Saturday, December 28, 2024

My mind & IQ




My mind like some people, works a bit differently than the average person. A good example: in high school they would give you an  IQ test... more or less for fun. Questions consisted of a list of4 items. They would list the items,  and you had to pick three that belonged together,  and eliminate the one that didn't belong in that group. Most were pretty easy,  some required a bit of thought. There were typically 30-50 questions in total.  Several of my answers were marked wrong. I'd question why they were wrong.  The teacher would explain the three that belonged together and the one item that didn't.  I would explain my answer,  and why a different there belonged together,  and a different one item didn't belong. Wow I was right too, with a different perspective and line of reasoning. He concluded that I was right,  and was somewhat amazed by my reasoning. The test score was corrected... But it was all just for fun anyway. Not so much fun for those that got more than half of the answers wrong. 

A different type test question.
How many days of the week start with the letter "T". The usual answer was Tuesday & Thursday.  But the are other possibilities... Like Today & Tomorrow.  Alternative thinking.

The next question:   How many seconds in a year? Now you could get a calculator and go the obvious math... easy. Alternative thinking offered an easier answer without math.  The answer was 12. ???
January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd ... etc. 12 is the answer. 

The next question: What is Gods first name? Thinking about all the different names for God,  but they were just different names... not a first name. The I remembered... when in church we would sing a song... And the answer became obvious!  It's Andy!  ???
Andy he walks with me, Andy talks with me.  ... Andy!

There's always a different perspective and though process. 
It doesn't mean that there's only one answer.

Wouldn't it be boring if we all thought alike? 

The Key.... Learn from other perspectives .