I never understood the concept of one’s IQ. I always thought it was measured by ones understanding of the world around them, but someone told me that it’s more a test to measure ones ability to reason. What does an IQ test actually measure? And is it really all that important?

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I never understood the concept of one’s IQ. I always thought it was measured by ones understanding of the world around them, but someone told me that it’s more a test to measure ones ability to reason. What does an IQ test actually measure? And is it really all that important?

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The most important thing to know is that no single IQ test is considered standard, and the tests generally are more and more disregarded as relevant because it’s so hard to actually measure intelligence. The biggest thing measurable is General intelligence – G factor. There’s something to it, but it’s also pretty up in the air.

Tl;dr IQ tests are mostly inaccurate and irrelevant measurements