Is there a correlation between anti-war protesting and stupidity?

Guest · Mar 30, 2003

Saw this link for a "Free IQ test" last night on MSNBC.

http://www.emode.com/tests/uiq/

I'm interested in seeing if Mr. Smith's claim that protesters are "stupid, ignorant fools who have no understanding of world events or realities". While the IQ test cannot test of lack of understanding of reality it should effectively support/refute his claim that anti-war protesters are "stupid".
btw - Mr. Smith I scored a 136.

Congratulations, xxxxx!
Your IQ score is 136

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[This message was edited by lander on 03-30-03 at 11:43 AM.]

radiofreecostarica · Mar 30, 2003

What do you think the average IQ of this group is?

Morgan Gardner, 12, destroys her Dixie Chicks CD in protest

SanJose · Mar 30, 2003

Lander,

I was curious after seeing this post, so I went and took the test too...

"Congratulations, ???
Your IQ score is 135

This number is the result of a formula based on how many questions you answered correctly on Emode's Ultimate IQ test.

The even better news is that at Emode, we've taken your IQ test one step further. During the test, you answered four different types of questions — mathematical, visual-spatial, linguistic and logical. We were able to analyze how you did on each set of those questions, which allows us to shed light on the way your brain uniquely functions.

At the same time, we compared your answers with others who have taken the test, and according to the sorts of questions you got correct, we can tell your Intellectual Type is a Visionary Philosopher.

The first thing we can tell you about that is you're equally good at mathematical and verbal tasks, and learn best through experience. But that's just scratching the surface."

So according to this, you're "1 point smarter than me" which I find truly hilarious in light of the "greenwich village coffeehouse" bullshit you post in this forum.

Of course, I find it highly improbable that you're IQ is a good representative score of the average anti-war protester, who probably thinks the Cold War is a past conflict between the United States and downtrodden Eskimos.

Guest · Mar 30, 2003

A visionary philosopher? Congratulations.

I would have expected more a Descartes or Kant approach to logical (deductive) reasoning from a visionary philosopher, but "leveraging" your arguments by dismissing other's positions as "'greenwich village coffeehouse' bullshit" seems a bit more consistant with your posting history.

Equally "enlightening" is your dismissal of the anti-war intelligence -- "the average anti-war protester, who probably thinks the Cold War is a past conflict between the United States and downtrodden Eskimos".

Indeed, an interesting approach to "philosophy".

[This message was edited by lander on 03-30-03 at 10:21 PM.]