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Stephen wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:23:55 -0700, Chambers
> <Ben### [at] gmail com_no_underscores> wrote:
>
>> clipka wrote:
>>> Q: How does this sequence continue?
>>>
>>> M D M D _ _ _
>>>
>>> A: No, it's not "... M D M", it's "... F S S".
>> I've seen plenty of tests that ask you for the pattern, and I get
>> seriously annoyed that the writers of the test didn't think of *my*
>> pattern. After all, *mine* is perfectly logical, and describes the
>> demonstrated sequence exactly... so why *isn't* it the correct answer?
>
> It is a correct answer but one that the point giver gives zero points for. Thus
> showing the meaninglessness of IQ tests.
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...
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? ^_^
--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net
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