Aren't IQ scores standardised across the population?

( Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:58, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

Correct
Killing everyone with a current IQ of 124 or less would bring down the IQ of those with an IQ of 125 or greater
( Peej, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 11:59, Reply)

The fact Stunned didn't think of this makes me think he'll be one of the first to go.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:01, Reply)

It doesn't have to be an ongoing assessment. Once every 7 years should do it.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:03, Reply)

You're right Chompy, He'll be one of the first

( Peej, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:04, Reply)

If you kill the bottom 75% of the population every 7 years how many years would it take to have less than 1% of the original population?

(PsychoChomp, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:08, Reply)

That is partly dependant on the rate of reproduction of the remaining populace
would you take into account the fact that thick people breed like rabbits because they don't understand where babies come from?
( Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:10, Reply)

I reckon it would still do by the third cull though.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:11, Reply)

You would need at least 4 to get below 1% even if there were no breeding at all.
100*0.25=25
25*0.25=6.25
6.25*0.25=1.5
1.5*0.25=0.4
( Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:13, Reply)

Looks like Tangled is in the first wave then

( Peej, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:15, Reply)

I DIDNT TAKE NOTES ALRIGHT

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:16, Reply)

I meant fourth.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:15, Reply)

Did you allow for inflation?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:16, Reply)

No, I already said that.
Taking breeding into account would be really hard since you would need to know how IQ is distributed through populations as you might end up culling a lot of your breeding stock in the first wave which could leave you unable to recover your population.
( Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:20, Reply)

Only joking!

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:21, Reply)

I don't think any normal person let alone smart person would want to bring a child into a world where they have a astonishingly high chance of being culled.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:39, Reply)

I doubt many people here have actually done a recognised IQ test
I know I haven't. I'm sure all the online ones that give me an IQ of 172 are utter bollocks
( Peej, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:04, Reply)

They're all bollocks.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:05, Reply)

I have an IQ of 255

( Peej, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:07, Reply)

You must have been hitting the books
Tee hee
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:08, Reply)

i did the BBC one years ago

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:05, Reply)

That's good for making you feel as though you're really clever.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:07, Reply)

it didn't make me feel very clever...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:07, Reply)

No

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:08, Reply)

Same here
I've had results anywhere between 129 and 168. Those things don't take into account street smarts. Which is why I got three figures.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:06, Reply)

you lose 50 points for using the word "smarts"
soz
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:08, Reply)

TTJ
HTH

YBS
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:10, Reply)

Gonz is the one with wonky guts

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:12, Reply)

Are they allowed to do them in shools?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:07, Reply)

They focus on spelling first.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:08, Reply)

the 11+ is a straight IQ test
so, yeah.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:32, Reply)