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Old 06-13-2009
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Culturally Unbiased IQ Test

I found an apparently "Culturally Unbiased" (wtf?) IQ test, and i'm interested on how everyone else does .
Found it here:
http://www.gosugamers.net/warcraft/t...410286/start/0

My score: 101 D:
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Old 06-14-2009
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Very interesting concept. I rushed through it because my little one was waking up, but got a 108.

It says 40 minutes, but I think I finished it in less than 10.

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Old 06-14-2009
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I got an 11 and it took me three hours.
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Old 06-14-2009
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I got a 112

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Old 06-18-2009
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Full disclaimer, I'm pretty drunk, I took it drunk. I'm not sure how much that will affect anyone's "IQ" though. I don't think it should, but after seeing some of those questions, I don't know man, you need to be pretty smart to figure that crap out. Not sure I could no matter how sober I was.

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Old 06-18-2009
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I came home decided to take the test, was out drinking, didnt know I'd have to come home to TS to lose my dignity:P
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Old 06-18-2009
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Looks like i'm the dumbest according to this test D:.
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Old 06-18-2009
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I got an 11 and it took me three hours.
It was probably 111 and took you 3 mins, Stop drinking and posting Ray:P
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Old 06-18-2009
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Wow this is the only IQ test I have ever seen that you cant get over 100 with by just hitting A for every answer but I can still get past 80 by doing abcdefgh over and over again. oh wait this one does not seem be so easy to get 100 by answering randomly...
http://www.iqtestforfree.com/
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Old 06-18-2009
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I got 114, and took around half an hour. Yeah I had tons of time to waste.

@¼ of a hotdog, what a find! That test is incredibly accurate!
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Old 06-18-2009
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I got 108 in between 'working'.

Haha dont blame me its Friday!

Good fun however
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Old 06-18-2009
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1/4 of a hotdog, that test is great!
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Old 06-26-2009
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113.

139 in real life, so this was somewhat disappointing. I do wonder whether their version of 'culturally unbiased' means something else entirely -- that is, simply 'different'.
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Old 06-26-2009
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'culturally unbiased
Yeah thats kinda weird, maybe it is independent of a language, though the letters are still from english xD.
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dont know how to insert the pic, but i got 133!
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Old 06-26-2009
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I do wonder whether their version of 'culturally unbiased' means something else entirely -- that is, simply 'different'.
I think they call it culturally unbiased because it does not require any specific knowledge to take it and do well other than being able to read english. No two education systems teach the exact same things, so if the test had factual content, it would be unfair to some groups. It is purely a reasoning test, and that's why it is culturally unbiased.

Well, I took it again, because I was bored and I got a 130. I didn't think retaking it would make that much of a difference. Maybe I did better because I just ate...

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126

I'm not nearly as smart as that test makes me look out to be. It seemed to me that it was mostly pattern recognition i.e. rotating angles, simple addition, repetition of images, etc.

I took a preliminary Mensa test, and those questions were significantly harder.
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Old 07-02-2009
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Heh, I don't put much weight in these things - but out of boredom:

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Old 07-13-2009
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i managed to get a 126 but it took me the entire 40 min. pretty much.
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