There is an interesting discussion of the Vos Savant IQ question on the
"Marilyn is Wrong" web page at:
http://www.wiskit.com/marilyn.html
There is an obvious bias to the page but it is still interesting to read.
Rick
Pat Cabe writes on 4 Oct 99,:
> > >Question: Is it possible for an individual who is (was?) listed in the
> > >Guiness Book of Records as having the world's highest IQ to be wrong?
> >
> > Has anyone ever questioned how it's possible to have an IQ above the
> > scaling range (160 is the highest that I'm aware of). I believe that
> > anything off-scale would simply be 160+.
> >
>
> My question for a long time has been why someone with an off-the-scale IQ
> doesn't do something more useful and interesting with her time than
> answering oddball questions from the public?
>
> Hey, maybe we could get her to subscribe to TIPS!!!???!!
>
> Pat Cabe
>
> **************************************************
> Patrick Cabe, Ph.D.
> Department of Psychology
> University of North Carolina at Pembroke
> One University Drive
> Pembroke, NC 28372-1510
>
> (910) 521-6630
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dr. Rick Froman
Psychology Department
Box 3055
John Brown University
Siloam Springs, AR 72761
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych
Office: (501)524-7295
Fax: (501)524-9548
"I can't promise to try but I'll try to try." --Bart Simpson