Do you believe in IQ tests?

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Well, I believe they do have a use. However, it’s been shown that the tests are really geared to a certain “type.” For example, a middle class person might score higher on such a test than a person in poverty, due the the education the middle class person might have, and their life experiences. Some parts of the test, though, measure innate traits, such as locating patterns. I think that people across the spectrum can decipher that with our without education. I took this quiz about my sense of humor. The end result suggested I didn’t have one, that I was as dead as a fish…the problem is, it kept asking which character I preferred in Seinfeld, which character I preferred in this sit com or that sit com…...well, I’ve never watch Seinfield or those other sit coms. So the test was biased towards those who have.

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