(Enquanto olho parao teclado e abano a cabeça)

Hoje, perdi uns minutitos do meu muito ocupado dia (e desta vez não estou a ser irónica, o meu dia foi realmente ocupado), e preencher um teste na tickle cujo o nome é Super IQ.
Foram 56 perguntas relativamente fáceis mas com rasteiras fáceis de se cair, sendo no fim o resultado isto:

Concrete Thinker

Your IQ score is 113. This means that you are smarter than 81.0% of all other Super IQ test takers.This number is the result of a scientifically-tested formula based on how many questions you answered correctly on the Tickle Super IQ Test.But there's more to intelligence than a single number, a single score, or a single label. Tickle uses 8 distinguishable dimensions of intelligence in the Super IQ Test. By analyzing your individual scores on those 8 scales, we are able to look beyond the raw IQ score into how you process information, and which intellectual strengths you're best at.Your test results indicate that the way you process information makes you a Concrete Thinker.You have unusually strong verbal and numerical skills. This dynamic combination gives you an exceptional aptitude for solving equations and then communicating those solutions to others in lay terms. Your intelligence is grounded and based on a very clear interpretation of what is happening around you. Because you are so realistic, most things are crystal clear to you, while others may get confused by this or that. Your objective is to make things real and clear. People count on you to find and give the sober, cold-hard facts. You learn most easily when things are explained in numbers and words and so you enjoy the education you get through books and lectures. Unlike others, you do not have to experience something first-hand to understand it, nor do you have a lot of interest in how things work mechanically. On the other hand, if you find the information in your books or lectures too abstract, you might tend toward first-hand experience as you'll get nothing but the facts that way.

Agora a parte interessante. Depois de me dizerem que eu sou mais inteligente que 81.0% of all other Super IQ test takers, que tendo em conta o que vem a seguir devem ser 4 crianças de 3 anos que ainda não aprenderam a dizer mãmã, e no fim ser um Concrete Thinker, só serve para isto:

Here's an example of your Concrete Thinker thinking skills at work in a real-life situation:You are at a travel agency with a friend contemplating the several different types of vacations you two could take together. The agent gives you the pros and cons of each vacation (including the prices), along with the options you have within each package. All the details, facts, and figures confuse your friend, who asks the agent to just recommend the best one so you two can be done with it and get out of there. But you are able to take out a pen and a piece of paper and write down all of the relevant information. The comparison sheet you create helps you both figure out which is the best choice, and you prevent your friend from feeling overly confused. Thank goodness you think the way you do!

Ufa, imaginem só os problemas mundias que este exemplo, para o qual a minha linha de pensamento está claramente indicada, podem resolver se eu me juntar aos 19% que são tão ou mais espertos que eu, podemos quissá vir a descobrir a cura para o cancro enquanto tiramos férias numa ilha da Maldivas, que eu tão majestosamente consegui desencantar com todo o meu pensamento concreto. (só espera que concreto aqui não seja sinónimo de cimento, porque isso deve pesar muito em cima dos ombros e do pescoço)