• Question: What is your IQ?

    Asked by anon-225445 to Simon, Selen, Paul, Nawapat, Natalie, Katy on 11 Nov 2019.
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      Paul Laurance-Young answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      Who know? Who cares! It’s about doing your best and having fun!

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      Natalie Fowler answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      I haven’t a clue! I’ve never taken that type of test. I think a measure of how motivated or enthusiastic someone is says a lot more about what they are like in their career!

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      Nawapat Kaweeyanun answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      I have not taken an IQ test in almost 20 years. An IQ test looks at very specific kind of thinking and does not reflect your true potential whatsoever. It’s like saying that a smartest animal is one that can fly the best. Of course a bird would easily beat a fish, but what if to survive you need to swim …

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      Simon Brown answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      I think the result would really disappoint me. Sometimes ignorance is best 🙂

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      Selen Ozbek answered on 13 Nov 2019:

      No idea! IQ is not a reliable method of intelligence, by the way, as the tests often don’t reflect the reality. I’d like to think I am fairly intelligent without knowing my IQ, as in psychology we define intelligence as “the ability to adapt changing circumstances in different environment” which I am pretty good at. Be your best version, numbers will become less important! 🙂

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      Katy Bruce answered on 14 Nov 2019:

      I have no idea but I’d quite like to find out. And not because I’d put it on my CV (as I don’t think it’s a good measure of your ability as a scientist) but because I’m curious!

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