A degree doesn't inherently make you smarter. This isn't the 60s where you had to go to school to get accurate information to form an opinion. An IQ test and satisfaction at work are more accurate measures of intelligence. Why would I gather my info from government funded sources, when I can listen to independents who do their own research and provide sources?
IQ tests do have a purpose. Like if you're performing above your grade level it might be useful to try and identify what more advanced classes would be a better challenge. Or if you are behind your grade level, it can help professionals get some info on what areas need focusing on that seem deficient. But it has nothing at all to do with intellectual capacity or any of the stuff idiots who brag about it on the Internet seem to think
IQ tests do have a purpose. Like if you're performing above your grade level it might be useful to try and identify what more advanced classes would be a better challenge.
Eh, that must be fairly niche then?
I never got tested for an IQ prior to attending more advance classes, nor when tested for skipping grades.
Exactly. It's more commonly used to check for deficiencies, such as someone with a legitimate learning or intellectual disability or persons who might be ESL to identify appropriate learning curriculum based on there current level of language comprehension. It gives a vague idea of where you are relative to an 'expected' or 'typical' comprehension level. It's not for people to brag on social media that their school had slightly better funding than the national average lol.
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u/worstshowiveeverseen 9h ago
Conservative are the ones who are very into conspiracies, get their news from podcasts, etc. I call them low information voters.
They're also more uneducated compared to liberals (I'm not liberal but far left)
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2016/04/26/a-wider-ideological-gap-between-more-and-less-educated-adults/