528
Test Result: Negative
(lemmy.world)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
528 points (97.8% liked)
Murdered by Words
2267 readers
609 users here now
Responses that completely destroy the original argument in a way that leaves little to no room for reply - a targeted, well-placed response to another person, organization, or group of people.
The following things are not grounds for murder:
- Personal appearance ("You're fat", "You're ugly")
- Posts with little-to-no context
- Posts based on a grammar/spelling error
- Dick jokes, "Yo mama", "No, you" type responses and other low effort insults
- "Your values are bad" without any logcal or factual ways of showing that they are wrong ("I believe in capitalism" - "Well, then you must be evil" or "Fuck you you ignorant asshole")
Rules:
- Be civil and remember the human. No name calling or insults. Swearing in general is fine, but not to insult someone else.
- Discussion is encouraged but arguments are not. Don’t be aggressive and don’t argue for arguments sake.
- No bigotry of any kind.
- Censor the person info of anyone not in the public eye.
- If you break the rules you’ll get one warning before you’re banned.
- Enjoy the community in the light hearted way it’s intended.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
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?
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.
Supposed to and what they actually do are two different things, yes? But I agree. IQ tests are basically worthless anyways.
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.
And yet here we are
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?"
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.
Yea that was great
I have also loved epistemology ever since it was a required course in my high school curriculum.
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.