IQ Testing

I don't know much about the IQ test and until recently couldn't tell you what a good score was. But if you score less than 55, you're severely challenged. A score above 85 is average and above 115 is much better than the average person.

What does this mean in life? Absolutely nothing. It's said that one of Einstein's teachers told him that he'd never amount to much. And so if that teacher was giving out an evaluation, poor Einstein would have been at the back of the class with the "D" students.

I'm against testing for intelligence because I believe that it's learned experience. Learned experience, from having evaluated and seen and done. I suppose that it's OK to test for acceptance for a certain role, where you're looking for specific characteristics, personality traits, ways of thinking, but seeing whether someone can complete the next two digits in the Fibonacci sequence isn't a show of intelligence.

Some people have that innate ability to be quite forceful. They're leaders only because that part of their personality has been nurtured. Other people are quite reserved and have an inner strength, comparable to, but not equal to, the loud obnoxious types.

So in IQ testing, how do you differentiate between those types of unmeasurable quantities? The Q in IQ is a measurement, a Quotient. A calculation. We've observed that the subject takes a longer stride with the left leg than with the right leg, therefore, we conclude that the left brain is slightly deformed, and therefore the creative capability has been reduced by a measure of 8.6%. In addition to that, we observe that he seems to turn to the right and is unable to walk in a straight line. This, of course, makes it difficult to carry out inebriation tests.

But I suppose that we must continue to test and measure. It's the gift that the Greeks left us with. Analyse and catalogue everything. Put names on everything and then classify them. Once classified, rate and rank and then reorganise again. Repeat this exercise until you can't breathe properly any longer, and then stop before you faint.

To be blunt, I'd rather be me than to be Einstein. I'm sure he was a great guy, but my IQ, whatever it is, should be fine.