It's also because the average person looses 10 points in IQ between mid twenties and mid fourties and another ten points between mid fourties and sixty. (Help! I'am 59.)
But this is just the average. Some people hang on to their marbles as they age better than others. And knowledge gained with age can, to some extent, compensate for less raw computational power. The book in which I read this said they age norm IQ tests (presumably to keep from offending the people older than mid-forties who presumably largely control most of society's institutions, including the purchase of IQ tests.) Edward W. Porter Porter & Associates 24 String Bridge S12 Exeter, NH 03833 (617) 494-1722 Fax (617) 494-1822 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Linas Vepstas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 7:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [agi] Religion-free technical content & breaking the small hardware mindset On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 08:39:18PM -0400, Edward W. Porter wrote: > the > IQ bell curve is not going down. The evidence is its going up. So that's why us old folks 'r gettin' stupider as compared to them's young'uns. --linas ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=50724257-8e390c
