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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: 0.209s | 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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IshKebab ◴[30 Aug 25 19:54 UTC] No.45077515[source]▶
> Ability to be present for a test does not have any bearing whatsoever on cognitive ability

The irony of making such a big mistake while discussing cognitive ability...

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kulahan ◴[30 Aug 25 19:57 UTC] No.45077537[source]▶
Please tell me how having a free period in your schedule causally makes you smarter.
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IshKebab ◴[30 Aug 25 21:31 UTC] No.45078179[source]▶
It doesn't. The fact that the IQ test takes a lot of time means that generally only people who want validation of their high IQ will be motivated enough to take the test.

"Test your fitness with this 1 hour workout! ... Hmm our totally unbiased test shows that everyone is really fit."

See? Unbiased sampling is really hard but an hour long test means you're not even trying. (Which tbf they might not be.)

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1. brookst ◴[31 Aug 25 02:31 UTC] No.45079824[source]▶
“Test your mountain climbing ability by summiting K2!” Hey wow turns out 70% of the population can summit K2!