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[Rhythm]

Hubbard makes claims that auditing increases IQ.  While there is no scientific evidence to substantiate his claim, even if that claim were true, analytical and rational thinking are more valuable.
Excerpt:
"The problem with IQ tests is that while they are effective at assessing our deliberative skills, which involve reason and the use of working memory, they are unable to assess our inclination to use them when the situation demands. This is a crucial distinction: as Daniel Kahneman at Princeton University puts it, intelligence is about brain power whereas rational thinking is about control. "Some people who are intellectually able do not bother to engage very much in analytical thinking and are inclined to rely on their intuitions," explains Evans. "Other people will check out their gut feeling and reason it through and make sure they have a justification for what they're doing." An IQ test cannot predict which of these paths someone will follow"
http://www.newscient....html?full=true

[lamb]

Doesn't the I.Q. just increase due to the multiple takings of the same test?  I know I got to where I already knew the answers before I had finished reading the questions.

[Rhythm]

Yes it would.  The article cited above is about IQ tests in general.  I don't know how valid the scientology IQ test is, but there is no evidence it has received validation from any psychologists who do testing evaluations.  If the only validation it has received has been from Hubbard, then I would say that the scientology IQ test is bogus.

lamb, on 07 November 2009 - 10:23 AM, said:

Doesn't the I.Q. just increase due to the multiple takings of the same test?  I know I got to where I already knew the answers before I had finished reading the questions.