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IQ tests are a type of test given to people. What makes them different from other tests given to people? …

Video games also have potential legal advantages over IQ tests for companies. You could argue that “we only hire people good at video games to get people who fit our corporate culture of liking video games” but that argument doesn’t work as well for IQ tests.

yet again an original post title that self-sneers

  • self ( self@awful.systems ) English
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    3 years ago

    I agree with the post title, but only because video games have value and IQ tests absolutely do not

    IQ tests are notorious for working poorly above ~135, and I’d say they only really work well for -20 to +0 relative to the designers, with a somewhat wider range for teams.

    wait so how do the IQ test designers get their IQs tested? if the scouter explodes when it measures your IQ, do you get to design the tests?

    Have you played something like Slay the spire? Or Mechabellum that is popular right now? Deck builders don’t require coordination at all but demands understanding of tradeoffs and managing risks. If anything those skills are neglected parts of intelligence.

    nice! by the Slay the Spire metric, I’ve got like a 180 IQ. time to dunk on these nerds

    (I’m also gonna download Mechabellum cause it looks like entirely my shit. not the first time I’ve ignored all of the “salient” points in a rat post and went straight for the game recommendations)

    • froztbyte ( froztbyte@awful.systems ) English
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      3 years ago

      wait so how do the IQ test designers get their IQs tested?

      and moses came down from the mountain, bearing with him the holy slates of psychometry with which to measure which animals shall be allowed to board

      – (the actual reason there’s no more unicorna)