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University of Cambridge Cognitive Ability Test

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101 points indigodaddy | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 17:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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geekamongus ◴[30 Aug 25 19:06 UTC] No.45077163[source]▶
"The entire test will take about an hour to complete."

Doesn't that skew things? That is a lot of time a lot of people don't have.

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kulahan ◴[30 Aug 25 19:22 UTC] No.45077264[source]▶
No, not in any way. Ability to be present for a test does not have any bearing whatsoever on cognitive ability, nor does any test on the planet account for whether or not the taker is present.
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tshaddox ◴[30 Aug 25 19:28 UTC] No.45077311[source]▶
I think the suggestion is that people who have less free time might be in more of a rush to complete the test, and that surely affects test results without indicating cognitive ability.
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1. kulahan ◴[30 Aug 25 19:56 UTC] No.45077527[source]▶
Why would they rush when they have a specified time limit to complete it that everyone else suffers from? Does having less free time make you stupid? Is Jeff Bezos a brain-dented man as a result of being busy?