Thursday, June 11, 2009

Is It really that Useful?

I read this book Outliers- Great book BTW- and the author was trying to prove that genius cannot be measured by IQ tests alone. There was this activity where a group of kids had to write down as many uses for certain objects as they could think of in a designated amount of time to figure out how creative and aware a person is.

In the divergence test the genius had the most common uses. Nothing creative.

Take this test before scrolling down.Write down as many uses for a Brick and a Blanket as you can think of in one minute. No peeking.

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That was much harder than I thought it would be.

Uses for a brick
To sit on
To break windows
To build houses
To line gutters
As a base for firewood cooking
To help make loud noises
To hold down the posts of a volleyball net
To hold down un affichage (a poster)
To...
Time up.

Uses for a duvet
To keep oneself warm
To cover up during sexual activity
To douse a fire
As a net for volleyball or tennis
To cover windows
To make a tent
To do
...Time up.

Uses for a stick
To chase away dogs, flies from a cows behind
As a ruler
As a flag bearer
As a dildo
To beat poorly behaved child
To hold up
...Time up.

So what do you think? Am I a genius?
Try it and let me know how you do. No researching.

3 comments:

  1. Lol.. Looks to me like your title was a rhetorical question..

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  2. lol you are good. Are you a genius, um.. well. You are good...

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  3. ~Roc~
    It's safe to assume it is one.

    ~BSNC~
    Well I guess I have to prove my ingenuity some other way right?

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