It's not an IQ test. IQ tests are supposed to quantify your ability to reason in a space in which you have no context. You have to have the context that Arabic numerals are the most common numbers in order to not fall for this. This is a critical thinking test (critical thinking requires both logic and a world view founded in reality)
You must be fun at parties, because I love having conversations like these. I usually learn a lot and I get to share my own similar esoteric interests. Epistemology is probably my favorite, but I love how it ties into Psychology.
I don't know if you intended your comment to be humorous, but I found it hilarious. The phrase "you must be fun at parties" instinctually caused me to be on edge, because it's so often said in an assholish, sarcastic way (especially online), but I was delighted to see that the rest of your comment thoroughly subverted that through nerdy earnestness. The contrast and the surprise was quite funny to me.
Thanks for taking the time to interpret and appreciate it. I put more time into those kinds of comments, and I'm glad it was coherent enough for my intent to be inferred.
I'm envious of that. I don't think it was ever more than touched on for me, well into an advanced degree. I only got into it by trying to define my own perspective on reality. I was looking for ontology, which led to metaphysics, but I kept getting distracted by all the things I couldn't know.
It hardly even needs to be demonstrated, most WAIS variants are explicitly designed to contain tests for "general information acquired from culture" and knowledge of vocabulary.
it is, but the question is more like "someone has made a claim online that sounds scandalous! Do you a) immediately reply with your assumptions, or b) find sources and gather information about the claim before responding?"
::: spoiler Slight correction (and perhaps unimportant)
Only George Takei's post was on Threads. He's sharing a screenshot of the other two, which are on Twitter. I don't want to link to Threads, but here's a screenshot in dark mode:
Nope, just me, and just when I feel like it (often when I see a post I want to comment on anyway).
Ideally, OPs would do it on their own posts. Failing that, it'd be great if there were a bunch of people who could follow my lead and do it on a post or two per day. AI can be helpful, especially for OCR, but personally I wouldn't trust it to point out salient parts of the image in a relatively easy-to-read format.
Takei is one of the GOATs but he should understand the bigoted nest of vipers over there more than most. Engagement only fans those flames, regardless of perspective.
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Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de · 90 pts · 252d
At some point that joke has to be so old that everyone has heard it at least once... Right?
realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip · 30 pts · 252d
When most people's attention span in below 30 seconds? No.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 252d
Yeah, who even posts this stuff?
FatVegan@leminal.space · 2 pts · 251d
Some yahoo
Illecors@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 181d
Wrong 😁
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 69 pts · 252d
It's not an IQ test. IQ tests are supposed to quantify your ability to reason in a space in which you have no context. You have to have the context that Arabic numerals are the most common numbers in order to not fall for this. This is a critical thinking test (critical thinking requires both logic and a world view founded in reality)
... yes, I am autistic, why do you ask?
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 252d
You must be fun at parties, because I love having conversations like these. I usually learn a lot and I get to share my own similar esoteric interests. Epistemology is probably my favorite, but I love how it ties into Psychology.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 19 pts · 252d
I don't know if you intended your comment to be humorous, but I found it hilarious. The phrase "you must be fun at parties" instinctually caused me to be on edge, because it's so often said in an assholish, sarcastic way (especially online), but I was delighted to see that the rest of your comment thoroughly subverted that through nerdy earnestness. The contrast and the surprise was quite funny to me.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 251d
Thanks for taking the time to interpret and appreciate it. I put more time into those kinds of comments, and I'm glad it was coherent enough for my intent to be inferred.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 251d
Yea that was great
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 252d
I have also loved epistemology ever since it was a required course in my high school curriculum.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 252d
I'm envious of that. I don't think it was ever more than touched on for me, well into an advanced degree. I only got into it by trying to define my own perspective on reality. I was looking for ontology, which led to metaphysics, but I kept getting distracted by all the things I couldn't know.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 10 pts · 251d
It's very well demonstrated that even child IQ tests are dependent on prior and culture specific knowledge. It's a significant problem with them tbh.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 251d
Supposed to and what they actually do are two different things, yes? But I agree. IQ tests are basically worthless anyways.
sus@programming.dev · 2 pts · 251d
It hardly even needs to be demonstrated, most WAIS variants are explicitly designed to contain tests for "general information acquired from culture" and knowledge of vocabulary.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 1 pts · 251d
And yet here we are
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 251d
it is, but the question is more like "someone has made a claim online that sounds scandalous! Do you a) immediately reply with your assumptions, or b) find sources and gather information about the claim before responding?"
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 19 pts · 252d
::: spoiler Transcription A post on Threads, consisting first of text, and then of a screenshot of two Tweets, each a reply to the one after it.
By "georgehtakei":
By "Catturd ™" @catturd2:
By "Polymarket" @Polymarket:
egrets@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 252d
::: spoiler Slight correction (and perhaps unimportant) Only George Takei's post was on Threads. He's sharing a screenshot of the other two, which are on Twitter. I don't want to link to Threads, but here's a screenshot in dark mode:
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 252d
Oh thanks! I was wondering why the first one didn't display a handle when the other two did.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
Are you running a bot that does this? I was considering making one for instances to run, but was concerned that people might think "AI bad" about it.
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 251d
Nope, just me, and just when I feel like it (often when I see a post I want to comment on anyway).
Ideally, OPs would do it on their own posts. Failing that, it'd be great if there were a bunch of people who could follow my lead and do it on a post or two per day. AI can be helpful, especially for OCR, but personally I wouldn't trust it to point out salient parts of the image in a relatively easy-to-read format.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
I wouldn't have, but Qwen3 VL (fairly new open model) has been doing a fantastic job of both describing and OCR in my local AI setup thus far.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 252d
Thanks! That was really nice of you.
JokeDeity@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 252d
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 5 pts · 252d
Well, can't argue with the truth in advertising vis-a-vis their username.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 11 pts · 251d
Next thing you know, he'll make al-gebra mandatory, together with those al-gorisms!!
uncouple9831@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 251d
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 252d
George Takei is paying for a checkmark over on that dumpster fire?
ech@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 252d
It looks like his post is on threads? Not that that's really better, but it is a different kind of bad.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 252d
Amazing that they look so similar to the untrained eye.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 252d
That's a good question. I wonder if they give them to celebrities to drive engagement and incentivize average users paying for them.
TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 252d
They definitely do, I distinctly remember Stephen King making a big scene because they kept on giving him a verification check he didn't want
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 252d
Takei is one of the GOATs but he should understand the bigoted nest of vipers over there more than most. Engagement only fans those flames, regardless of perspective.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 252d
Yeah. I wonder what would happen if half of all celebrities switched to Lemmy overnight?
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 252d
fwiw Takei is also on Mastodon.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 252d
Cool! Does Mastodon interface with Lemmy at all?
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 252d
Yes, but it's...kind of awkward, at times.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 251d
And that Moo Slam al-jabr, also too!
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 252d
I love Takeiposting.