Re: [xmca] FW: Autistic Boy: Higher IQ Than Einstein Dev's Own Th. of Relativity

[Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com>]

On 19 April 2011 00:00, Achilles Delari Junior
<achilles_delari@hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> The major problem, I supose, is not about IQ, but about how to assess
> "mental age"...No problem with 3 age years children with IQ 170, but how do
> you assess his/her "mental age"....Achilles.
>

It's an index of capabilities of certain patterns of thinking.  The issue
with IQ is that the currency for different patterns of behaviour varies.
I'd wager your 'schizophrenic' child would score well on a wicked-problem
index.

Huw


>
> > Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:39:11 +0100
> > Subject: Re: [xmca] FW: Autistic Boy: Higher IQ Than Einstein Dev's Own
> Th. of        Relativity
> > From: huw.softdesigns@gmail.com
> > To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> >
> > > We had a show on TV from the BBC the other night about "child
> geniuses."
> > They all had an IQ of 170, because that is a cut-off level, and proud
> > parents were getting their kids tested at age 3!! The show didn't spell
> it
> > out, but IQ is age-adjusted, isn't it? So claiming an IQ of 170 for a
> > 3-year-old is madness. I don't doubt these kids are very gifted and
> special,
> > but ...
> >
> > > Andyh
> >
> > You'd hope (and, if that way inclined, pray) that he knows the media
> > show is an act for bank rolling his (and his 'teams') future.
> >
> > Bobby Fischer's 'going AWOL' is absolutely no surprise to me.
> >
> > I guess the message to our media stars is "For as long as we adore
> > you, we'll never want to understand you".  No pressure!
> >
> > Huw
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