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Toddler Has Same IQ Score as Stephen Hawking

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I'm just shocked to learn that Bill Gates has the same IQ score as Stephen Hawking. What about Vista?
 
Man. Her expectations now exceed her height; a horrible deficit.
 
Wessexman said:
Toddler Has Same IQ Score as Stephen Hawking - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News - FOXNews.com

IQ scores are derived by evaluating how well a subject does compared to others of his or her own age. A perfect age match would result in an "average" score of 100, while a 6-year-old who had the same results as an average 9-year-old would score 150, or "genius" level.

Sort of takes the amazement out of it doesn't it.
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You're trying to tell me she cannot come up with the Multi-Universe theories?

You, sir, are no fun.
 
Sometimes these IQ scores are just too ridiculous. What's more ridiculous is the test itself, especially for children. The context of it all is just too detached. The reference to the 160 and Hawking are totally put out of context and just feeds into the misinformation about IQ testing.

I mean, there really isn't much to test for a 2 year old. The article cited that the toddler was more "imaginative" in her responses. Well, gee-wilikers! A kid who is imaginative, I've never seen that BEFORE!!

The bottom-line is that IQ test doesn't really measure intelligence. It measures what we think and what we expect are signs of intelligence. A two year old excelling at imagination is what we expect any 2 year old to do. Similarly, a child who is 3 or 4 is rapidly learning language and grammatical rules. This isn't intelligence. It's what we expect, in this specific culture.
 
Yes, quite amazing. I am sure the toddler during the interview, wiped a finger through some dookey in her butt, held it up under the reporters nose, and uttered with preternatural creativity for her age: "and this is important for all the wrong reasons."
 
IQ Tests are Retarded
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Lightdemon said:
Sometimes these IQ scores are just too ridiculous. What's more ridiculous is the test itself, especially for children. The context of it all is just too detached. The reference to the 160 and Hawking are totally put out of context and just feeds into the misinformation about IQ testing.
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Pretty much. Anyone who's taken basic pysch knows that there are a variety on intelligences. An IQ number is a pretty subjective measure of anything. Idiot Savants are brilliant at one thing, but generally are incapable of living a normal life. IQ tests don't tell us much of anything.

Furthermore, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell argues quite convincingly that it's not intelligence that equates to success. It's the people and activities that one engages in and is helped by, as well as just luck and era of birth that allows people to excel and become what we consider great successes.

He cites an example of someone with an IQ of 180 who lives in poverty and has never held a job down for a significant period of time.
 
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