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At 3/22/04 11:54 PM, Dr_Arbitrary wrote: Is the answer to the one about the three overlapping circles true or false. Because when I overlap three circles I always get 8 distinct regions. I haven't tried to do the test both ways yet.

I forget the question.... I've been answering true, but I didn't draw it out or think too hard about it.. err.. Consider I just did the whole test in about thirty seconds and only got 152, that could be one I got wrong.

I retried it putting true, and got 163. I'm going to work at it to see what the correct answer is. I think maybe their answer is wrong.

You get 7.
1 triple over-lap, 3 doubles, and 3 singles.

I tried again after putting all true as quick as I could and got 121 and only out down true.

At 3/22/04 11:48 PM, Red_Skvnk wrote: Post masturbation
topic as haiku and watch
the nubs go crazy

Perhaps Skunk is right
it would be a shock, if so.
</bash for fun and sport>

I count 8

I want to make the best masturbation thread EVER. If anyone wants to help, send me an e-mail or catch me on AIM. I'm thinking of "quoting" a local newspaper article, (sorry, I can't find one on the internet, because it's a local senator) So if anyone wants to write a newspaper article about a senator who has drafted a bill to illegalize masturbation, or even better, write a few juicy quotes from the bill, I'd appreciate it immenslely. I'm thinking that a presidential endorsement would be the best way to conclude it.

At 3/23/04 12:12 AM, Dr_Arbitrary wrote: I count 8

Perhaps they aren't as clever as you, and they don't count the outside of the circles? I haven't taken the test yet, so I don't know how they phrase the question, but it seems to me that they're talking about the circles' overlapping areas. If they included the background, wouldn't the answer be 15? (7*2+1)

Who knows? I.Q. tests are notorious for trick questions, and since this question could be answered correctly any number of ways...

At 3/23/04 12:17 AM, Dr_Arbitrary wrote: I'm thinking of "quoting" a local newspaper article

Why not ask Bakshi if he'll host a CNN mock-page? He has one on his site that looks authentic at first glance.

Try that, if not I will write you something tomorrow.

At 3/23/04 12:21 AM, TheShrike wrote: 15? (7*2+1)

Upon further pondering, I'll bet that their correct answer is 7, since 8 and 15 are more likely to be wrong, since they rely on the background.

So, of three conditional answers, 2 would be false if they didn't rely on the background, and 2 would be false if they did.

If they did rely on the background, which one of the remaining two is truly true? You have no way of knowing, so 7 is most likely the 'right' answer, since it doesn't rely on conditions that can't be tested. meh... not like it's important, anyway.

His site does look pretty professional. That would be awesome.

The question is worded as:

Three equally sized circles can be drawn in such a way that all of them overlap and create exactly seven distinct areas or compartments. True or False

There are definitely 8 distinct areas, although the word compartment is a little tricky.

Yeah, I definitely think it's seven since they mention it, specifically. Did your score go up or down after changing that answer?

Interesting, I have an I.Q. of 156 That seems pretty good.

Yeah, my score went up to 163 after I changed it.

I wonder if it's possible that they inflate the IQ scores in order to make people want to buy their product.

At 3/23/04 12:47 AM, Dr_Arbitrary wrote: Yeah, my score went up to 163 after I changed it.

Ah, duh.. I forgot about the post where you mentioned that.

Yeah... This is why I don't fret over IQ tests. Aside from being culturally biased, they ask trick questions like that. I don't think there is any way to gauge intelligence aside from years of personal friendship, and the accuracy of that assessment depends on how smart you are.

At 3/23/04 12:54 AM, Dr_Arbitrary wrote: I wonder if it's possible that they inflate the IQ scores in order to make people want to buy their product.

in the words of Ted:

WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP

At 3/23/04 12:54 AM, Dr_Arbitrary wrote: I wonder if it's possible that they inflate the IQ scores in order to make people want to buy their product.

I believe they do .
Everyone seems a genius -
inflates your ego.

At 3/23/04 12:54 AM, TheShrike wrote:
Yeah... This is why I don't fret over IQ tests. Aside from being culturally biased, they ask trick questions like that. I don't think there is any way to gauge intelligence aside from years of personal friendship, and the accuracy of that assessment depends on how smart you are.

The stupid part is more the fact that Its a true-false test, so that every answer you don't know, you have a 50% change of getting right anyways. Or maybe they take that into account as well, I don't know. I'll go flip some coins now.

I wonder what was Mother Theresa's IQ

At 3/22/04 04:08 PM, mrpopenfresh wrote: Remakes always suck. Whats even worse is a movie based on a very old television serie. Although Charlie's Angels was good.

No, Hollywood remakes of foreign cinema. They managed to butcher anything they didn't do first (ever see the remake of The Vanishing?), almost as if it's spite.

So, the remakes of The eye and Dark Water aren't exactly high on my "To See" list, just as The Ring 2 (that isn't a remake of Ring 2). Hey, I confuse myself sometimes...

The Ring 2?? Wha?? bleh

I view I.Q. tests with the same amount of skepticism as astrology and weather men.

That being said, putting "illegalize masturbation" into yahoo gives you quite a bit of interesting (but totally worthless) sites.

The first two sites I get are this weird bullitin board where some jackass was trying to make masturbation illegal.

At 3/23/04 04:01 PM, Dr_Arbitrary wrote: The first two sites I get are this weird bullitin board where some jackass was trying to make masturbation illegal.

I said that they weren't helpful, did I?

Although here's what we CAN do. Create a "Illegalize masturbation!" thread in the Clubs/Crews section, have all the regulars join, get a symbol, give it out, and THEN make the thread in the Politics BBS.

Not much, but hey, it's a start.

Yeah, and I can give silly titles to people who show up first, like demiurge, and provost, and vicar.

i wonder what the point in creating a test that gauges intelligence even has, i mean, think about it. who decides what mental processes more accurately reflect ones intellect than another? speed reading and ability to answer true false questions without really thinking about the possibility of more than one answer don't strike me as a very accurate way to messure intelligence.

like for example, can john's grandfather's daughter also be his sister? well, sick as it sounds, it IS possible, although one may guess that from the simplicity of the test and the people who created it, you'd look smarter by giving the simple answer...

Maybe I got that one wrong

At 3/23/04 04:13 PM, EvilGovernmentAgent wrote: Although here's what we CAN do. Create a "Illegalize masturbation!" thread in the Clubs/Crews section, have all the regulars join, get a symbol, give it out, and THEN make the thread in the Politics BBS.

What is it with illegalising masturbation today?

Since youre all getting into it, here you go:

BETTER IQ TEST!!!(yay)