Michael Regilio

Yeah, it's crazy to think that you could be on the Supreme Court of the United States and be that imbecilic, I believe would be the correct term. Yeah, I guess IQ isn't everything. Also, the test questions themselves were deeply flawed. Some of the questions on the Yerkes test, for example, are pretty subjective, arguably more about knowledge of culture rather than intelligence.

Here's an example straight from the Army Alpha. Test 8, Form 7, Question 31. The author of The Raven is Stevenson, Kipling, Hawthorne, or Poe?

Here's an example straight from the Army Alpha. Test 8, Form 7, Question 31. The author of The Raven is Stevenson, Kipling, Hawthorne, or Poe?

Here's an example straight from the Army Alpha. Test 8, Form 7, Question 31. The author of The Raven is Stevenson, Kipling, Hawthorne, or Poe?

Sure. Why not? Aren't you curious if you'd been an officer or a private? Poe? I don't know, man. Actually, you got it.

Sure. Why not? Aren't you curious if you'd been an officer or a private? Poe? I don't know, man. Actually, you got it.

Sure. Why not? Aren't you curious if you'd been an officer or a private? Poe? I don't know, man. Actually, you got it.

Okay, how about this? Number 32. Spare is a term used in bowling, football, tennis, or hockey.

Okay, how about this? Number 32. Spare is a term used in bowling, football, tennis, or hockey.

Okay, how about this? Number 32. Spare is a term used in bowling, football, tennis, or hockey.

I'm OK with it. But perhaps, as you can see, knowing what a spare is and who wrote The Raven shouldn't exactly qualify you as being intelligent or not.

I'm OK with it. But perhaps, as you can see, knowing what a spare is and who wrote The Raven shouldn't exactly qualify you as being intelligent or not.

I'm OK with it. But perhaps, as you can see, knowing what a spare is and who wrote The Raven shouldn't exactly qualify you as being intelligent or not.

If I'm being honest, it's because the Simpsons did a bit on Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven in one of their famous Halloween episodes.

If I'm being honest, it's because the Simpsons did a bit on Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven in one of their famous Halloween episodes.

If I'm being honest, it's because the Simpsons did a bit on Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven in one of their famous Halloween episodes.

In 1917, I would not have gotten that question correct, I can assure you. Look, the fact of the matter is maybe you've read hundreds of other worthwhile poems from countless other authors, just didn't come across Poe. Or maybe you're a mathematical genius who stayed away from poetry altogether.

In 1917, I would not have gotten that question correct, I can assure you. Look, the fact of the matter is maybe you've read hundreds of other worthwhile poems from countless other authors, just didn't come across Poe. Or maybe you're a mathematical genius who stayed away from poetry altogether.

In 1917, I would not have gotten that question correct, I can assure you. Look, the fact of the matter is maybe you've read hundreds of other worthwhile poems from countless other authors, just didn't come across Poe. Or maybe you're a mathematical genius who stayed away from poetry altogether.

But now there are other questions on the Army Alpha test that are less like determining the number of blocks in a stack or what comes next in a pattern. And these types of questions are far more along the lines of the kind of questions you find on modern IQ tests.