Riddles - Page 7

lumberjim · 01-22-2004, 09:20 PM

well you must be right, cuz i got a 135......and i'm also, coincidentally, worth my weight in dead slugs. ( that's a lot of slugs, btw)

Torrere · 01-22-2004, 10:13 PM

and that might even be without considering the graphs which show the dramatic increase in average IQ scores over the past 100 years.

(edit: toned down... hehehe)

lumberjim · 01-22-2004, 10:51 PM

hey, gotta a link to those graphs? what's the explanatoin for it? better education? diet? information technology?

Torrere · 01-22-2004, 11:30 PM

It's called the Flynn Effect.

I think that class and rising standards of living + education might be part of it; but I don't really know.

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect

Linked to in Wikipedia:
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/FLYNNEFF.html

SciAm article:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?art...mber=2&catID=2

An explanation attempt:
http://www.fairtest.org/examarts/Winter%2001-02/IQ.html

A humorous religious correlation:
http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/001527.html?entry=1527

Torrere · 01-22-2004, 11:30 PM

What a fantastic coincidence that this is posted in a thread of Riddles!

lumberjim · 01-23-2004, 01:25 AM

this bit is interesting:

Quote:

Such a result has unexpected implications for the relation between intelligence and age. Older people tend to have lower scores on IQ tests than younger people. Until now, it was always assumed that this means that intelligence diminishes with age. However, this observation can be explained as well by noting that older people were raised in a period when the general level of intelligence was lower. Flynn showed that if people's IQ is evaluated with tests calibrated for the period during which they grew up, an old person scores as well as a young one. The reason that older people do less well on IQ tests is not that they have become more stupid with age, but that the younger generation simply got a head start.

no wonder all my teachers were such idiots.

and i can look forward to dealing with a bunch of smart-ass kids.

wolf · 01-23-2004, 01:49 AM

HP rocks ... he got the cabin one ... "The plane crashed" is the answer.

Torrere · 01-23-2004, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by lumberjim
no wonder all my teachers were such idiots.

and i can look forward to dealing with a bunch of smart-ass kids.

No - but this should be discussed in a different thread.

I met my sister Jenny on London Bridge; I broke her neck and drank her blood and left her out to dry.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-23-2004, 04:50 AM

140

Torrere · 01-23-2004, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by hot_pastrami
There are three light bulbs in a room with no windows, and a closed door. In front of you are three on-off switches. You know that each switch controls one of the light bulbs inside the room, but you don't know which switch matches which bulb, and they are not wired in any particular order.

Your job is to match each switch to it's bulb. You may only enter the room once, and you may not leave the door open. How do you accomplish your task? [/b]

I posed this question to my roommate.

His quick response was: "That'd be really easy! You rig up a servo and attach it to a computer and program it to turn the lights on one by one. It turns on one light at the beginning, at ten seconds it turns on a second light, and at twenty seconds it turns on the third light."

Riddle me this: what is his occupation?

Slartibartfast · 01-23-2004, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Torrere

I met my sister Jenny on London Bridge; I broke her neck and drank her blood and left her out to dry.

Is Jenny a wierd name for a liquor?

I'm still trying to figure out the sister part, maybe its some silly British colloquialism or something.

lumberjim · 01-23-2004, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
140

wow. i think that makes you a genius.

SteveDallas · 01-23-2004, 10:10 AM

I'm a "facts curator". Interestingly enough the score is lower than what I got in 6th grade when I was tested by a psychologist. Don't know if that's due to differences in the test, or me--not that I'll lie awake worrying about it. (I also am not very convinced of the value of such tests.)

Quote:

Originally posted by lumberjim
and i can look forward to dealing with a bunch of smart-ass kids.

Look forward to??? I don't know about you, but I'm already there!

Undertoad · 01-23-2004, 10:29 AM

I'm sticking to my 6th grade score because it indicated that I was a fucking genius and I would be really really saddened if a subsequent test told me that I was not.

That's the actual score, "fucking genius".

I have never found it to have any worth whatsoever in the real world. Most people value what you actually do, not what you're capable of, and rightly so. (If you can find someone who values you based on what you're capable of, hang onto them with both hands.)

Michael Roth · 01-23-2004, 11:00 AM

I must have drank too much at some point. As a youth I scored a 181, but now it is 154.

01-22-2004, 09:20 PM	#91
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	well you must be right, cuz i got a 135......and i'm also, coincidentally, worth my weight in dead slugs. ( that's a lot of slugs, btw) __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-22-2004, 10:13 PM	#92
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	and that might even be without considering the graphs which show the dramatic increase in average IQ scores over the past 100 years. (edit: toned down... hehehe) Last edited by Torrere; 01-22-2004 at 11:16 PM.

01-22-2004, 10:51 PM	#93
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	hey, gotta a link to those graphs? what's the explanatoin for it? better education? diet? information technology? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-23-2004, 01:49 AM	#97
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	HP rocks ... he got the cabin one ... "The plane crashed" is the answer. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-23-2004, 04:50 AM	#99
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	140 __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-22-2004, 11:30 PM	#94
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	It's called the Flynn Effect. I think that class and rising standards of living + education might be part of it; but I don't really know. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect Linked to in Wikipedia: http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/FLYNNEFF.html SciAm article: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?art...mber=2&catID=2 An explanation attempt: http://www.fairtest.org/examarts/Winter%2001-02/IQ.html A humorous religious correlation: http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/001527.html?entry=1527

01-23-2004, 10:29 AM	#104
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'm sticking to my 6th grade score because it indicated that I was a fucking genius and I would be really really saddened if a subsequent test told me that I was not. That's the actual score, "fucking genius". I have never found it to have any worth whatsoever in the real world. Most people value what you actually do, not what you're capable of, and rightly so. (If you can find someone who values you based on what you're capable of, hang onto them with both hands.)

01-23-2004, 11:00 AM	#105
Michael Roth Minister of Lurking Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: calgary Posts: 64	I must have drank too much at some point. As a youth I scored a 181, but now it is 154. __________________ "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "We are all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat. "Or else you wouldn't have come here."

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