On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 10:03:41AM +1000, Kim Jones wrote: > > Why would someone's IQ rating be a recommendation of anything about > them? > > People like Langan long ago fell into the "Intelligence Trap". They > have an exaggerated need to be "right" about everything all the time. > They are usually unable to think about anything from a perspective > other than the one they long ago decided was the "right" perspective. > > They don't know how to listen to others. They are usually unable to > restructure the available information in such a way that they can draw > new perspectives from it. Please do not extoll the virtues of anything > as anachronistic and mythical as somebody's supposed "high IQ". I > could put a thinking test in front of him that would defeat him > totally, yet be easily done by a 7 year old. > > Kim Jones >
Exactly to all of the above. And it was kind of my point about the use of doing PhDs. I didn't write the statement below (note the two levels of quoting), rexallen314 did. Cheers > > > On 31/05/2009, at 9:16 AM, russell standish wrote: > > >> Obviously the main reason to pay much attention to it is that Langan > >> has an IQ of between 190 and 210. Which kept me going past the first > >> paragraph, which is when I would otherwise have stopped. > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 hpco...@hpcoders.com.au Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
