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Except IQ doesn't exist. https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/now-scientists-want-to-tell-you-that-iq-doesnt-exist/

I've been saying it since 1992. 2012 confirmed it. I have known some pretty dumb people who were pretty good at Halo.



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SegataSanshiro said:

Except IQ doesn't exist. https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/now-scientists-want-to-tell-you-that-iq-doesnt-exist/

I've been saying it since 1992. 2012 confirmed it. I have known some pretty dumb people who were pretty good at Halo.

IQ exists, whether or not it's an accurate measure is another question.



VGPolyglot said:
SegataSanshiro said:

Except IQ doesn't exist. https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/now-scientists-want-to-tell-you-that-iq-doesnt-exist/

I've been saying it since 1992. 2012 confirmed it. I have known some pretty dumb people who were pretty good at Halo.

IQ exists, whether or not it's an accurate measure is another question.

IQ is false. It's BS. Doesn't exist. It's a myth.  I can't be both clinically retarded and have the IQ of 150 at the same time. I have scored both. My tests alone growing up proved to be the sham it is. You can't measure intelligence. It's just not possible. Too many variables and types of intelligence that it can't be measured in a type of scale. A person can be the most intelligent and smart at a few specific things but very vapid in subjects some average people excel over him/her. There is no such thing as having a unified intelligence that can be summed up with a number. You can excel at some things and be average or dumb in others. No one is intelligent at everything but the IQ score pretends it can. 



SegataSanshiro said:
VGPolyglot said:

IQ exists, whether or not it's an accurate measure is another question.

IQ is false. It's BS. Doesn't exist. It's a myth.  I can't be both clinically retarded and have the IQ of 150 at the same time. I have scored both. My tests alone growing up proved to be the sham it is. You can't measure intelligence. It's just not possible. Too many variables and types of intelligence that it can't be measured in a type of scale. A person can be the most intelligent and smart at a few specific things but very vapid in subjects some average people excel over him/her. There is no such thing as having a unified intelligence that can be summed up with a number. You can excel at some things and be average or dumb in others. No one is intelligent at everything but the IQ score pretends it can. 

But if you have an IQ of 150, that means it would have to exist. As I said, it may be inaccurate, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.



I don't have an IQ of 150. No one does have an IQ because it's a myth. I won't go back and forth on semantics.



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I graduated university by playing video games so yes this is correct.



SegataSanshiro said:

I don't have an IQ of 150. No one does have an IQ because it's a myth. I won't go back and forth on semantics.

You are not getting the point... IQ exists as a measure, wheter you think it's useful/accurate or not that's another matter.



Again semantics. I know that it's used but IQ is still a myth.



SegataSanshiro said:

I don't have an IQ of 150. No one does have an IQ because it's a myth. I won't go back and forth on semantics.

If you take the test and are scored an IQ, you have an IQ.



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AlfredoTurkey said:

Oh here we go with the age thing again. If age was that important, I wouldn't have such a high KD ratio in COD and Halo (I'm 38). As for intelligence, I could see that actually having an impact due to problem solving etc. 

They say age is relevant for success. Not 'prevents' success.
Reaction time tends to go down in your 30's as opposed to when you were a teenager, etc. That doesn't mean you can't still be successful. Daigo Umehara for example is still a top Street Fighter player even though he's 36.

I've been arguing everything you've just said for years now to no avail. No one seems to listen even though studies haven shown that aging doesn't prevent success in gaming. I feel like I'm arguing the world round in a world of flat earthers.