India, Oct. 27 -- Irrespective of your geographical location and pursuit of specialisation, there is simply no way to escape an academic environment obsessed and fascinated with the concept of intelligence.

How you are treated right through your academic journey is more or less shaped by your ability to showcase your entire intellectual prowess - to meet the expectations of institutional gatekeepers. And the credit for bringing a test of intelligence in the form of IQ tests within the four walls of academic institutions goes to Alfred Binet.

In 1904, Binet developed IQ tests that were quickly adopted as a standard measure of intelligence. Although, it's changed over the years; even today, the underlying logic remains more or less the sa...