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No - 1 in however many will take the test once, get lucky a few times, and test at 4 deviations above the mean.

In reality -- if they were to take the take the test a few more times, they'd quickly regress (closer) to the mean -- at probably more like 2 deviations above the mean.

Just because the notion of IQ seems to have some validity and can be roughly applicable in some situations -- doesn't mean that it hasn't also morphed (by overuse, overly credulous belief in its fundamentals) into -- just another bullshit psychometric.

And an especially wobbly indicator of anything, especially at higher octaves.




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