tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301999496344158780.post7448665764828563209..comments2023-10-02T04:54:51.199-07:00Comments on The MacGuffin: Your IQ Means NothingNeuroPsychhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10654138293659468787noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301999496344158780.post-39556326135181470832013-12-22T13:00:02.606-08:002013-12-22T13:00:02.606-08:00I have always thought that an IQ meant nothing. If...I have always thought that an IQ meant nothing. If they do not measure the creativity and ability to ask questions, then what is the point? Anyone can memorize answers, but it takes great intuition to ask be able to ask a great question.Aristotlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301999496344158780.post-5085921802574995082013-12-18T17:53:04.101-08:002013-12-18T17:53:04.101-08:00I agree that IQs are not important. Anyone can mem...I agree that IQs are not important. Anyone can memorize the answers to the great questions, but only the truly gifted can ask these questions. And if an IQ does not measure creativity, then what is the point! What this world needs is new ideas not just old ideas restated! I hope this makes all of you think and ask your own great questions.Aristotlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301999496344158780.post-53990809851739779542010-01-01T08:37:50.271-08:002010-01-01T08:37:50.271-08:00I've just found your site and very much enjoy ...I've just found your site and very much enjoy your close readings of drug trials - this comment is only to point out a few distracting errors of grammar that crop up in nearly every paragraph:<br /><br />Let's pretend<b>ed</b> that<br /><br />more likely to be influence<i>[d]</i> by<br /><br />I use<i>[d]</i> to take<br /><br />etc. If you're trying to preserve anonymity, this kind of tic is a dead giveaway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301999496344158780.post-25178665854291822772009-12-04T09:48:00.984-08:002009-12-04T09:48:00.984-08:00It seems odd that she would make a vocational reco...It seems odd that she would make a vocational recommendation like (unless that was the referral reason). Did she based it on the psychiatric history you described in another post? I hope she gave you more than a IQ test to base any recommendations on. <br /><br />NVLD is not yet an "official" diagnosis (that doesn't preclude its existence). Asperger's is considered the protoypical NVLD with deficits in motor coordination, visuospatial processing and social pragmatics. <br /><br />When your IQ is in the 20-30 (profound mental retardation), clearly one's comprehension, reasoning, is impaired. You basically bomb every test.NeuroPsychhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654138293659468787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301999496344158780.post-43771328876819363782009-12-04T06:27:59.286-08:002009-12-04T06:27:59.286-08:00I thought it was kind of dumb too, though it does ...I thought it was kind of dumb too, though it does reveal my poor visual-spatial skills.<br /><br />My experience of testing was traumatic. She came up with a diagnosis of non-verbal learning disorder--after a case conference. I knew that I had problems and wanted help figuring out learning how to work with space and objects in 3 dimensions. Instead, I got a recommendation that I pursue a career with a set schedule, routine and very little variety. It felt like a death sentence. Fortunately my psychiatrist was having none of it--despite my weaknesses in gestalt reasoning.<br /><br />How do you feel about its usefulness at the extreme lower end? As a moral matter, I am opposed to the death penalty in general, but I find it particularly barbaric in individuals with limited cognitive capabilities. I'm not familiar with thw scoring--except that 100 is average. I'd be very opposed to executing someone with an IQ of 20 or 30 myself.EastCoasternoreply@blogger.com