Originally Posted by: earthman buckInteresting fact: the IQ test was developed as a way to screen people for any mental deficiencies and institutionalize the afflicted.[/QUOTE]
Well, that depends on who you're talking about... Dr. Binet invented the test as a means to identify students who needed specialized instruction to keep up with their fellow classmates. He in fact warned against using the test as a measure of "intelligence."


It's the people who've followed him that have gone and institutionalized low-scorers or have used it as a measuring stick of how smart we all are.

Originally Posted by: PonyOne[QUOTE=Lordathestrings]I was tested in early grade school. 162. Bad times. It was like holding a winning lottery ticket that I didn't buy, while everyone around me was yakking about what they would do with my winnings. :p :(

And the school system is completely unable to deal with people in the top or bottom 10% . :confused:

So true. That there are so many people who are really intelligent and talented who end up utterly disenfranchised and burnt out by the first 18 years of their lives shows that there is something in dire need of change.