Comments on: And You Wonder Why I Don’t Like Toffs… http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200805/and-you-wonder-why-i-dont-like-toffs/ ranting and rambling to anyone willing to listen Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:07:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rich Pedley http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200805/and-you-wonder-why-i-dont-like-toffs/comment-page-1/#comment-30958 Rich Pedley Thu, 22 May 2008 18:39:10 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/?p=606#comment-30958 He does sound a bit of a pillock doesn't he. is he the northern answer to Boris Johnson perhaps? You state: That IQ tests measure what the people who set them think people ought to know No, an IQ test measures how good you are at taking IQ tests at that time on that day. The IQ level of the average university student is probably way lower than he realises. Having never been to University myself, or any recognised further education, I see the statement as being false and misleading - but then I have a high IQ and am also a member of Mensa. Maybe this bloke failed his test... He does sound a bit of a pillock doesn’t he. is he the northern answer to Boris Johnson perhaps?

You state:
That IQ tests measure what the people who set them think people ought to know

No, an IQ test measures how good you are at taking IQ tests at that time on that day. The IQ level of the average university student is probably way lower than he realises.

Having never been to University myself, or any recognised further education, I see the statement as being false and misleading – but then I have a high IQ and am also a member of Mensa. Maybe this bloke failed his test…

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