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Ganransu

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Nov 21, 2017
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What I learnt is that when our generation is old enough to have to take this test, we'd very likely misremember everything and thought we were being tested for presidency.
 
Oct 25, 2017
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As mentioned, acing this test isn't really an accomplishment; that means you're normal.

Meanwhile, getting a few points off here and there isn't a big deal. The point of these sorts of tests is that you have to have many points off to be strongly indicative of some sort of neurological problem. If, for example, you are terrible at arithmetic, messing up the serial sevens test isn't really indicative of anything, or forgetting some of the objects you memorize, or stuff on tests like knowing who was president three terms ago or what county you live in (because some people are just not that informed.)

Like most things Trump, it's mostly only interesting insofar as his projection is likely a good suggestion that he does have cognitive difficulties.

Also, I imagine in 10–20 years when Millenials are going to start needing to take these tests, a ton of people aren't going to be able to do the question that relies on being able to read analog time on an old-fashioned clock face.
 

Biske

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Nov 11, 2017
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God help this country, the fact that he think's this is some kind of genius test... and then brags about it. My god.

I don't know shit about shit, but it's fairly obvious this test isn't about how smart you are, just if you are still there and able to think about it and figure these things out. I assume its used to find when people have real real problems as they should be able to do pretty well and if they really struggle with it that's what you are looking for.
 

F34R

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Oct 27, 2017
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I took dozens of these tests over the past eight years. Didn't do very well due to my TBI.
 

Sheepinator

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Jul 25, 2018
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"Name as many words as you can starting with 'F' in a minute"
Trump: "Fabulous... fabulous... Fantastic... faa...fabulous... I'm President and you're not."
 
Dec 13, 2018
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It'd be nice not to make light of a cognitive test for people with dementia or brain trauma of some type. This isn't a cognitive test and the thread title isn't informative, funny, or doing anything other than push trumps narrative of the test. Bash him more directly, this isn't the way.
 

JayC3

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Oct 25, 2017
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We don't think much of the framing, here. It's not a dumbness test, it's a cognitive ability test. Let's avoid making fun of people for not scoring well on it.
 
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