>>54676750Intelligence tests like the Stanford-Binet are great, especially when attempting to detect mental or cognitive issues in people. But the idea of putting a number on a person's intelligence, and then using it for cross-comparison as some form of elitist hierarchy is just too simplistic a way to represent a very abstract feature of human beings.
While intelligence may be relative, and may vary from person to person, what someone does in their lives should serve as a greater indicator than scores derived from testing. There are frequent broadcasts on television about the "next Einstein", or "child prodigies" who have an IQ score exceeding well beyond what the rest of the planet - save a few individuals - will ever attain. But they're never heard from again when they reach adult-hood.
