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- From: jwest@wisc (Jeff West)
- Subject: Re: I.Q. & Brains
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.124117.2299@walter.cray.com>
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- Date: 29 Dec 92 12:41:16 CST
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- sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe) writes:
- : In article <1992Dec29.135223.11305@prime.mdata.fi> iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
- : >
- : >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
-
- Does this hold true for religion too?
- (i.e. If the religion is flawed, then it is worse than having no religion at
- all, because your religion is misleading.)
-
- Jeff
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