Exactly what I have I said that entails skepticism about the science of human physiology? Plenty of what I have said manifests skepticism about what the IQ industry is messed up in, but nothing I have said undermines the work of physiologists.You sound alot like someone acknowledging that he/she can move his/her arm, but denies the chemical reactions taking place within your muscle tissue.
Why are you parading your credentials? Does having a PhD in chemistry - or indeed any subject - provide immunity from conceptual confusion?Oh by the way, I am a scientist and I do measurement every weekdays. I have a PhD in chemistry and I skipped a year in doing so. Thank you very much.
Can you be a little more specific about "several" test? Are they test with completely different problems? Or are they test with similar problems? This is particularly important when discussing statistics. — FLUX23
You probably think I don't understand what you mean by "measuring" and you are probably right. I supsect what you mean by "measuring" is not in fact measuring at all. — MetaphysicsNow
the act or process of ascertaining the extent, dimensions, or quantity of something;
It’s no wonder people hate IQ and intelligence research because it reveals a set of seriously dismal facts about the incredible range of ability among human beings. — Vinson
Although IQ is only one of a vast range of traits that vary among individuals and consistently among certain groups, it's probably the most important as a marker for overall success and prosperity, partly because high IQ is related to the the ability to time-bind and delay gratification, and that's very much related to the "middle class" traits that make for success. — gurugeorge
Ascertaining is an intentional activity engaged in knowingly in order to arrive at some specific piece of knowledge about something — jkg20
Tomseltje never seems to respond to direct questions. — MetaphysicsNow
Let me ask you a question: when I recognise intelligent behaviour, what are the intentional conscious activities I engage in to determine the extent, dimensions or quantity of intelligence? I certainly do not administer any kind of written IQ test.
tell me about someone able to recognize wich letter is wich without engaging into the intentional activity of reading the letters. — Tomseltje
I was aiming for the deputy but the sheriff got in the way.Why did you shot the sherif?
Why did you shot the sherif?
I was aiming for the deputy but the sheriff got in the way. — MetaphysicsNow
Well, I don't know about you, but I don't intentionally read letters one by one when I read, I read whole words. I may have started reading by intentionally going letter by letter, but I gave that up a long time ago and I suspect you did too. — MetaphysicsNow
IQ tests provide an excellent means of ascertaining how good people are at taking IQ tests, that we can say for sure. — MetaphysicsNow
Teacher: Let x equal the number of sheep.
Pupil: But teacher, what if x is not the number of sheep? — EnPassant
Not a particularly good analogy - driving tests are also a measure of your ability to manipulate a car - if you can do that in the context of a test you are likely to perform well with a car in other contexts (although not necessarily, bad drivers pass their driving tests). This is a key disanalogy with the IQ test: there is no device/tool being used to take an IQ test, except perhaps a pen (but then there are better ways to test penmanship than an IQ test).Just like how driver tests provide excellent meant of ascertaining how good people are at taking driver tests. That we can say for sure.
...when I recognise intelligent behaviour, what are the intentional conscious activities I engage in to determine the extent, dimensions or quantity of intelligence? — jkg20
when I recognise intelligent behaviour, what are the intentional conscious activities I engage in to determine the extent, dimensions or quantity of intelligence? — jkg20
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