On 14/2/07 17:35, in article ,
"Mike Lyle" wrote:

'Mike' wrote:
"Broadback" wrote in message
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however there was no time limit

which makes it a stupid exercise not to be taken seriously.

Except that we don't know what was being tested -- as it happens, I have
reason to suspect that it _wasn't_ IQ. Apart from anything else, this
kind of experiment, just like market research, tends to be invalidated
if its subjects know what it's about.

I think, like others, that a "health warning" should have been given
along with the reported score. Of course scores arrived at in these
conditions have little scientific validity, and should be treated mainly
as a bit of fun -- after all, what actual use is it to adults to know
their IQ? We must await the debriefing.

With regard to the adults and IQ thing, you'd be amazed - or perhaps you
wouldn't - at how many people boast they're members of MENSA. ;-)

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