• Zozano@aussie.zone
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    14 hours ago

    Mensa has long been the benchmark for high IQ societies.

    Go take their sample IQ test. It is only pattern recognition.

    Unfortunately this is the norm.

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      11 hours ago

      Mensa has long been the benchmark for high IQ societies.

      Mensa is a social club with an admittance test, which they’re free to organize however they want. It holds no weight in the field of psychology

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      13 hours ago

      Mensa is a private society where you pay for membership and take a test which cherry picks from actual standardized intelligence tests and are openly available so you can practice them. Proper ones used in neuropsychology measure more than just pattern recognition. I don’t know why Mensa has gotten such a prominent place, but it shouldn’t be regarded as the benchmark for anything.

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      14 hours ago

      i literally did the test with a registered psychologist, not sure what more you want?

      it very much seems like you just want to hate intelligence tests and reality being different makes you frustrated

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        14 hours ago

        There are different types of intelligence tests, sure. What I was talking about was IQ tests.

        But yes, I do hate intelligence tests, they have a long history of reinforcing systemic racism.