I have an IQ of under 80, but everyone "here" knows that already.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loree Thomas" <loreetg@yahoo.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 9:42 AM
Subject: RE: FWD [forteana] Re: I. Q. Tests
> --- Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> wrote:
> > No
> > predictive correlation to any real-world measurement
> > has been proven.
>
> I'd be willing to bet that IQ is predictive of whether
> or not a person subscribes to this list...
>
> A small percentage of people with IQs of over 120 will
> join. A very much smaller(orders of magnitude)
> percentage of people with IQs of 100-120 will join.
> No people with IQs between 80-100 will join and if
> anyone with an IQ of less than 80 joins I'll climb a
> transmission tower next to I5 and juggle fire clubs
> topless (Oh wait, somebody already did that. I wonder
> what bet she lost.)
>
> Actually... all of this "IQ tests only measure IQ test
> taking skills" sounds remarkably like many other
> current common sense beliefs that are equally wrong.
>
> The story about the illiterate millionaire is just
> that... a story. Remember it came from the same place
> that brings you UFO sightings and such. If it happened
> at all, the kid wasn't low IQ, but may have had a
> learning disorder that he overcame when he got older.
> But it sounds too much like any of a thousand such
> stories. It's just too pat... and proves the intended
> point too well to be real.
>
> IQ tests may not be perfect... we may be unclear on
> exactly what it is we are measuring... but they ARE
> measuring something real. You can guess a persons IQ
> within 10 points easily after talking with them for
> just a few minutes.
>
> And while not all folks who have high IQs succeed in
> life (problem being maybe with our definition of
> "success"?), take the average IQ in a corporate board
> room or a faculty lounge at a university and compare
> them to the line worker's lunch room at a factory and
> I'll bet they are markedly different.
>
> Like many thing human, IQ isn't a good predictor of
> individual accomplishment, but it works great for
> large groups.
>
> Loree
>
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