• iii@mander.xyz
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    4 days ago

    it’s not like you will test significantly different now compared to a year ago.

    It does. Simple but important things like sleep impact it hard.

    I’ve had it assessed three times in a clinical context, and lowest was almost 10 points different than highest.

    • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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      4 days ago

      Isn’t a standard deviation for IQ 20 points or so? If so, what you’re saying is that you took a test 3 times and it gave pretty much the same results all three times.

      That’s like getting different blood pressure readings at different times and dismissing the validity of blood pressure tests. I and other people can raise blood pressure with a thought. That doesn’t negate the value of the test, it just indicates one of its limitations.