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#195394 - 02/09/10 12:00 AM You Have To Know, and Know that you Know
Art_in_FL Offline
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 09/01/07
Posts: 2432
In a survival situation you have to have knowledge and skills. But you also have to know that you do, or do not, know or have the skills. You need a high risk intelligence.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/measure_your_rq.php

(The Dunning-Kruger effect is not directly related but it is worth understanding. Everyone knows someone who vastly overestimates their capacities.)

http://projectionpoint.com/

I don't for a minute think this is the final word so I wouldn't get too enthusiastic if you do well of too disappointed if you score on the low end. Just something to think about.

Give it a go. How did you do?



I got an 85.


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#195396 - 02/09/10 01:27 AM Re: You Have To Know, and Know that you Know [Re: Art_in_FL]
oldsoldier Offline
Old Hand

Registered: 11/25/06
Posts: 742
Loc: MA
I got a 75-that was interesting. I learned a few things smile
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#195397 - 02/09/10 01:32 AM Re: You Have To Know, and Know that you Know [Re: Art_in_FL]
unimogbert Offline
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Registered: 08/10/06
Posts: 882
Loc: Colorado
91. They state that's good.

I guess they don't know I ride motorcycles, fly airplanes, shoot guns, sharpen my own knives and hike alone.

They sure asked a bunch of questions I didn't know the answers to.....

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#195398 - 02/09/10 02:02 AM Re: You Have To Know, and Know that you Know [Re: unimogbert]
Nicodemus Offline
Paranoid?
Veteran

Registered: 10/30/05
Posts: 1341
Loc: Virginia, US
I got a 75. If I'd gone with my gut a few times I probably would have scored higher, but I was honest and and didn't go completely 100% or 0% all the time. I seemed to notice a pattern of being completely sure when I thought a statement was 0% and only around 80% or 90% when I was sure something was true.

With that being said, I believe I'd score myself as actually being around a 60 because I underestimate myself all the time. HAHA
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#195399 - 02/09/10 02:05 AM Re: You Have To Know, and Know that you Know [Re: unimogbert]
Susan Offline
Geezer

Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
88.

Sue

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#195406 - 02/09/10 05:33 AM Re: You Have To Know, and Know that you Know [Re: Susan]
nurit Offline
Member

Registered: 03/27/08
Posts: 191
Loc: NYC
87.


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#195419 - 02/09/10 01:14 PM Re: You Have To Know, and Know that you Know [Re: nurit]
Jeff_M Offline
Addict

Registered: 07/18/07
Posts: 665
Loc: Northwest Florida
73

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#195429 - 02/09/10 02:22 PM Re: You Have To Know, and Know that you Know [Re: Jeff_M]
Compugeek Offline
Enthusiast

Registered: 08/09/09
Posts: 392
Loc: San Diego, CA
76.

Unimogbert: it's not a test of how much risk you take, it's a test of how well you know the limits of your own knowledge. I think I'd call it a "Certainty Test", myself.
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#195435 - 02/09/10 04:13 PM Re: You Have To Know, and Know that you Know [Re: Compugeek]
chaosmagnet Offline
Sheriff
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 12/03/09
Posts: 3821
Loc: USA
92

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#195436 - 02/09/10 04:17 PM Re: You Have To Know, and Know that you Know [Re: Compugeek]
benjammin Offline
Rapscallion
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
92.

Didn't know the answers to everything, but no sense in being tentative about any of them.
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