As we start to dig into the new year many are fast at work on their resolutions. Once again the most common resolution is to lose weight. This focus on the body is indeed important, but sometimes overlooked is the mind. Our brain needs just as much of a workout as our thighs or belly. […]
A Mensa-Centric World
How much does an IQ score mean to our modern society? That is a good “thinking question” to ask ourselves when going about our everyday lives. At Starbucks, how many of those people drinking coffee around you are called, Dr. so-and-so? How many have advanced degrees and belong to Mensa? How many might not even […]
History of the IQ Test – Part 3
In my last 2 posts in this series about the history of the IQ test, I discussed the history and conception of the modern IQ test from the early half of the Twentieth Century. Over the last 100 years, there have been many variations and revisions to some of the earlier IQ tests from the […]
History of the IQ Test – Part 2
This is the second installment of my blog series about the History of the IQ Test. Previously I discussed that it was Alfred Binet in 1904 who invented the modern concept of an IQ Test and William Stern in 1912 who first coined the term, IQ. The original formula used to calculate an IQ score […]
History of the IQ Test – Part 1
Most of us know quite well of what an IQ score and IQ test are. Legitimate IQ Tests such as our Free IQ Test use scientific data to help calculate an IQ score based on answered questions. The idea of an IQ Test is often associated with the image of Einstein or The Thinker, but […]
Are You Management Material?
The job market all around the country has weakened considerably due to the current recession. Salaries are being cut, jobs are being lost. And yet there are still opportunities out there for advancement. This job market and the economy will eventually turn around. Will you be ready when it does? We offer a great free […]
French Philosophers and the Search for Meaning
“When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill, and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant, and which know me not, I am frightened, and am astonished at being here rather than […]
Are Left-Handed People Smarter?
I recently came across an interesting article on MSN asking the question, “Are Left-Handed People Smarter?”. This article suggests that indeed left-handed people do historically have a higher IQ score than right-handed people. The downside is that they tend to have worse memories. Famous “smart people” such as Isaac Newton, Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein, and […]
Does Music Enhance your IQ Score?
One very interesting and hotly debated theory among intellectuals is the idea that music directly affects intelligence. Some live their lives by this theory such as expectant mothers who play Mozart for their unborn babies in hopes of increasing their child’s IQ score once they are born. Of course there are skeptics as well. There […]
Does the Meaning of Life Matter?
Throughout the millennia, there are countless stories of men and women who have spent their lives searching for the meaning of life. However, is this a worthwhile pursuit or a waste of time? Let us suppose that there is a meaning of life. If it cannot be discovered after hours, days, weeks, months or even […]