.

'Twas free even, in my case, some kind of promo action.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 February 2013 08:50:54PM 0 points [-]

Is your info Aussie-specific? (EDIT: We're not quite antipodes, but not far off, either) They did when I took it, ceiling 145, was administered in a group setting.

Yep I had Australia in mind, though it's by no means the only country where it works that way. Also, various national Mensa chapters have stopped releasing scores -- something to do with egalitarianism, go figure... -- and pardon my imprecise language, but by lowish I meant around 145 SD15. (didn't mean it in a patronising manner, it's just that plenty of tests have a ceiling of 160 SD15 and some, e.g. Stanford-Binet Form L-M, are employed even above that cutoff)

Comment author: Kawoomba 01 February 2013 08:54:15PM 0 points [-]

I do wonder if someone who'd score, say 155 on a 160 ceiling test would probably score 145 on a 145 ceiling test. You project an aura of knowledgeability on the subject, so I'll just go ahead and ask you. Consider yourself asked.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 February 2013 09:09:03PM 1 point [-]

I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable to answer that and I have no intention of becoming one of those self-proclaimed internet experts! (plus the rest of the internet, outside of LW, already does a good enough job at spreading misinformation)

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