Digital technology Quote by David Olusoga

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.

— A. N. Wilson

Some of the problem with IQ tests stems from the inescapable reality that human intelligence is staggeringly complex and multifaceted.

— David Olusoga

IQ tests are routinely used as weapons against Black people in particular and minority groups and poor people generally. The tests are based on…

— Huey Newton

Because IQ tests favor memory skills and logic, overlooking artistic creativity, insight, resiliency, emotional reserves, sensory gifts, and life experience, they can't really predict…

— Diane Ackerman

I can well imagine that certain writers, even writers that we'd consider today very great writers, may not necessarily have tested highly on IQ…

— Daniel Tammet

Although intelligence tests are usually speed tests for the sake of convenience, it is debatable whether speed has any rightful place in the basic…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“I agree with John Holt that the true test of intelligence is not what you know or can regurgitate from memory on an exam.…

— John Bradshaw

“asked many people these questions and their answers are invariable. “Of course it would.” The cultural correlation is undeniable: we’ve been indoctrinated to believe…

— Sean Patrick

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

— Laurence J. Peter

Because the results are expressed in numbers, it is easy to make the mistake of thinking that the intelligence test is a measure like…

— Walter Lippmann

“While standardized tests can certainly be useful for scientifically investigating the mind and brain, and can greatly inform educational interventions, there’s no reason why…

— Scott Barry Kaufman

IQ is a very important predictor, not just of academic success, but of economic success.

— Charles Murray