Gee, my pattern recognition abilities are a lot better than yours.
And you know this how?
And yes, I agree, the IQ tests are insufficient, and you've provided all the evidence we'll ever need.
Such statements show how narrowminded, prejudiced and plain idiotic you are.
I scored about 81% at my entry exams for civil engineering, which is far more than most. I just lacked any sort of methodology in studying and you need this to be able to handle the complexity and amount of information at the university in question. Particularly as an Aspie, it isn't self-evident to develop a methodology just like that.
I scored considerably higher than 80% in my entry exams (for one 80% is the pass mark in practise for A-levels).
You can't compare entry exams from different universities in different countries. They all have very different standards and 60% at the exam I took could be equivalent to 80% at the exam you took. Comparisons are only useful when you compare results from the same tests or exams.
You do need to have a metholodgy, but when you are getting behind it becomes sort of obvious. Unless you are like me and your days are spent sitting in the pub, hence why I have failed my first year and am now off to resit.
I didn't spend my days in the pub, but I did spend quite a lot of time behind my PC doing various things or at my friend's dorm chilling out and smoking pot. I guess we're both a bit lazy when it comes to studying
Most people I hang out with, are into IT, engineering or law and obtained their degree at the better universities and colleges of my country.
A lot of the people I hang out with tend to do some of the more arty subjects. More the fool you for sticking too close to your subject.
I don't choose people based on their interests. Maybe you do, but my friends are people I met spontaneously in high school, in college or as friends of other friends. Considering I met most of my friends when I was in college and considering my girlfriend has a degree in law, it is only logical that most of our friends come from IT, engineering or law. I don't ONLY have friends in IT, engineering or law though.
So have I. I'm just looking for new people.
Are snobs people...?
I'm not looking for snobs. I can't stand them any more than you do.
Are you implying that intelligent and succesful intellectuals are always snobs?
Political parties are far from filled with idiots, especailly once you get out of the grassroots and start playing the game.
I haven't met a single politician who isn't both mediocre and vane.
So basically you are happy to rely on speculation and dodgy guesswork.
I'm mostly interested in learning from other people's experiences or references to interesting literature on studies already taken. I don't need to be in a test group for that.
So basically you are happy to rely on speculation and dodgy guesswork.
You're twisting me words. As I said, I'm interested in reading literature on (scientific) STUDIES ALREADY TAKEN (which is hardly speculation or dodgy guesswork). I'm also interested in learning from other people's experiences, because they may know some tricks I haven't thought of myself.
IQ is a good measure of certain cognitive abilities, for example pattern recognition. As a means to measure general intelligence it is obviously insufficient as it doesn't take in account many other relevant forms of intelligence.
There are some pretty thick people with high IQs unfortunately. I have had the misfortune to have come across several.
High intelligence obviously does not imply a lack of ignorance and prejudice. It still depends on what you do with it....