a) you can quantify it but there are real issues with the quality of the numbers you get, at least in the usual tests. SATs have nothing to do for example with ability to sell or put an engine together. I feel comfortable saying that as I am someone that *does* score well on these tests.
b) Tamales are not the point. The point is that the current tests make assumptions about the culture you have grown up in and assign a number to how well you interpret it, and call it intelligence. My make-believe test -- does it seem like a fair test to you? It assumes you know certain things that you probably don't. The fact that you don't is not a reflection on your reading comprehension. See? On 10/28/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > no it is not what you just said. Cystic fibrosis is a quantifiable > > trait. Football team choice and intelligence are not. > > > > Intelligence isn't quantifiable? As I've suggested, I would say it's > capacity and speed of learning. You could easily quantify that. I > guess I'm not quite sure what point it is you're trying to make. > > FWIW, my Dad being from Mosquero does absolutely nothing to support my > point; I was just pointing out that I know how to make tamales which > is your point. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245363 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
