Psychic IQ test!

[Solus]

Psychic IQ Test! (http://www.psychics.co.uk/psychictests/psychiciq.html)

Only 12 questions. The best part is after you finish, you are provided "reasoning" for the answers. My score was a 22 sadly, my aim was a 0 so I must have messed up.

[LostAngeles]

I got a 22 also. You should read the, "thinking behind the answers," at the end.

[-Fran-]

I scored 18 points!

"12 to 20 points You've a long way to go. You're as psychic as a rice pudding"

According to the test results. But, I knew that! So... am I psychic anyway then? ;)

[Anacoluthon64]

13's my tally. Apparently, I'm "as psychic as a rice pudding."

This pleases me tremendously because at least I can spell and have a decent command of grammar, something these woo-woos seem to have great trouble with — in much the same way as they do with the laws of nature.

ETA: …as well as those of statistics.ANSWER 11: However, some sceptics have ESP abilities whether they like it or not and score significantly below chance in card tests. If no ESP were involved they would have only achieve (sic) a chance score.See? Could anyone score a zero with this kind of reasoning?

'Luthon64

[EeneyMinnieMoe]

Good news, I'm "Not bad. You're probably quite psychic" at 25 :D .

From now on, for everything I say, that'll be 750 dollars, please!

[logical muse]

Q6: When playing board games involving chance do you:

A: Loose despite being careful.
B: Find that you're quite lucky?
C: Enjoy taking risks and feel that you influence the dice in your favour?

I generally wait for a break in the game before going to the toilet.

[Hokulele]

18 for me as well. Please pass the rice pudding Fran.

[quixotecoyote]

I like that the way the quiz is written, it's impossible to keep an open mind while thinking ESP is a load of tripe.

[logical muse]

Valid scores range from 12 to 36. You get either 1, 2, or 3 points per question. I successfully scored 12 points! :)

It was pretty easy though...

[Solus]

Stupid thing is copyrighted so I can't post the full material but look at the "reasoning" for answer twelve.

Q12: When you gaze at cumulus clouds do you:

A: See the shapes of faces
B: See a multitude of changing pictures
C: See clouds.

Answer 12

Psychic people can often visually project images into random shapes. Scrying, sand reading, and tea leaf reading all employ this technique.

[EeneyMinnieMoe]

I see alot of images in the clouds but that has nothing to do with being psychic.

Pure bs...not that anyone on here needs to be told that.

[SomeGuy]

Valid scores range from 12 to 36. You get either 1, 2, or 3 points per question. I successfully scored 12 points! :)

It was pretty easy though...

I liked the fact that you score points for believing in it... since "it's a load of tripe", only scores you one point. Apparently even woos know it only works is you believe in it.

I also really despised the fact that with the baby, your first 2 choices are either "let someone else care" or "I wake up just before the baby needs feeding" (the third is to absurd to even mention).

I answered that I ussually wake up right before the baby needs feeding, since he starts crying when he wants feeding, strict technically this is before he actually really needs feeding. Nothing to do with being psychic though.

[SomeGuy]

oh... I'm also on par with a rice pudding when it comes to being psychic..

16/36..

I'm guessing that's significantly better than Sylvia Brown(e)?

[vexed]

<--- Rice pudding also, 16 pts.

[cloudshipsrule]

Sweet hay seuss, I'm psychic! I scored 25.

Meaning:

I'm very perceptive and see minute (read: very small) details in events, actions and people that might otherwise go unnoticed by many individuals, and by perceiving those details I deduce outcomes, events and causes almost as if I have some magical ability, which I don't actaully have.

[Michael C]

Well, it was pretty easy to work out how to get a maximum or a minimum score. But if I really wanted to answer the questions honestly, I ran into problems. For Q6, none of the answers was suitable:

Q6: When playing board games involving chance do you:

A: Loose [sic] despite being careful.
B: Find that you're quite lucky?
C: Enjoy taking risks and feel that you influence the dice in your favour?

My reply is "none of the above. I find I may win or lose: it just depends on chance"

And what about Q8?

Q8: Are you:

A: Logical and systematic in your thinking?
B: Have good innovative ideas?
C: Extremely creative and artistic?

I wanted to reply yes to A, B and C, but the stupid quiz wouldn't let me :bearangry:

[EeneyMinnieMoe]

Sweet hay seuss, I'm psychic! I scored 25.

Meaning:

I'm very perceptive and see minute (read: very small) details in events, actions and people that might otherwise go unnoticed by many individuals, and by perceiving those details I deduce outcomes, events and causes almost as if I have some magical ability, which I don't actaully have.

As much as I do, at you and me 25 both. :D

[MRC_Hans]

22.

The "thoughts" behind the scoring are a very nice example of woo thinking: Nearly no matter what you answer, it is interpreted in favor of ESP.

Hans

[philkensebben]

You'll all be thrilled to know i'm quite psychic but i dont need to take the 1 million dollar challenge because i dont need to prove myself to you people....... ;)

[kieran]

16 for me. I think a couple of my points came from Q9 where the true answer would have been "none of the above" ...

Q9: With new born babies do you:

A: Leave the care to someone else?
B: Wake from sleep just before they need feeding?
C: Know when an absent baby is upset?

That appears to say you can either be:

A: Lazy
B: A bit woo
C: A lot woo

[Orangutan]

Q1: When the phone rings do you:

A: Sometimes know exactly who's unexpectedly calling?
B: Often make a guess at who's calling?
C: Never think about who it may be?

A. As I have Caller ID.
(If I was psychic it wouldn't be unexpected now would it??).

[Kenny 10 Bellys]

I got a whopping 21, so I'm quite psychic actually. I'm not sure whether to use my powers for good or evil yet, I suppose I'll just have to play it by ear and see where I can make the most money.

I love the explanations, the guy who wrote it could easily win the JREF million if he could prove any of his babble. The explanation for the first question states that experiments have shown that telepathy works over any distance. Best dig out that data and win the cash, eh?

[MortFurd]

16 Points. As psychic as rice pudding. That explains my dislike of woo, I guess. Rice pudding is VILE stuff.

[Curnir]

22 points.
(I have rational explanations for why I answered as I did.)

[HighRiser]

Eighteen.

I prefer tapioca, though.

[MWare]

Well, at least this will save so much time. Now we've got a completely credible way to test psychics for The Challenge.

[Tsukasa Buddha]

12!

I love this:

Experiments reveal that telepathy appears to work over any distance.

Wait. We have experiments that show telepathy?

[Folly]

12!

I love this:

Experiments reveal that telepathy appears to work over any distance.


Wait. We have experiments that show telepathy?

No, no. Read it more carefully :D It never says telepathy works. It's like this the whole way through. Whoever wrote this is apparently permanently stuck in overly general woo-speak mode.

I got 28, being very literal.

For example

Q1: When the phone rings do you:

A: Sometimes know exactly who's unexpectedly calling?
B: Often make a guess at who's calling?
C: Never think about who it may be?

Sometimes is a great word. Or

Q7: When you meet someone for the first time do you:

A: Form an immediate assessment of their personality?
B: Guess what they are really like?
C: Reserve judgement?

I almost always form an immediate assessment of someone's personality. Who doesn't? It doesn't say anything about this assessment being accurate.

[fuelair]

16. Isn't Slyvia Brown remarkably similar to a rice pudding?

[grayman]

16. Isn't Slyvia Brown remarkably similar to a rice pudding?

Thanks. I was going to have rice pudding tonight.

Eating rice pudding while thinking of SB...eeewwww...[shudder] :boggled:

[DM24]

26 for me

20 to 28 points Not bad. You're probably quite psychic

[grayman]

I scored a 15.

What I want to know is how the research was done for the "thinking behind the scores".

[RSLancastr]

I stopped after the third or fourth question for which there was no valid choice for me to make.

[Elizabeth I]

16 for me. I think a couple of my points came from Q9 where the true answer would have been "none of the above" ...

Q9: With new born babies do you:

A: Leave the care to someone else?
B: Wake from sleep just before they need feeding?
C: Know when an absent baby is upset?

That appears to say you can either be:

A: Lazy
B: A bit woo
C: A lot woo


Since I have no newborn (NOT "new born") babies and never have, I HAVE to leave the care to someone else. If I brought them home to take care of them myself, I think I'd get arrested.

I scored 24: "Not bad. You're probably quite psychic." Does that mean no rice pudding?

[kellyb]

Said I was a 24.
Q9: With new born babies do you:
A: Leave the care to someone else?
B: Wake from sleep just before they need feeding?
C: Know when an absent baby is upset?

I want to know how anyone would know that an absent baby is upset...
I guess it's one of those "I know. I'm psychic" things...

[Babylon Sister]

14 here. I want raisens in my rice pudding please.

[Solus]

Here's the source: http://www.psychictv.co.uk/
Of course leads to a site about buying books and readings.

http://www.psychictv.co.uk/images/craig-jane-rhinefield_0814.jpg

I'm sure they are "good" psychics. :rolleyes:

Not sure if they are big enough for RSLancastr to bother with though.

[tracer]

Q12: When you gaze at cumulus clouds do you:

A: See the shapes of faces
B: See a multitude of changing pictures
C: See clouds.

Reasoning behind Answer 12

Psychic people can often visually project images into random shapes. Scrying, sand reading, and tea leaf reading all employ this technique.


... so they're ADMITTING that scrying, sand reading, and tea leaf reading are nothing more than Pareidolia, then.

Well, at least it's a step in the right direction.

[Solus]

I stopped after the third or fourth question for which there was no valid choice for me to make.

Your're quitting too easily! :p

These con-artists are linked to the site though. Mr. and Ms. Craig & Jane Hamilton-Parker. Might be worth some effort against them. Athough I don't know how big they are compared to Browne.

[Matty1973]

I got 20 which puts me in 2 groups:

12 to 20 points You've a long way to go. You're as psychic as a rice pudding

AND

20 to 28 points Not bad. You're probably quite psychic

Which probably makes sense to the woos.

[Meri]

I got 18. I don't like rice pudding, can I have ice cream instead? I bet I'm as psychic as ice cream.

[Tamazon]

I got 18 as well.

But my rice pudding is quite psychic. It once told me who was about to call me on the phone.

[EeneyMinnieMoe]

16 Points. As psychic as rice pudding. That explains my dislike of woo, I guess. Rice pudding is VILE stuff.

If you won't eat it, the more for me! :D Love, love. love rice pudding. So much so I once tried to make it myself and then it really was vile stuff.

[Anacoluthon64]

I got 20 which puts me in 2 groups:

12 to 20 points You've a long way to go. You're as psychic as a rice pudding

AND

20 to 28 points Not bad. You're probably quite psychic

Which probably makes sense to the woos.I think it may be a misspelling and the score overlap is to be taken to mean that, actually, you're as psychic as a probably quiet rice pudding.

Not very garrulous, these rice puddings, you know. They're so unlike any psychics.

'Luthon64

[Ove]

Q1: When the phone rings do you:

A: Sometimes know exactly who's unexpectedly calling?
B: Often make a guess at who's calling?
C: Never think about who it may be?

A. As I have Caller ID.
(If I was psychic it wouldn't be unexpected now would it??).

Hehehe thught of that one too. I allways knows who is calling -unless it is one of those darned "Anonymous".

btw i scored 26, but i knew that ;)

[Gargoyle]

Got 14 points!

I really liked "This is the thinking behind the scores" section - specially Answer 11:
"People who believe in ESP often score better in tests than sceptics".

I'm proud of my good result :blush:

[rjh01]

I scored 32. I think I will apply for the MDC. Or maybe I need to get mentally sick first. I wonder why I did not score 36?

I did read this thread first

[Gargoyle]

BTW...

At "Answer 7" they claim that gut feeling is ESP "at work". Nice try.
The quiz makers should try reading Malcom Gladwells "Blink - The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" to begin with! Duh...

[Gargoyle]

Sorry for ranting on but...

On Answer 5 there seems to be some strange claims:

"In 1977 researcher John Palmer examined every single published experiment on neuroticism and ESP. He demonstrated that highly neurotic people were poor ESP subjects and optimists scored better results"

What a load of bovine manure! The Answer 4 is not so well "researched" either (imho :D )

Anyone know anything about this?

[sinnikal]

You can put me down for a 15. If I had been given just three better options I'm sure I could have achieved a 'perfect 12'.
But that's what happens when you temper your skepticism with a healthy dollop of cynicism:)

[soikins]

I scored 35! I guess I'm psychic... Or I can guess the expected answers quite well. :)

[Stellafane]

I got 21, which places me in the "probably quite psychic" category. Funny thing is, if I scored one point lower, I'd be "psychic as rice pudding." I guess this means that to be considered quite psychic, you only have to be a mere one point better than rice pudding. Sounds about right...

[Jimbo07]

Woohoo! My company is doing something right! I clicked on the test and...


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Bolding mine...

:cool:

[Paulhoff]

30 and all I had to do is lie.:D

Paul

:) :) :)

[IXP]

I scored zero!

Really. All you have to do is answer Planet X for each question then get your results. And Planet X is the correct answer for most of the questions, which are either false trichotomies or contain more than one correct answer.

IXP

[Spektator]

I got thirty by the psychic expedient of lying.

[jimbob]

It is begging for a little creative editing:

This
is the "thinking" behind the scores

Q10: When you sleep do you:

A: Dream in colour?
B: Never dream?
C: Occasionally dream of past events that happen in reality?


Experiments have shown that those who believe their imagination are more likely to believe they are psychic

Q9: With new born babies do you:

A: Leave the care to someone else?
B: Wake from sleep just before they need feeding?
C: Know when an absent baby is upset?

Answer B. My kids had me well trained.

Thanks for this gem of a quiz. Though the thread title is also probably accurate

"Psychic IQ test - If you think you can improve your psychic abilities, then you are stupid enough to be rooked by us"

[Anacoluthon64]

"Psychic IQ test - If you think you can improve your psychic abilities, then you are stupid enough to be rooked by us"Yup, the possible scores run from 12 to 36 inclusive, an IQ range that was once well within the bracket of "idiot," a term medical science no longer uses.

'Luthon64