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I do a fair bit of work in the field of mental health - IQ is one of those things that medical professionals still use and it does have some utility - but, in a lot of cases, they are doing so because it is expected, not because they actually think it is the right test to apply.

As a metric, IQ has a lot of problems - they only test certain types of intelligence and are extremely prone to non-intelligence factors influencing the results (for example, dyslexia can heavily reduce one’s performance on certain IQ tests, even though it has no bearing on actual intelligence). IQ is designed to measure a generalize aptitude - but not really the actual usage of that aptitude. Richard Feynman, for example, has an IQ of 125 - the lowest bounds of the “genius” category. Feynman helped revolutionize our understanding of the universe, and his theories both won him the Physics Nobel Prize and were instrumental to the Manhattan Project. He did all of that while also being extremely witty and charming, showing types of intelligence IQ tests simply ignore.

This is why the psychologists I work with only pay attention to low IQ scores. At the low end, IQ is actually helpful - it shows the individual has a diminished capacity for learning and likely will have impediments to their functioning. At the high end, you do not get as much from the metric - you know they have a high capacity for one specific type of reasoning, but not what types of intelligence or if they are even using that capacity in an effective manner.

Overall, I would not give it much thought. IQ is not really important; what is important is whether two people are compatible and love one another. It sounds like you have found someone you connect with, and, when it comes down to it, does anything else really matter in this world in which we all live?

May 2, 2024 10:59 a.m.

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Wizards publishes a full card image gallery for all cards in a set - here, for example, is the card image gallery for Thunder Junction. Additionally, once the set goes live, you can use The Gatherer to find every card in a set if you want an official list.

April 29, 2024 10:49 p.m.

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Just to make sure this is very clear, TappedOut’s official policy is Leaks = Bans.

At the time of posting, there have been a number of leaked cards from this set, but no official spoils. Discussing these leaked cards, posting their rules text, or posting images of the cards before they are officially spoiled is prohibited.

April 29, 2024 8:08 p.m.

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Per the site’s owner on another thread, there were some complaints from advertisers about advertisements being featured alongside certain words. Rather than simply institute a ban on the language, a new filter was added, marking decks with rougher (at least by the standards of advertisers on a site with a significant minor population) language as NSFW.

This filter removes those decks from the view of individuals not logged into the website without removing the decks entirely and keeping them fully access able to any user of the site.

April 22, 2024 3:44 p.m.

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Knuckleberry - It looks like they should be enabled for you.

April 22, 2024 3:29 p.m.

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MollyMab - Nonconstructive posting, such as only comment to deride a user for posting a thread, is not welcome on TappedOut. Please refrain from doing so in the future.

It should be noted, Aerosmith kind of rocks. There is a reason they are the 29th best selling musical group of all time - with album sales comparable to such juggernauts as U2 and Bruce Springsteen. They continue to sell out concerts at some of the largest venues in the world. They held a dozen top 100 hits, with many songs ranked higher than that - and their songs continue to receive high rankings (including regular top 10 positions) on “best rock songs” polls. They were the soundtrack to the delightfully bad Armageddon and a delightfully rad ride at Disney, bringing their appeal into the 90s and beyond.

Not liking Aerosmith is one thing, and everyone is entitled to their opinion. But trying to pass off a personal dislike as an objective fact is fairly laughable in light of their generational popularity.

April 17, 2024 8:41 p.m.

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