IQ
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week Andrew Womack answers a reader’s question about how to prove one’s intelligence to a world that needs to know. How? With the Non-Expert’s IQ test, of course.
Question: I have no job, no prospects, and no experience. But! I do have a degree in comparative literature from a notable school and I did really well on my SATs (750 English/720 Math). I know I’m really smart. So how do I prove it? —John.
Answer: While there are many everyday ways you can prove your intelligence—reciting every single Canterbury Tale backwards, getting your name in the paper, and kayaking, among them—the only surefire way to separate the smartasses from the dumbasses is to determine, through a series of test questions, their Intelligence Quotients (IQs). But the typical IQ test is so long, or rather, we imagine it probably is. So: Instead of having you schedule an appointment at some brain laboratory where you will surely receive lymphatic shock therapy, we have developed a compact, specialized test that will quickly determine your smarts. Or whatever it is that is the opposite of your smarts.
So strap on those nodes and let’s begin!