>>11610859Not really. At least IQ tests are actually measuring either something quantitative (memorization, digit span, symbolic recognition speed, reaction time, etc) or something which at least attempts to have a correct answer (raven's matrices, x is to y as z is to _, logic puzzles)
They are by no means perfect, but they do not fail in the same way is this type of test.
In an IQ test you can't have people saying "Do I have excellent ideas? Why yes, of course! I'm me and I'm awesome! Therefore, I have amazing ideas!. Okay next question... Do I have a vivid memory? Aha, yes! I am me, so I am awesome. I am awesome, so I am smart. I am smart, so I have vivid memory! I mean hey, it's not like I can see what happens in other people's heads to compare! Alright, am I organized? Well I'd say I'm more organized than my roommate Stan, that guy just chucked all his papers on the ground whereas I shove all my papers in a pack! So yeah, I'd say I'm decently organized."
You cannot trust people to self report accurately.
By the Dunning-Kruger effect (the actual one, not 'the le epik peak of mount stupid' reddit version), most people, regardless of actual ability, believe themselves to be above average.
