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- From: sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe)
- Subject: Re: I.Q. & Brains
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.180508.10935@nmsu.edu>
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- Organization: New Mexico State University
- References: <1992Dec29.042959.24862@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <1992Dec29.135223.11305@prime.mdata.fi>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:05:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.135223.11305@prime.mdata.fi> iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec29.042959.24862@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> locklin@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Scott Locklin ) writes:
- >>There has been some discussion of IQ versus atheistic tendancies.
- >>A few points;
- >>
- >>I.Q. does seem to be a fairly accurate indicator of someone's _ability_
- >>to think, however that does not necessarily imply that said person is
- >>using this ability. Quite often high-IQ types end up in rather uninspiring
- >>jobs; janitorial & etc. Ask a Mensan what type of person you will meet in this
- >>high-IQ org. It is my understanding that you will meet people from all walks of
- >>life. Shit, that YoYo in syndicated publication, Marylin vos Savant is an
- >>excellent example of a complete & utter _MORON_ with a high IQ. What productive
- >>things has she done lately?
- >
- >Yes, IQ tests have been put down very much, because they don't measure enough
- >of one's intelligence. Many people who could solve problems easily when
- >having a lot of time to think, are suddenly klutzes when they have to think
- >more speedily (like in a conversation, for example). So complex are the niches
- >of the brain, that it would be impossible to measure everything at this
- >level of technology. Well, some measure is better than no measure.
-
- If the measure is flawed, then it is worse than having no measure at
- all, because your measure is then misleading. You seem to have a very
- casual attitude towards these sort of things.
-
- SD
-