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On Tue, 6 Jun 1995, john wrote: BWS SNIP > Couple of comments/questions. > > First, is intelligence a useful concept ? Most of I think would agree that it is. > Second, many different types of intelligence have been suggested: > cognitive, motor skills, (I seem to rememeber the number seven > as being used by some in the field). Then a bear that can balance on a beach ball is "smarter" than you if you cant do the same? How about that olfactory intelligence? > Thrird, why is this a "theory" rather than a speculation semantics -pishwah > Is there supporting evidence ? Because, I could argue that if you >have no intelligence to begin with, but are none the less a good diver, > then your IQ stays pretty much the same as the N2 chews at the > braincell interconnects (which weren't there to begin with). I think that we are dealing with a severly constrained subset of the diving universe for cave divers (i.e. I'd bet smarter than the average bear, er I mean diver). Maybe people with lower IQs have the same connections but just use them differently. Ever met an idiot-savant? > Fourth, to the extent alcohol acts the same way as N2 I must say > that I have ample evidence to the contrary. Yes and No. I think the mindset prior to going out and painting the town red (no offense to you who like other colours, I do strive to maintain at all time political correctness :) ) is, or should be, quite different to that prior to undertaking a dive. > >The implications seem to be that if this is indeed true, or even partially, > >an IQ test should be administered to anyone desiring to take one of the "deep > >air" courses. Nah , stupid (there I said it) people should be allowed to dive also. > Too rash. Say you and X have your IQs tested. X scores 220 but > have zero motor skills and occasionally panics. You score 90 > but have never had a problem. Who is more fit you think to > dive say Doria ? Validity at last! > > In short, I have my doubts about this one. > >A score of 130 or better gets you in while persons of lesser > >mental ability have their c-cards stamped "DO NOT EXCEED 130 FEET." > > Surely this was written while severely submerged ? > If not I feel like putting a "NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE" diagonally > accross the front of your drivers license. Oh wow. Its ok for an illiterate ignorant buffoon to be guaranteed the right to vote but not someone who is elitist. :) Back to work. r.b.
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