On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:12:46 -0400, Tim Cook <z99### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

>
>The question is about the particular sequence MDMDFSS.  Not 'any 
>sequence that begins with MDMD'.  So anything other than 'FSS' is not 
>*the* correct answer.  It is, however, their fault that the sequence 
>does have other obvious continuations.  A bit like saying "1, 2, 3, ..., 
>what comes next?", it could be 4, it could be 5, it could be 10...
>

I beg to differ; the question is about tricking people and showing the absurdity
of improperly defined tests. You might say that the "_ _ _" indicates that there
are only three more letters in the sequence. But the similarity between "_ _ _"

really diferentiate IMO. As you point out. 
"FSS" is the "correct answer" for one set of circumstancies.


>Saying that that shows the meaninglessness of IQ tests implies that IQ 
>tests are composed entirely of questions where there are multiple valid 
>(and more obvious) answers.  They're not.  They *are* generally geared 
>towards the culture of the person taking them, however.  Perhaps they 
>just need greater specialisation for particular sub-sections of 
>cultures?  ^_^

Again I dissagree with what you wrote. When you say that "They *are* generally
geared towards the culture of the person taking them" that is the reply to the
critisim that IQ tests are culturely dependant. It does not take into account
education and different types of brain development. I believe that IQ tests are
a flawed concept. If it were not then you would not be able to better your score
by any significant amout, again IMO.

I suspect that you don't really disagree (-_o)
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Regards
     Stephen

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