Peter Flom wrote:
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/23/2004 1:34:37 PM >>> wrote
> <<<
> The particular difficulty of the IQ measurement is that there seems to
> be a real difficulty in determining what would be a genuinely
> challenging problem for somebody more intelligent than oneself. One
> can
> certainly make up a problem that one cannot solve, but it may be hard
> to
> tell whether it is (on the one hand) impossible or (on the other hand)
> obvious to somebody with a certain level of ability.
> >>>
>
> It is, I believe, much more basic than that: We do not have a good
> definition of 'intelligence' - there is heated debate over whether there
> even IS one thing called intelligence (I am of the opinion that there
> is).
>
> As to the difficulty of problems - that can at least be assessed by
> giving the problem to lots and lots of people, and seeing how many can
> solve it.
Except when one is dealing with really unusual levels.
-Robert Dawson
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