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Maybe the original post was facetious (sp?), but whatthell, I'll wade
into this one anyway...
..."IQ", when assigned to a human and used as as measure of potential,
has more holes in it than a K-Mart dry suit (and yes, I strained for
that metaphor--it's early in the day). You can take a lot of scores and
generate a nimber, but no one knows what the number means. Probably, not
much. "Intelligence" is far too slippery and multifarious a phenomenon to
reduce to a numerical value. Case in point: I've been subjected to four
IQ tests that I know of (I had to sneak a peak at two of the results); the
results had a range of 25 points from low to high. Supporters of IQ will
tell you that 25 points is a significant difference-who took these tests,
my multiple personalities? So, what does the test actually mean?

Probably, nothing much.


Dave Ventre                     "Happy Birthday to Me (sigh)"
Quincy, MA

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