It's not so much that IQ per se is bogus as that it contains too much cultural noise to be a reliable signal of what it purports to measure. What is bogus is the use of "average" IQs to compare groups of people because what that aggregates is precisely the noise.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > in any event, IQ is bogus. Though Binet was okay, those folks at > Stanford in essence defined "intelligence" as what they had. > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > > My position on this. > > > > There is no relation whatever between intelligence and political opinion. > > Very ignorant men & women can uphold the most admirable political > positions. > > Men & women of the greatest intelligence can hold the most obnoxious > > political positions. Intelligent people hold stupid positions. (Positions > > but not people are often stupid.) Chuck is clearly a person of great > > intelligence and good will. But he holds a stupid position when he > blames > > Romeney's politics on lack of intelligence. > > > > Carrol > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carrol Cox > > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 9:06 PM > > To: 'Progressive Economics' > > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Social Security payoff worsens Current > > generationofretirees to receive less than taxes they paid > > > > Chuck Grimes: Will Obama win against two > > assholes without a brain between them? > > > > ========= > > > > Do you seriously maintain that Romney suffers from lack of intelligence? > If > > he had a higher IQ he would agree with you on issues? Really? > > > > Carrol > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pen-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pen-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > > -- > Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, you > should at least know the nature of that evil. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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