On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 04:11:14PM +0200, Tonnerre Lombard wrote: > Salut, > > On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 20:55 +0000, Bill Weiss wrote: > > In case others didn't catch it, IQ is _defined_ as a normal distribution > > with the mid-point at 100. Thus, half of the population has a > > double-digit IQ. The criteria for a 100 IQ is recalculated every once in > > a while to maintain the balance. > > Well, this isn't 100% true, is it? AFAIR, the IQ of 100 is the average > knowledge of a person of your age. So if there's someone like my > girlfriend, whose IQ exceeds all known limits, there are automatically > more people with a two-digit IQ than those with a three-digit one.
That would be true if the incredibly smart people weren't balanced by the incredibly not-so-smart ones. > So if the majority of people with an IQ higher than 100 have an IQ which > is a _lot_ above 100, this would mean that the amount of 419 victims is > actually _higher_ than 50% of the humanity. Assuming that the people with 100% are actually at the peak of the bell curve (as it is supposed to be), the opposite would be the case: There would be just as many people with an IQ less than 100 as there are people with a higher one. But since 100 is a three digit number as well, there would be more three digit people than two digit ones. Sorry, couldn't resist... _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
