An analogy that I use for measured IQ is that it relates to intelligence similarly to how placement in a badminton tournament relates to physical fitness.
I think this has been pretty effective for me. I think the overall analogy between intelligence and physical fitness has been developed well in places so I don’t care to rehash it, but I’m not sure if I’ve seen the framing of IQ as a very specific (and not very prestigious, maybe somewhat pretentious) sport, which I think encapsulates the metaphor well.
An analogy that I use for measured IQ is that it relates to intelligence similarly to how placement in a badminton tournament relates to physical fitness.
I think this has been pretty effective for me. I think the overall analogy between intelligence and physical fitness has been developed well in places so I don’t care to rehash it, but I’m not sure if I’ve seen the framing of IQ as a very specific (and not very prestigious, maybe somewhat pretentious) sport, which I think encapsulates the metaphor well.