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But you can't retake the test, in many cases. Certainly, you can retake online tests, and there are private organisations that allow you to pay a sum to retake tests over and over again - but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about companies and institutions that use IQ tests as...

That was exactly my point. Without taking into account the various temporary factors influencing the outcome, the tests are useless, and unfortunately many people and institutions don't, relying instead on a single test without allowing people to retake it. If people and institutions - and that...

There's also how even "officially sanctioned" IQ tests are not all created equal, and as well what state of mind the test taker is in (setting aside the placebo effect). I've scored anywhere from 129 at the lowest to "155<" (the test maxed out at 155) at the highest, using different IQ tests and...

Pretty much what we do, too, sans the maple syrup.

A reindeer herd? In Denmark? Heh, if that happened the Danes would probably evacuate the country in short order. They got all panicky a few years ago when a moose swam across from Sweden and basically shut down an entire town for a day because everyone went into panic mode and the authorities...